Sint Maarten (Dutch part)'s international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) was US$234 million in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 65.28% from US$674 million in 2010 (10.04% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$234 million | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | US$898 million | 2015 |
| Ten years earlier | US$674 million | 2010 |
| Highest | US$906 million | 2014 |
| Lowest | US$234 million | 2020 |
| Average since 2011 | US$707.8 million | 2011–2020 |
| First recorded | US$349 million |
What the numbers say
In 2020, Sint Maarten (Dutch part)'s international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) fell 65.7% on 2019 (from US$682 million to US$234 million).
Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +3.9% and a typical year strayed about 15.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 4.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 50.6% in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was 65.7% 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 the straight-line trend is downward, about US$50.75 million a year. A straight line explains 49% 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 2020, Sint Maarten (Dutch part) had the 106th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | US$234 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 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) in the 2020 ranking
- Curaçao — 103rd of 158: US$281 million
- North Macedonia — 104th of 158: US$252 million
- Belize — 105th of 158: US$247 million
- Seychelles — 107th of 158: US$221 million
- Bangladesh — 108th of 158: US$217 million
- Lao PDR — 109th of 158: US$213 million
What this measures
International tourism receipts for travel items are expenditures by international inbound visitors in the reporting economy. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These receipts should include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 26 values
| Year | International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 234,000,000 |
| 2019 | 682,000,000 |
| 2018 | 453,000,000 |
| 2017 | 630,000,000 |
| 2016 | 857,000,000 |
| 2015 | 898,000,000 |
| 2014 | 906,000,000 |
| 2013 | 857,000,000 |
| 2012 | 842,000,000 |
| 2011 | 719,000,000 |
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$3.04 billion (2020)
- Chile
More private sector & trade data for Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) — US$19 million (2020)
- International tourism, number of arrivals — 1.95 million (2019)
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 80.68% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$1.3 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$221 million (2025)
- International tourism, receipts (current US$) — US$243 million (2020)
- International tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) — US$9 million (2020)
- International tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Sint Maarten (Dutch part)'s international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$)?
- US$234 million in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is down 32.95% from US$349 million in 1995 (1.59% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$906 million in 2014 and the lowest US$234 million in 2020.
- How does Sint Maarten (Dutch part) rank?
- 106th highest of 158 economies with data for 2020.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) unusual for Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
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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