Cook Islands vs Saint Lucia: Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons
Cook Islands
0.017 ratio
in 2022
Saint Lucia
0.0154 ratio
in 2022
Cook Islands rank
166th
Saint Lucia rank
168th
Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons over time
- Cook Islands
- Saint Lucia
How they compare
Cook Islands currently reports 0.017 ratio against 0.0154 ratio in Saint Lucia, a difference of 0.0016 ratio.
That makes Cook Islands's figure about 1.1 times Saint Lucia's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Cook Islands ahead.
Cook Islands ranks 166th and Saint Lucia ranks 168th of 174 countries.
Saint Lucia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cook Islands | Saint Lucia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0416 ratio | 0.0423 ratio | 0.0007 ratio | Saint Lucia |
| 2000s | 0.0418 ratio | 0.0479 ratio | 0.0061 ratio | Saint Lucia |
| 2010s | 0.0341 ratio | 0.0456 ratio | 0.0115 ratio | Saint Lucia |
| 2020s | 0.0189 ratio | 0.0197 ratio | 0.0008 ratio | Saint Lucia |
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 Saint Lucia?
- Cook Islands, at 0.017 ratio against 0.0154 ratio in Saint Lucia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons between Cook Islands and Saint Lucia?
- 0.0016 ratio, with Cook Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Saint Lucia?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2022.
- How do Cook Islands and Saint Lucia rank globally for ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons?
- Cook Islands ranks 166th and Saint Lucia ranks 168th 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.