Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Sint Maarten (Dutch part): Travel services (% of commercial service imports) was 17.8% 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 imports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for travel services in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) is 17.8%, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 18.9% on the previous year and down 47.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) peaked at 37.3% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 11.8%, in 2020.
That places Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 110th out of 198 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Sint Maarten (Dutch part), year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37.3% | — |
| 2012 | 35.2% | -5.5% |
| 2013 | 34.0% | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 30.1% | -11.5% |
| 2015 | 33.1% | +10.2% |
| 2016 | 35.8% | +8.0% |
| 2017 | 33.1% | -7.5% |
| 2018 | 22.9% | -30.9% |
| 2019 | 21.8% | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 11.8% | -45.7% |
| 2021 | 23.2% | +96.2% |
| 2022 | 21.9% | -5.7% |
| 2023 | 17.8% | -18.9% |
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) compared with similar countries
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)'s 17.8% is below the median for high income countries, which is 21.8%, 82% of the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)'s 17.8% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 18.1%, 98% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +96.2% | 11.8% | 23.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 31.5% | 21.8% | 37.3% | 9 |
| 2020s | 18.7% | 11.8% | 23.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
More private sector data for Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Merchandise trade 80.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 1.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 327.52 million current US$ (2023)
- Merchandise exports 221.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.27 billion current US$ (2023)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
- Travel services in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) was 17.8% 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 37.3% in 2011.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.8% in 2020.
- How does Sint Maarten (Dutch part) rank for travel services?
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part) ranks 110th 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 down 47.7%. 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 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.