What is the difference in ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons between French Guiana and Sao Tome and Principe?

0.0103 ratio, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for French Guiana and Sao Tome and Principe?

8 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2021.

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.

French Guiana vs Sao Tome and Principe: Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons

French Guiana

0.515 ratio

in 2024

Sao Tome and Principe

0.5253 ratio

in 2021

French Guiana rank

31st

Sao Tome and Principe rank

30th

Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons over time

French Guiana
Sao Tome and Principe

How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 0.5253 ratio against 0.515 ratio in French Guiana, a difference of 0.0103 ratio.

Across all 8 years both countries report, French Guiana has been ahead every year.

French Guiana ranks 31st and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 30th of 174 countries.

French Guiana has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	French Guiana	Sao Tome and Principe	Difference	Ahead
2000s	1.07 ratio	0.07 ratio	0.9995 ratio	French Guiana
2010s	0.6667 ratio	0.2115 ratio	0.4552 ratio	French Guiana
2020s	0.6138 ratio	0.5253 ratio	0.0886 ratio	French Guiana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons, French Guiana or Sao Tome and Principe?: Sao Tome and Principe, at 0.5253 ratio against 0.515 ratio in French Guiana as of 2021.
What is the difference in ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons between French Guiana and Sao Tome and Principe?: 0.0103 ratio, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for French Guiana and Sao Tome and Principe?: 8 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2021.
How do French Guiana and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons?: French Guiana ranks 31st and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 30th 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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Indicator: Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons
Unit: ratio
Source: UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 174 places, 3,890 data points, 1995–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

A country with a ratio greater than one indicates a higher number of arrivals for business and professional purposes compared to personal purposes.