Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons in French Guiana
French Guiana: Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons was 0.515 ratio in 2024. ▼ Falling
Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons in French Guiana, 2001–2024
Source: UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in ratio.
Analysis
French Guiana recorded 0.515 ratio for ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons in 2024.
That represents a change of down 9.9% on the previous year and down 22.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons in French Guiana peaked at 1.6 ratio in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.4223 ratio, in 2020.
French Guiana ranks 31st of 174 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons in French Guiana, year by year
| Year | ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.8571 ratio | — |
| 2002 | 0.5854 ratio | -31.7% |
| 2005 | 1.02 ratio | +74.5% |
| 2007 | 1.6 ratio | +56.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8043 ratio | -49.6% |
| 2015 | 0.6673 ratio | -17.0% |
| 2016 | 0.6667 ratio | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.6662 ratio | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.4223 ratio | -36.6% |
| 2021 | 0.6138 ratio | +45.4% |
| 2022 | 0.5538 ratio | -9.8% |
| 2023 | 0.5713 ratio | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 0.515 ratio | -9.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9727 ratio | 0.5854 ratio | 1.6 ratio | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.6667 ratio | 0.6662 ratio | 0.6673 ratio | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.5353 ratio | 0.4223 ratio | 0.6138 ratio | 5 |
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- 32 Armenia 0.5061 ratio compare
- 33 Belgium 0.4485 ratio compare
- 34 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.4426 ratio compare
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 ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons in French Guiana?
- Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons in French Guiana was 0.515 ratio in 2024, according to UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons recorded in French Guiana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6 ratio in 2007.
- What is the lowest ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons recorded in French Guiana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4223 ratio in 2020.
- How does French Guiana rank for ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons?
- French Guiana ranks 31st out of 174 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons rising or falling in French Guiana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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A country with a ratio greater than one indicates a higher number of arrivals for business and professional purposes compared to personal purposes.