Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad in Curacao
Curacao: Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad was 555.14 million current US$ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad in Curacao, 2002–2023
Source: UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in current US$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad in Curacao is 555.14 million current US$, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 14.8% on the previous year and up 47.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad in Curacao peaked at 555.14 million current US$ in 2023 and was at its lowest, 72.59 million current US$, in 2021.
Curacao ranks 113th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad in Curacao, year by year
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 137.00 million current US$ | — |
| 2003 | 176.00 million current US$ | +28.5% |
| 2004 | 195.00 million current US$ | +10.8% |
| 2005 | 164.00 million current US$ | -15.9% |
| 2006 | 191.00 million current US$ | +16.5% |
| 2007 | 223.00 million current US$ | +16.8% |
| 2008 | 229.00 million current US$ | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 258.00 million current US$ | +12.7% |
| 2010 | 282.00 million current US$ | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 321.00 million current US$ | +13.8% |
| 2012 | 357.00 million current US$ | +11.2% |
| 2013 | 377.00 million current US$ | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 383.00 million current US$ | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 419.00 million current US$ | +9.4% |
| 2016 | 428.00 million current US$ | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 447.00 million current US$ | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 452.00 million current US$ | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 411.00 million current US$ | -9.1% |
| 2020 | 126.64 million current US$ | -69.2% |
| 2021 | 72.59 million current US$ | -42.7% |
| 2022 | 483.76 million current US$ | +566.5% |
| 2023 | 555.14 million current US$ | +14.8% |
Curacao compared with similar countries
- Curacao's 555.14 million current US$ is below the median for high income countries, which is 4.47 billion current US$, 12% of the median. (71 countries reporting)
- Curacao's 555.14 million current US$ is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 704.23 million current US$, 79% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad in Curacao changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +566.5% | 72.59 million current US$ | 483.76 million current US$ |
| 2020 | -69.2% | 411.00 million current US$ | 126.64 million current US$ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 196.62 million current US$ | 137.00 million current US$ | 258.00 million current US$ | 8 |
| 2010s | 387.70 million current US$ | 282.00 million current US$ | 452.00 million current US$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 309.53 million current US$ | 72.59 million current US$ | 555.14 million current US$ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Curacao
More reference data data for Curacao
- Consumer price index 115.53 2010 = 100 (2019)
- How have things changed?, annual growth rate 8.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- How have things changed?, per unit of GDP 0 metric tons per US$ of GDP (2024)
- How have things changed?, per capita 0.0157 metric tons per person (2024)
- Landline phone subscriptions, gaps filled 45,974 (2023)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per unit of GDP 0 metric tons per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Landline phone subscriptions, per capita 0.2973 units per person (2023)
- Landline phone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per capita 0 metric tons per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad in Curacao?
- Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad in Curacao was 555.14 million current US$ in 2023, according to UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad recorded in Curacao?
- The highest recorded value was 555.14 million current US$ in 2023.
- What is the lowest spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad recorded in Curacao?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.59 million current US$ in 2021.
- How does Curacao rank for spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad?
- Curacao ranks 113th out of 199 countries with data for 2023.
- Is spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad rising or falling in Curacao?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Curacao data come from?
- The figures come from UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Money spent by a country’s residents abroad on accommodation, food, transport, entertainment, shopping, and fares paid to foreign airlines. The data is expressed in current US dollars and is not adjusted for inflation or differences in living costs between countries.