Costa Rica vs Vanuatu: Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons
Costa Rica
0.0612 ratio
in 2024
Vanuatu
0.0629 ratio
in 2022
Costa Rica rank
139th
Vanuatu rank
138th
Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons over time
- Costa Rica
- Vanuatu
How they compare
Vanuatu currently reports 0.0629 ratio against 0.0612 ratio in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0017 ratio.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 139th and Vanuatu ranks 138th of 174 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Vanuatu in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Vanuatu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.261 ratio | 0.1416 ratio | 0.1194 ratio | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.2341 ratio | 0.1381 ratio | 0.096 ratio | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.1299 ratio | 0.0943 ratio | 0.0357 ratio | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.0444 ratio | 0.0629 ratio | 0.0185 ratio | Vanuatu |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons, Costa Rica or Vanuatu?
- Vanuatu, at 0.0629 ratio against 0.0612 ratio in Costa Rica as of 2022.
- What is the difference in ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons between Costa Rica and Vanuatu?
- 0.0017 ratio, with Vanuatu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Vanuatu?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2022.
- How do Costa Rica and Vanuatu rank globally for ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons?
- Costa Rica ranks 139th and Vanuatu ranks 138th 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.