Curaçao's travel services (% of service exports, BoP) was 65.85% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 28.09 percentage points from 37.76% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 65.85% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 43.97% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 37.76% | 2013 |
| Highest | 66.15% | 2022 |
| Lowest | 34.75% | 2011 |
| Average since 2014 | 47.78% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 34.75% | 2011 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Curaçao's travel services (% of service exports, BoP) fell 0.3 percentage points on 2022 (from 66.15% to 65.85%).
Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2022), the average change was +2.85 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.48 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 16.13 percentage points in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.21 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.
From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about 3.04 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 70% of the movement over 10 observed 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 9th highest value of the 10 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 | 65.85% | 2023 |
| World | 19.75% | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 41% | 2025 |
| High income | 18.09% | 2025 |
Closest to Curaçao in the 2023 ranking
What this measures
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 exports which are services provided by residents to non-residents.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 13 values
| Year | Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 65.85 |
| 2022 | 66.15 |
| 2021 | 53.98 |
| 2020 | 37.86 |
| 2019 | 51.07 |
| 2018 | 43.97 |
| 2017 | 41.05 |
| 2016 | 40.32 |
| 2015 | 39 |
| 2014 | 38.58 |
| 2013 |
Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 84.27% (2025)
- Argentina — 26.45% (2025)
- Aruba — 87.83% (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 93.9% (2024)
- Barbados — 70.71% (2017)
- Belize — 68.14% (2025)
- Bolivia — 64.55% (2025)
- Brazil — 19.2% (2025)
- Chile — 29.54% (2025)
- Colombia — 48.42% (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Curaçao
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 4.86% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
- Adjusted savings, energy depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) — US$9.93 million (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) — 17.77 million (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) — 0.28% (2024)
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$) — US$103.98 million (2024)
- Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) — 186.12 million (2024)
- Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Curaçao's travel services (% of service exports, BoP)?
- 65.85% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2011?
- It is up 31.1 percentage points from 34.75% in 2011. The highest value was 66.15% in 2022 and the lowest 34.75% in 2011.
- How does Curaçao rank?
- 9th highest of 10 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in travel services (% of service exports, BoP) unusual for Curaçao?
- In 2023, Curaçao's travel services (% of service exports, BoP) fell 0.3 percentage points on 2022 (from 66.15% to 65.85%). Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2022), the average change was +2.85 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.48 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.GSR.TRVL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, 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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