Average length of stay in Curacao
Curacao: Average length of stay was 9.5 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Average length of stay in Curacao, 1995–2022
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2022, average length of stay in Curacao stood at 9.5.
That represents a change of down 12.0% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average length of stay in Curacao peaked at 10.8 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 5.89, in 1997.
Curacao ranks 15th of 152 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Average length of stay in Curacao, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 6.33 | — |
| 1996 | 6.28 | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 5.89 | -6.2% |
| 1999 | 8.6 | +46.0% |
| 2000 | 8.24 | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 8.39 | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 8.38 | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 8.56 | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 8.59 | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 8.82 | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 9.2 | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 8.54 | -7.2% |
| 2008 | 7.28 | -14.8% |
| 2009 | 7.18 | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 8.5 | +18.4% |
| 2011 | 8.2 | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 8.8 | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 8.52 | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 8.81 | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 8.14 | -7.6% |
| 2016 | 7.9 | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 8.06 | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 7.94 | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 8.2 | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 9.4 | +14.6% |
| 2021 | 10.8 | +14.9% |
| 2022 | 9.5 | -12.0% |
Curacao compared with similar countries
- Curacao's 9.5 is above the median for high income countries, which is 2.6, 3.7× the median. (63 countries reporting)
- Curacao's 9.5 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6.1, 1.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Average length of stay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +46.0% | 5.89 | 8.6 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.78 | 5.89 | 8.6 | 4 |
| 2000s | 8.32 | 7.18 | 9.2 | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.31 | 7.9 | 8.81 | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.9 | 9.4 | 10.8 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Curacao
More reference data data for Curacao
- Urban vs rural majority, annual growth rate 0.0444 % change on previous year (2025)
- Consumer price index 115.53 (2019)
- Urban vs rural majority, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Landline phone subscriptions, gaps filled 45,974 (2023)
- Contribution temp rise degrees, per capita 0 units per person (2024)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Asylum seekers and refugees 0 (2024)
- How have things changed?, annual growth rate 8.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- How have things changed?, per unit of GDP 0 metric tons per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Landline phone subscriptions, per capita 0.2973 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average length of stay in Curacao?
- Average length of stay in Curacao was 9.5 in 2022, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest average length of stay recorded in Curacao?
- The highest recorded value was 10.8 in 2021.
- What is the lowest average length of stay recorded in Curacao?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.89 in 1997.
- How does Curacao rank for average length of stay?
- Curacao ranks 15th out of 152 countries with data for 2022.
- Is average length of stay rising or falling in Curacao?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Curacao data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Average length of stay. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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