Foreign guests in hotels and similar establishments in Curacao
Curacao: Foreign guests in hotels and similar establishments was 283,000 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Foreign guests in hotels and similar establishments in Curacao, 1999–2022
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Curacao recorded 283,000 for foreign guests in hotels and similar establishments in 2022.
That represents a change of up 63.6% on the previous year and up 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign guests in hotels and similar establishments in Curacao peaked at 308,000 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 104,000, in 2020.
That places Curacao 93rd out of 139 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Foreign guests in hotels and similar establishments in Curacao, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 111,000 | — |
| 2000 | 126,000 | +13.5% |
| 2001 | 129,000 | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 129,000 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 145,000 | +12.4% |
| 2004 | 150,000 | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 158,000 | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 165,000 | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 214,000 | +29.7% |
| 2008 | 224,000 | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 234,000 | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 223,000 | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 249,000 | +11.7% |
| 2012 | 230,000 | -7.6% |
| 2013 | 291,000 | +26.5% |
| 2014 | 308,000 | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 302,000 | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 276,000 | -8.6% |
| 2017 | 268,000 | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 261,000 | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 281,000 | +7.7% |
| 2020 | 104,000 | -63.0% |
| 2021 | 173,000 | +66.3% |
| 2022 | 283,000 | +63.6% |
Curacao compared with similar countries
- Curacao's 283,000 is below the median for high income countries, which is 2.55 million, 11% of the median. (66 countries reporting)
- Curacao's 283,000 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 328,000, 86% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Foreign guests in hotels and similar establishments 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -63.0% | 281,000 | 104,000 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 111,000 | 111,000 | 111,000 | 1 |
| 2000s | 167,400 | 126,000 | 234,000 | 10 |
| 2010s | 268,900 | 223,000 | 308,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 186,667 | 104,000 | 283,000 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Curacao
- 90 Iran 313,000 compare
- 91 Seychelles 308,000 compare
- 92 Saint Lucia 306,000 compare
- 94 Angola 275,000 compare
- 95 Antigua and Barbuda 273,464 compare
- 96 Ukraine 248,000 compare
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 foreign guests in hotels and similar establishments in Curacao?
- Foreign guests in hotels and similar establishments in Curacao was 283,000 in 2022, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest foreign guests in hotels and similar establishments recorded in Curacao?
- The highest recorded value was 308,000 in 2014.
- What is the lowest foreign guests in hotels and similar establishments recorded in Curacao?
- The lowest recorded value was 104,000 in 2020.
- How does Curacao rank for foreign guests in hotels and similar establishments?
- Curacao ranks 93rd out of 139 countries with data for 2022.
- Is foreign guests in hotels and similar establishments rising or falling in Curacao?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.0%. 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 Foreign guests in hotels and similar establishments. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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