Cook Islands vs Seychelles: Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons
Cook Islands
0.017 ratio
in 2022
Seychelles
0.019 ratio
in 2022
Cook Islands rank
166th
Seychelles rank
165th
Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons over time
- Cook Islands
- Seychelles
How they compare
Seychelles currently reports 0.019 ratio against 0.017 ratio in Cook Islands, a difference of 0.002 ratio.
That makes Seychelles's figure about 1.1 times Cook Islands's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Seychelles ahead.
Cook Islands ranks 166th and Seychelles ranks 165th of 174 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Cook Islands averaged higher in 1 and Seychelles in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cook Islands | Seychelles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0416 ratio | 0.059 ratio | 0.0174 ratio | Seychelles |
| 2000s | 0.0434 ratio | 0.0563 ratio | 0.0129 ratio | Seychelles |
| 2010s | 0.0341 ratio | 0.0353 ratio | 0.0012 ratio | Seychelles |
| 2020s | 0.0189 ratio | 0.0155 ratio | 0.0035 ratio | Cook Islands |
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 Seychelles?
- Seychelles, at 0.019 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 Seychelles?
- 0.002 ratio, with Seychelles ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Seychelles?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2022.
- How do Cook Islands and Seychelles rank globally for ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons?
- Cook Islands ranks 166th and Seychelles ranks 165th 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.