Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Curacao
Curacao: Travel services (% of commercial service imports) was 53.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Curacao, 2011–2023
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
In 2023, travel services in Curacao stood at 53.0%. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.7% on the previous year and up 60.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Curacao peaked at 53.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8.9%, in 2021.
That places Curacao 9th out of 198 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Curacao, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32.6% | — |
| 2012 | 31.3% | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 33.1% | +5.8% |
| 2014 | 35.0% | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 37.7% | +7.9% |
| 2016 | 41.0% | +8.7% |
| 2017 | 38.6% | -5.9% |
| 2018 | 39.3% | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 39.8% | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 20.8% | -47.7% |
| 2021 | 8.9% | -57.5% |
| 2022 | 50.1% | +466.5% |
| 2023 | 53.0% | +5.7% |
Curacao compared with similar countries
- Curacao's 53.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 21.8%, 2.4× the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Curacao's 53.0% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 18.1%, 2.9× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Curacao changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +466.5% | 8.9% | 50.1% |
| 2021 | -57.5% | 20.8% | 8.9% |
| 2020 | -47.7% | 39.8% | 20.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 36.5% | 31.3% | 41.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 33.2% | 8.9% | 53.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Curacao
More private sector data for Curacao
- Merchandise trade 71.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.33 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 922.75 million current US$ (2023)
- Merchandise exports 397.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.52 billion current US$ (2023)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,541 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1379 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -19.14 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 14,892 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5776 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Curacao?
- Travel services in Curacao was 53.0% in 2023, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Curacao?
- The highest recorded value was 53.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Curacao?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.9% in 2021.
- How does Curacao rank for travel services?
- Curacao ranks 9th out of 198 countries with data for 2023.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Curacao?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Curacao 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 imports). 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 imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.