Travel services in Curaçao
Curaçao: Travel services was 53.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Curaçao, 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 Curaçao 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 Curaçao peaked at 53.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8.9%, in 2021.
That places Curaçao 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 in Curaçao, 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% |
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 Curaçao
More private sector data for Curaçao
- Merchandise trade 71.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.33 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports 397.00 million current US$ (2025)
- 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)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), annual growth rate 13.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Commercial service exports (current US$), per capita 9,814 current US$ per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Curaçao?
- Travel services in Curaçao 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 Curaçao?
- The highest recorded value was 53.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Curaçao?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.9% in 2021.
- How does Curaçao rank for travel services?
- Curaçao ranks 9th out of 198 countries with data for 2023.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Curaçao?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Curaçao 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.