Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons by country
Countries reporting
174
Highest
2.94
Papua New Guinea
Lowest
0.0002
Ukraine
Median
0.1408
Years covered
30
1995–2024
Data points
3,890
What the numbers show
Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons is currently reported for 174 countries. The highest value is 2.94 in Papua New Guinea; the lowest is 0.0002 in Ukraine.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1408, and the mean is 0.2962.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15,883.
Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 107 fell. The largest increase was in Turks and Caicos Islands (up 953.6%), and the largest decrease in Central African Republic (down 97.1%).
Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Papua New Guinea | 2.94 | 2022 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 1 | Montserrat | 0.169 | 2021 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 2 | Malawi | 2.42 | 2021 | up 61.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Niue | 0.1395 | 2017 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 3 | Rwanda | 2.03 | 2021 | up 163.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Cook Islands | 0.017 | 2022 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 4 | Kiribati | 1.72 | 2022 | up 223.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Anguilla | 0.017 | 2022 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 5 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.5 | 2021 | up 522.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Togo | 1.37 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 7 | Chad | 1.11 | 2021 | up 500.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Guinea | 1.1 | 2017 | up 64.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Burkina Faso | 1.04 | 2022 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 10 | Tuvalu | 1.02 | 2022 | up 171.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Niger | 1 | 2020 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 12 | Romania | 0.9684 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 13 | Benin | 0.8967 | 2020 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Djibouti | 0.8867 | 2022 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 15 | Ethiopia | 0.876 | 2024 | up 128.2% | falling |
| 16 | Congo | 0.8622 | 2018 | up 51.6% | flat |
| 17 | Bangladesh | 0.8414 | 2009 | up 220.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Ghana | 0.7984 | 2021 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Marshall Islands | 0.7647 | 2017 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 20 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.7496 | 2021 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 21 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.7095 | 2016 | down 59.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Zambia | 0.6151 | 2021 | down 62.3% | rising |
| 23 | Kuwait | 0.5791 | 2023 | up 253.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Turkmenistan | 0.5769 | 2007 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.5738 | 2018 | up 131.8% | rising |
| 26 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.5619 | 2003 | up 953.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Botswana | 0.5451 | 2021 | up 417.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Sierra Leone | 0.5323 | 2021 | down 37.9% | flat |
| 29 | Pakistan | 0.5261 | 2012 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 30 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.5253 | 2021 | up 340.4% | volatile |
| 31 | French Guiana | 0.515 | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 32 | Armenia | 0.5061 | 2022 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 33 | Belgium | 0.4485 | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 34 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.4426 | 2017 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 35 | Lithuania | 0.4395 | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 0.4149 | 2021 | up 212.8% | rising |
| 37 | Angola | 0.4022 | 2022 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Kenya | 0.4021 | 2022 | up 96.2% | rising |
| 39 | Libya | 0.3922 | 2003 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Finland | 0.3659 | 2024 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 41 | Sudan | 0.3506 | 2018 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 42 | San Marino | 0.3333 | 2015 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 43 | Azerbaijan | 0.3332 | 2022 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Uganda | 0.3332 | 2021 | up 106.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Jordan | 0.3228 | 2024 | up 373.7% | rising |
| 46 | Lesotho | 0.3165 | 2016 | up 28.7% | falling |
| 47 | Estonia | 0.3077 | 2001 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 48 | Solomon Islands | 0.3077 | 2020 | down 57.4% | falling |
| 49 | Gabon | 0.2993 | 1999 | — | falling |
| 50 | Luxembourg | 0.2915 | 2015 | — | rising |
| 51 | Russia | 0.2868 | 2015 | up 68.7% | falling |
| 52 | Norway | 0.2834 | 2011 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 53 | Monaco | 0.2679 | 2022 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 54 | Australia | 0.2492 | 2022 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 55 | Kazakhstan | 0.2475 | 2022 | up 426.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Italy | 0.242 | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 57 | Paraguay | 0.2352 | 2024 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 58 | Myanmar | 0.2348 | 2022 | up 66.3% | flat |
| 59 | Cambodia | 0.2335 | 2022 | up 374.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Panama | 0.2255 | 2022 | down 63.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Guyana | 0.2242 | 2022 | up 95.3% | rising |
| 62 | United Kingdom | 0.2214 | 2024 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 63 | American Samoa | 0.2132 | 2018 | down 24.3% | flat |
| 64 | Eswatini | 0.2047 | 2022 | up 84.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Guatemala | 0.2025 | 2022 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 66 | Viet Nam | 0.2018 | 2014 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 67 | Zimbabwe | 0.2006 | 2022 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Poland | 0.197 | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 69 | Sweden | 0.1905 | 2014 | down 61.4% | falling |
| 70 | Bermuda | 0.1871 | 2022 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 71 | Portugal | 0.1868 | 2006 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 72 | Burundi | 0.1865 | 2017 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Brazil | 0.182 | 2019 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 74 | Guadeloupe | 0.177 | 2015 | up 184.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Belarus | 0.1749 | 2022 | up 145.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.1682 | 2019 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Malaysia | 0.1655 | 2008 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 78 | Comoros | 0.1581 | 2021 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 79 | Namibia | 0.1574 | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 80 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1566 | 2022 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 81 | Ireland | 0.1543 | 2019 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 82 | Singapore | 0.1477 | 2019 | down 60.1% | falling |
| 83 | China (People’s Republic of) | 0.1467 | 2019 | down 53.2% | falling |
| 84 | Hong Kong, China | 0.1464 | 2019 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 85 | Argentina | 0.1462 | 2024 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 86 | France | 0.1414 | 2019 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 87 | United States | 0.1402 | 2021 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 88 | Philippines | 0.1293 | 2022 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 89 | Bulgaria | 0.128 | 2022 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Ecuador | 0.1254 | 2022 | down 50.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Japan | 0.1239 | 2022 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Morocco | 0.123 | 2019 | up 111.3% | rising |
| 93 | Oman | 0.118 | 2022 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 94 | India | 0.117 | 2024 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Chile | 0.1151 | 2023 | down 45.6% | flat |
| 96 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1138 | 2024 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 97 | Gambia | 0.1133 | 2022 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Indonesia | 0.1123 | 2022 | down 78.8% | falling |
| 99 | El Salvador | 0.1122 | 2024 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1121 | 2024 | down 76.3% | volatile |
| 101 | New Zealand | 0.1117 | 2022 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 102 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1099 | 2021 | down 36.4% | rising |
| 103 | Dominica | 0.1069 | 2022 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 104 | Mozambique | 0.1036 | 2021 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 105 | New Caledonia | 0.0997 | 2024 | down 38.6% | flat |
| 106 | Israel | 0.0994 | 2024 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 107 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.0992 | 2021 | up 73.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Barbados | 0.0974 | 2024 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 109 | Thailand | 0.0952 | 2021 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 110 | Honduras | 0.0941 | 2022 | down 75.5% | falling |
| 111 | Nicaragua | 0.094 | 2022 | down 60.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Mongolia | 0.0916 | 2024 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Suriname | 0.0909 | 2015 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 114 | Latvia | 0.0907 | 2021 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 115 | Réunion | 0.0897 | 2022 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 116 | Uruguay | 0.0871 | 2021 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 117 | Slovenia | 0.0869 | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 118 | Guam | 0.0854 | 2024 | up 144.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Nepal | 0.0841 | 2016 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 120 | Bhutan | 0.0836 | 2020 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Madagascar | 0.0811 | 2021 | down 62.5% | falling |
| 122 | Algeria | 0.0801 | 2022 | down 79.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Taiwan, China | 0.0791 | 2024 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Martinique | 0.0787 | 2022 | down 39.3% | flat |
| 125 | Belize | 0.0767 | 2021 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 126 | Georgia | 0.0754 | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 127 | Cyprus | 0.0741 | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 128 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0712 | 2024 | down 58.7% | falling |
| 129 | Samoa | 0.0698 | 2022 | down 78.4% | falling |
| 130 | Sri Lanka | 0.0697 | 2022 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Cayman Islands | 0.0694 | 2020 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 132 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0671 | 2013 | up 248.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Colombia | 0.0669 | 2022 | down 68.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Haiti | 0.0669 | 2021 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 135 | Grenada | 0.0633 | 2022 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 136 | Vanuatu | 0.0629 | 2022 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 137 | Costa Rica | 0.0612 | 2024 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 138 | Spain | 0.0594 | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 139 | Bahrain | 0.0587 | 2024 | down 82.2% | volatile |
| 140 | French Polynesia | 0.0581 | 2022 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 141 | Mali | 0.0552 | 2021 | down 92.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Malta | 0.0509 | 2024 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 143 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.049 | 2010 | down 67.9% | flat |
| 144 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0476 | 2024 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 145 | Hungary | 0.0459 | 2022 | up 39.3% | falling |
| 146 | Curaçao | 0.0455 | 2022 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Aruba | 0.0444 | 2021 | down 31.6% | rising |
| 148 | Eritrea | 0.0441 | 2016 | down 75.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Dominican Republic | 0.0434 | 2024 | up 62.0% | falling |
| 150 | Denmark | 0.041 | 2022 | up 36.4% | falling |
| 151 | Tonga | 0.0395 | 2022 | down 64.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Central African Republic | 0.0359 | 2020 | down 97.1% | flat |
| 153 | Bahamas | 0.035 | 2024 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 154 | Korea | 0.0349 | 2022 | up 55.3% | falling |
| 155 | Türkiye | 0.0335 | 2022 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Fiji | 0.0323 | 2022 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 157 | South Africa | 0.0319 | 2024 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Mexico | 0.0306 | 2024 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 159 | Peru | 0.03 | 2022 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Mauritius | 0.0246 | 2024 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 161 | Jamaica | 0.0212 | 2022 | down 60.1% | falling |
| 162 | Uzbekistan | 0.0194 | 2019 | down 79.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Seychelles | 0.019 | 2022 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 164 | Saint Lucia | 0.0154 | 2022 | down 72.0% | falling |
| 165 | Albania | 0.0143 | 2022 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Palau | 0.01 | 2015 | down 81.0% | falling |
| 167 | Egypt | 0.0091 | 2019 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 168 | Cuba | 0.0076 | 2022 | up 25.8% | falling |
| 169 | Tajikistan | 0.0052 | 2018 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Ukraine | 0.0002 | 2024 | down 95.4% | volatile |