International trips for personal vs. business and professional reasons in French Guiana
French Guiana: International trips for personal vs. business and professional reasons was 56,780 trips in 2024. ▲ Rising
International trips for personal vs. business and professional reasons in French Guiana, 2001–2024
Source: UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in trips.
Analysis
In 2024, international trips for personal vs. business and professional reasons in French Guiana stood at 56,780 trips.
The figure is up 17.0% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international trips for personal vs. business and professional reasons in French Guiana peaked at 66,500 trips in 2017 and was at its lowest, 26,000 trips, in 2021.
That places French Guiana 152nd out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
International trips for personal vs. business and professional reasons in French Guiana, year by year
| Year | trips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 35,000 trips | — |
| 2002 | 41,000 trips | +17.1% |
| 2005 | 47,000 trips | +14.6% |
| 2007 | 42,000 trips | -10.6% |
| 2009 | 46,000 trips | +9.5% |
| 2015 | 52,000 trips | +13.0% |
| 2016 | 57,300 trips | +10.2% |
| 2017 | 66,500 trips | +16.1% |
| 2020 | 34,810 trips | -47.7% |
| 2021 | 26,000 trips | -25.3% |
| 2022 | 47,450 trips | +82.5% |
| 2023 | 48,520 trips | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 56,780 trips | +17.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 42,200 trips | 35,000 trips | 47,000 trips | 5 |
| 2010s | 58,600 trips | 52,000 trips | 66,500 trips | 3 |
| 2020s | 42,712 trips | 26,000 trips | 56,780 trips | 5 |
Countries ranked near French Guiana
More reference data data for French Guiana
- Milk production 293 tonnes (2006)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 3.39 live births per woman (2023)
- Exposure to extreme temperature — Annual temperature change 0.9565 Degrees celsius (2023)
- Exposure to extreme precipitation — Annual precipitation change 595.3 Millimetres per year (2023)
- Average age of mothers at childbirth 29.33 years (2023)
- Area of permanent meadows and pastures 25,569 hectares (2023)
- Land area in hectares 8.28 million hectares (2023)
- FAO projections of arable land 16,435 hectares (2023)
- Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures 0.31 percent (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 3.39 live births per woman (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international trips for personal vs. business and professional reasons in French Guiana?
- International trips for personal vs. business and professional reasons in French Guiana was 56,780 trips in 2024, according to UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest international trips for personal vs. business and professional reasons recorded in French Guiana?
- The highest recorded value was 66,500 trips in 2017.
- What is the lowest international trips for personal vs. business and professional reasons recorded in French Guiana?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,000 trips in 2021.
- How does French Guiana rank for international trips for personal vs. business and professional reasons?
- French Guiana ranks 152nd out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is international trips for personal vs. business and professional reasons rising or falling in French Guiana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this French Guiana data come from?
- The figures come from UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of International trips for personal vs. business and professional reasons. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of international trips where the main purpose is personal (leisure, visiting friends and relatives, health, etc.) and the visitor stays overnight.