Arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita in Curacao
Curacao: Arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita was 3.05 trips per person in 2022. ▲ Rising
Arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita in Curacao, 1995–2022
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in trips per person.
Analysis
Curacao recorded 3.05 trips per person for arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita in 2022. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 87.8% on the previous year and up 17.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita in Curacao peaked at 3.05 trips per person in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.09 trips per person, in 2020.
Curacao ranks 14th of 170 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita in Curacao, year by year
| Year | trips per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1.38 trips per person | — |
| 1996 | 1.3 trips per person | -5.8% |
| 1997 | 1.33 trips per person | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 1.35 trips per person | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 1.19 trips per person | -11.6% |
| 2000 | 1.14 trips per person | -4.9% |
| 2001 | 1.26 trips per person | +11.0% |
| 2002 | 1.42 trips per person | +13.0% |
| 2003 | 1.48 trips per person | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 1.51 trips per person | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 1.5 trips per person | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 1.54 trips per person | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 1.99 trips per person | +29.1% |
| 2008 | 2.64 trips per person | +32.4% |
| 2009 | 2.27 trips per person | -14.0% |
| 2010 | 2.04 trips per person | -9.9% |
| 2011 | 2.39 trips per person | +16.8% |
| 2012 | 2.59 trips per person | +8.5% |
| 2013 | 2.66 trips per person | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 2.68 trips per person | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 2.76 trips per person | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 2.6 trips per person | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 2.3 trips per person | -11.4% |
| 2018 | 2.57 trips per person | +11.3% |
| 2019 | 2.82 trips per person | +9.7% |
| 2020 | 1.09 trips per person | -61.2% |
| 2021 | 1.63 trips per person | +48.8% |
| 2022 | 3.05 trips per person | +87.8% |
Curacao compared with similar countries
- Curacao's 3.05 trips per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.9436 trips per person, 3.2× the median. (63 countries reporting)
- Curacao's 3.05 trips per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.3556 trips per person, 8.6× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita in Curacao changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +87.8% | 1.63 trips per person | 3.05 trips per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.31 trips per person | 1.19 trips per person | 1.38 trips per person | 5 |
| 2000s | 1.67 trips per person | 1.14 trips per person | 2.64 trips per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.54 trips per person | 2.04 trips per person | 2.82 trips per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.92 trips per person | 1.09 trips per person | 3.05 trips per person | 3 |
Countries ranked near Curacao
More reference data data for Curacao
- Consumer price index 115.53 2010 = 100 (2019)
- How have things changed?, per unit of GDP 0 metric tons per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Wealth share of the richest 1% 27.6% (2024)
- Share of men expected to survive to the age of 65 78.0% (2024)
- Landline phone subscriptions, per capita 0.2973 units per person (2023)
- Landline phone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Landline phone subscriptions, annual growth rate -9.1 % change on previous year (2023)
- Landline phone subscriptions, gaps filled 45,974 (2023)
- How have things changed?, per capita 0.0157 metric tons per person (2024)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per capita 0 metric tons per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita in Curacao?
- Arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita in Curacao was 3.05 trips per person in 2022, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita recorded in Curacao?
- The highest recorded value was 3.05 trips per person in 2022.
- What is the lowest arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita recorded in Curacao?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.09 trips per person in 2020.
- How does Curacao rank for arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita?
- Curacao ranks 14th out of 170 countries with data for 2022.
- Is arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita rising or falling in Curacao?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Curacao data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.