Sint Maarten (Dutch part)'s travel services (% of service exports, BoP) was 80.8% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.12 percentage points from 80.68% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 80.8% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 69.37% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 80.68% | 2013 |
| Highest | 83.02% | 2016 |
| Lowest | 59.66% | 2020 |
| Average since 2014 | 76.49% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 79.92% | 2011 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Sint Maarten (Dutch part)'s travel services (% of service exports, BoP) fell 1.27 percentage points on 2022 (from 82.07% to 80.8%).
Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2022), the average change was +0.2 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.19 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 16.5 percentage points in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 15.29 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 4% 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 2023, Sint Maarten (Dutch part) had the 5th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 80.8% | 2023 |
| World | 19.75% | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 41% | 2025 |
| High income | 18.09% | 2025 |
Closest to Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 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 | 80.8 |
| 2022 | 82.07 |
| 2021 | 76.16 |
| 2020 | 59.66 |
| 2019 | 74.95 |
| 2018 | 69.37 |
| 2017 | 75.05 |
| 2016 | 83.02 |
| 2015 | 82.62 |
| 2014 | 81.22 |
| 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 Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
- GDP (current US$) — US$1.89 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 3.38 billion (2025)
- GDP, linked series (current LCU) — 3.38 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$1.56 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 2.85 billion (2025)
- GDP, PPP (current international $) — 2.48 billion (2025)
- GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $) — 2.12 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$42,978 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Sint Maarten (Dutch part)'s travel services (% of service exports, BoP)?
- 80.8% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2011?
- It is up 0.88 percentage points from 79.92% in 2011. The highest value was 83.02% in 2016 and the lowest 59.66% in 2020.
- How does Sint Maarten (Dutch part) rank?
- 5th highest of 10 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in travel services (% of service exports, BoP) unusual for Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
- In 2023, Sint Maarten (Dutch part)'s travel services (% of service exports, BoP) fell 1.27 percentage points on 2022 (from 82.07% to 80.8%). Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2022), the average change was +0.2 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.19 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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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