Curaçao: Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.58 percentage points in 2018 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.61 percentage points in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2023, Curaçao had the 50th highest value of the 205 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.

Closest to Curaçao in the 2023 ranking

• Naoero — 47th of 205: 76.56%
• Marshall Islands — 48th of 205: 76.45%
• Switzerland — 49th of 205: 76.27%
• Dominica — 51st of 205: 75.85%
• Samoa — 52nd of 205: 75.22%
• Suriname — 53rd of 205: 74.14%

What this measures

Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Limitations: Data on exports and imports are from the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Direction of Trade database and should be broadly consistent with data from other sources, such as the United Nations Statistics Division's Commodity Trade (Comtrade) database. All high-income economies and major low- and middle-income economies report trade data to the IMF on a timely basis, covering about 85 percent of trade for recent years. Trade data for less timely reporters and for countries that do not report are estimated using reports of trading partner countries. Therefore, data on trade between developing and high-income economies should be generally complete.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 10 values

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — 79.42% (2023)
• Argentina — 35.96% (2023)
• Aruba — 81.64% (2023)
• Bahamas, The — 93.55% (2023)
• Barbados — 87.11% (2023)
• Belize — 54.97% (2023)
• Bolivia — 34.06% (2023)
• Brazil — 56.39% (2023)

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$1 million (2020)
• International tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Curaçao's merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)?

76.06% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2011?

It is up 76.06 percentage points from 0.000023% in 2011. The highest value was 81.52% in 2019 and the lowest 0.000023% in 2011.

How does Curaçao rank?

50th highest of 205 economies with data for 2023.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Direction of Trade database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TM.VAL.MRCH.HI.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Direction of Trade database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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