Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons in Palau
Palau: Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons was 0.01 in 2015. ▼ Falling
Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons in Palau, 1995–2015
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Palau recorded 0.01 for ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons in 2015. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of down 30.7% on the previous year and down 81.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons in Palau peaked at 0.0667 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.01, in 2015.
Palau ranks 166th of 170 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons in Palau, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.0392 | — |
| 1996 | 0.0455 | +15.9% |
| 1997 | 0.0423 | -7.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0667 | +57.8% |
| 1999 | 0.0577 | -13.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0556 | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0588 | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0545 | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 0.05 | -8.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0471 | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0526 | +11.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0513 | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0476 | -7.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0395 | -17.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0588 | +49.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0366 | -37.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0283 | -22.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0259 | -8.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0294 | +13.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0144 | -51.1% |
| 2015 | 0.01 | -30.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0503 | 0.0392 | 0.0667 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.0516 | 0.0395 | 0.0588 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0241 | 0.01 | 0.0366 | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons in Palau?
- Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons in Palau was 0.01 in 2015, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons recorded in Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0667 in 1998.
- What is the lowest ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.01 in 2015.
- How does Palau rank for ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons?
- Palau ranks 166th out of 170 countries with data for 2015.
- Is ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 81.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palau data come from?
- The figures come from 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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