Cook Islands vs Jamaica: Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons
Cook Islands
0.017 ratio
in 2022
Jamaica
0.0212 ratio
in 2022
Cook Islands rank
166th
Jamaica rank
163rd
Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons over time
- Cook Islands
- Jamaica
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 0.0212 ratio against 0.017 ratio in Cook Islands, a difference of 0.0042 ratio.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.2 times Cook Islands's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Jamaica ahead.
Cook Islands ranks 166th and Jamaica ranks 163rd of 174 countries.
Jamaica has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cook Islands | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0416 ratio | 0.0575 ratio | 0.0159 ratio | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 0.0434 ratio | 0.0598 ratio | 0.0164 ratio | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 0.0341 ratio | 0.0479 ratio | 0.0138 ratio | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 0.0189 ratio | 0.0236 ratio | 0.0046 ratio | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons, Cook Islands or Jamaica?
- Jamaica, at 0.0212 ratio against 0.017 ratio in Cook Islands as of 2022.
- What is the difference in ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons between Cook Islands and Jamaica?
- 0.0042 ratio, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Jamaica?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2022.
- How do Cook Islands and Jamaica rank globally for ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons?
- Cook Islands ranks 166th and Jamaica ranks 163rd of 174 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
A country with a ratio greater than one indicates a higher number of arrivals for business and professional purposes compared to personal purposes.