Kiribati vs Malawi: Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons
Kiribati
1.72 ratio
in 2022
Malawi
2.42 ratio
in 2021
Kiribati rank
4th
Malawi rank
2nd
Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons over time
- Kiribati
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 2.42 ratio against 1.72 ratio in Kiribati, a difference of 0.7 ratio.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.4 times Kiribati's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Malawi ahead.
Kiribati ranks 4th and Malawi ranks 2nd of 174 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Kiribati averaged higher in 1 and Malawi in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4526 ratio | 0.828 ratio | 0.3753 ratio | Malawi |
| 2000s | 0.7268 ratio | 1.02 ratio | 0.298 ratio | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.639 ratio | 1.89 ratio | 1.25 ratio | Malawi |
| 2020s | 3.28 ratio | 3.25 ratio | 0.029 ratio | Kiribati |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons, Kiribati or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 2.42 ratio against 1.72 ratio in Kiribati as of 2021.
- What is the difference in ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons between Kiribati and Malawi?
- 0.7 ratio, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Malawi?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2021.
- How do Kiribati and Malawi rank globally for ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons?
- Kiribati ranks 4th and Malawi ranks 2nd 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.