Curaçao's international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) was US$281 million in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 27.01% from US$385 million in 2010 (3.1% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$281 million | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | US$607 million | 2015 |
| Ten years earlier | US$385 million | 2010 |
| Highest | US$703 million | 2019 |
| Lowest | US$281 million | 2020 |
| Average since 2011 | US$552.2 million | 2011–2020 |
| First recorded | US$327 million |
What the numbers say
In 2020, Curaçao's international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) fell 60% on 2019 (from US$703 million to US$281 million).
Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2019), the average change was +7% and a typical year strayed about 9.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 6.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 19.9% in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 60% in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2011 to 2020 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2020, Curaçao had the 103rd highest value of the 158 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Curaçao | US$281 million | 2020 |
| World | US$1.47 trillion | 2019 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | US$102.12 billion | 2019 |
| High income | US$1.04 trillion | 2019 |
Closest to Curaçao in the 2020 ranking
- Azerbaijan — 100th of 158: US$304 million
- Guatemala — 101st of 158: US$297 million
- Armenia — 102nd of 158: US$293 million
- North Macedonia — 104th of 158: US$252 million
- Belize — 105th of 158: US$247 million
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part) — 106th of 158: US$234 million
What this measures
International tourism receipts for travel items are expenditures by international inbound visitors in the reporting economy. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These receipts should include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 14 values
| Year | International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 281,000,000 |
| 2019 | 703,000,000 |
| 2018 | 593,000,000 |
| 2017 | 551,000,000 |
| 2016 | 573,000,000 |
| 2015 | 607,000,000 |
| 2014 | 635,000,000 |
| 2013 | 583,000,000 |
| 2012 | 543,000,000 |
| 2011 | 453,000,000 |
International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — US$386 million (2020)
- Argentina — US$1.62 billion (2020)
- Aruba — US$1.08 billion (2020)
- Bahamas, The — US$1 billion (2020)
- Barbados — US$1.13 billion (2018)
- Belize — US$247 million (2020)
- Bolivia — US$191 million (2020)
- Brazil — US$3.04 billion (2020)
- Chile
More private sector & trade data for Curaçao
- International tourism, receipts (current US$) — US$282 million (2020)
- International tourism, number of arrivals — 1.29 million (2019)
- International tourism, expenditures (current US$) — US$127 million (2020)
- Import unit value index (2015 = 100) — 124.5 (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$2.33 billion (2025)
- Export unit value index (2015 = 100) — 171.8 (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$397 million (2025)
- International tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) — US$1 million (2020)
- International tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Curaçao's international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$)?
- US$281 million in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2007?
- It is down 14.07% from US$327 million in 2007 (1.16% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$703 million in 2019 and the lowest US$281 million in 2020.
- How does Curaçao rank?
- 103rd highest of 158 economies with data for 2020.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) unusual for Curaçao?
- In 2020, Curaçao's international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) fell 60% on 2019 (from US$703 million to US$281 million). Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2019), the average change was +7% and a typical year strayed about 9.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 6.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.TVLR.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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