Travel services in Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Sint Maarten (Dutch part): Travel services was 81.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Sint Maarten (Dutch part), 2011–2023
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
In 2023, travel services in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) stood at 81.1%.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) peaked at 83.3% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 61.4%, in 2020.
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) ranks 19th of 198 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Travel services in Sint Maarten (Dutch part), year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 80.0% | — |
| 2012 | 81.0% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 80.7% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 81.4% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 82.8% | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 83.3% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 75.4% | -9.5% |
| 2018 | 69.7% | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 75.2% | +8.0% |
| 2020 | 61.4% | -18.4% |
| 2021 | 76.6% | +24.7% |
| 2022 | 82.3% | +7.5% |
| 2023 | 81.1% | -1.5% |
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) compared with similar countries
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)'s 81.1% is above the median for high income countries, which is 27.1%, 3.0× the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)'s 81.1% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 54.9%, 1.5× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 78.8% | 69.7% | 83.3% | 9 |
| 2020s | 75.3% | 61.4% | 82.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- 16 Saint Kitts and Nevis 83.8% compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 82.7% compare
- 18 Jamaica 82.6% compare
- 20 Cape Verde 80.3% compare
- 21 Dominican Republic 80.2% compare
- 22 Bhutan 77.5% compare
More private sector data for Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Merchandise trade 80.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 1.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports 221.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,032 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1171 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -2.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 29,643 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.6897 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), annual growth rate 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Commercial service exports (current US$), per capita 29,666 current US$ per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
- Travel services in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) was 81.1% in 2023, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
- The highest recorded value was 83.3% in 2016.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.4% in 2020.
- How does Sint Maarten (Dutch part) rank for travel services?
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part) ranks 19th out of 198 countries with data for 2023.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sint Maarten (Dutch part) data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Travel services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.