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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Curaçao: Mobility & Trade
Which countries move goods across their borders most smoothly?
Curaçao is placed 166th of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 25.61 (2025); Container Import Dwell Time 10.1 (2024).
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166th
of 177 countries placed
Placed from 2 of 4 key statistics
Not placed in the Country Index 2026 overall: measured on too few topics.
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Curaçao on mobility & trade — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
25.61
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Higher is better
Ranked 128th of 177 by UNCTAD
Curaçao: 25.61. Across the 168 countries in this edition, values run from 4.13 (Turks and Caicos Islands) to 1,313 (China); the world median is 60.84.
- World median
- 60.84
- Best in Caribbean
- 128.69 Dominican Republic
10.1
Median days a full import container waits in port
Lower is better
Curaçao: 10.1. Across the 156 countries in this edition, values run from 1 (Gibraltar) to 21.6 (Haiti); the world median is 4.4.
- World median
- 4.4
- Best in Caribbean
- 1.2 Montserrat
No reading
LPI score (1–5)
Higher is better
World Bank Group publishes no 2023 figure for Curaçao, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 1.9 (Afghanistan) to 4.3 (Singapore); the world median is 2.9.
- World median
- 2.9
- Best in Caribbean
- 2.9 Antigua and Barbuda
Key 4 of 4
ICT Goods Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Higher is better
UNCTAD publishes no 2024 figure for Curaçao, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 120 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 61.45 (Hong Kong); the world median is 0.975.
- World median
- 0.975
- Best in Caribbean
- 21.32 Cayman Islands
02Over time
Which way Curaçao is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) · higher is better
CuraçaoWorld median
Curaçao fell from 36.32 in 2011 to 23.61 in 2026; the world median went from 50.26 to 56.21.
Every year’s figures
Year Curaçao World median 2026 23.6 56.21 2025 25.6 60.84 2024 28.0 55.22 2023 26.3 54.78 2022 27.1 51.49 2021 22.4 52.64 2020 31.5 47.86 2019 26.1 51.05 2018 31.8 52.03 2017 30.6 49.87 2016 32.7 48.09 2015 38.8 49.13 2014 36.2 48.08 2013 35.4 51.32 2012 37.6 47.44 2011 36.3 50.26 2010 — 50.51 2009 — 53.04 2008 — 51.68 2007 — 55.78 2006 — 52.25 ICT Goods Exports
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) · higher is better
CuraçaoWorld median
Curaçao rose from 1.23 in 2017 to 1.37 in 2020; the world median went from 0.63 to 0.68.
Every year’s figures
Year Curaçao World median 2024 — 0.975000 2023 — 0.690000 2022 — 0.565000 2021 — 0.550000 2020 1.4 0.680000 2019 2.2 0.625000 2018 2.9 0.480000 2017 1.2 0.630000 2016 — 0.865000 2015 — 0.790000 2014 — 0.760000 2013 — 0.645000 2012 — 0.630000 2011 — 0.535000 2010 — 0.560000 2009 — 0.780000 2008 — 0.595000 2007 — 0.660000 2006 — 0.445000 2005 — 0.570000 2004 — 0.535000 2003 — 0.530000 2002 — 0.510000 2001 — 0.490000 2000 — 0.430000
03In context
Curaçao beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 177 countries on mobility & trade, never a place within the region.
Curaçao and Caribbean
Curaçao has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) | Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in port | Logistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5) | ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sint Maarten | 54th | 33.68 | 2.3 | — | — |
 Dominica | 58th | 24.47 | 1.5 | — | — |
 Antigua and Barbuda | 65th | 26.15 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 5.24 |
 Grenada | 72nd | 23.14 | 2 | 2.5 | 5.36 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | 82nd | 11.79 | 1.8 | — | — |
 Dominican Republic | 87th | 128.69 | 5.3 | 2.6 | 0.87 |
 British Virgin Islands | 90th | 11.79 | 2.2 | — | — |
 Cayman Islands | 95th | 7.329 | 5.1 | — | 21.32 |
 Bahamas | 97th | 86.44 | 6.1 | 2.7 | — |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 103rd | 20.16 | 3.3 | — | — |
 Puerto Rico | 106th | 49.61 | 5.3 | — | — |
 Jamaica | 110th | 117.51 | 6.4 | 2.5 | — |
 Saint Lucia | =126th | 27.28 | 4.9 | — | — |
 Barbados | =128th | 35.43 | 6.1 | — | 0.57 |
 Aruba | 134th | 17.98 | 4.2 | — | — |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 141st | 61.46 | 6.3 | 2.5 | 0.08 |
 United States Virgin Islands | 142nd | 21.6 | 5.1 | — | — |
| Curaçao | 166th | 25.61 | 10.1 | — | — |
 Cuba | 171st | 27.84 | 15.2 | 2.2 | — |
 Haiti | 175th | 23.67 | 21.6 | 2.1 | — |
 Anguilla | not placed | — | 1.9 | — | — |
 Montserrat | not placed | — | 1.2 | — | — |
 Saint Martin | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Turks and Caicos Islands | not placed | 4.13 | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Caribbean
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 177.
- Sint Maarten54th
- Dominica58th
- Antigua and Barbuda65th
- Grenada72nd
- Saint Kitts and Nevis82nd
- Dominican Republic87th
- British Virgin Islands90th
- Cayman Islands95th
- Bahamas97th
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines103rd
- Puerto Rico106th
- Jamaica110th
- Saint Lucia=126th
- Barbados=128th
- Aruba134th
- Trinidad and Tobago141st
- United States Virgin Islands142nd
- Curaçao166th
- Cuba171st
- Haiti175th
- Anguillanot placed
- Montserratnot placed
- Saint Martinnot placed
- Turks and Caicos Islandsnot placed
Placed either side on mobility & trade
The countries immediately above and below Curaçao in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Curaçao is ahead of the world, and behind
13 more statistics filed under mobility & trade, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Behind the world median2
Statistics on which Curaçao does worse than the middle country measured.
Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 25.4219.425.42▼ Worsened since 2014
Curaçao: 19.4 · world median 25.42 · Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.377 to 87.15; higher is better.
Position 101st of 170 · derived.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.4743.4077.474▲ Improved since 2014
Curaçao: 3.407 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.
Position 83rd of 118 · derived.
No better end11
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.60255.439.602No real change since 2015
Curaçao: 55.43 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.
International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.08943.146.089Moved since 2015
Curaçao: 43.14 · world median 6.089 · International migrants (% of population). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 100.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.23137.99103.23Moved since 2015
Curaçao: 137.99 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.
Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.1332.794-0.133Moved since 2013
Curaçao: 2.794 · world median -0.133 · Net migrants per 1,000 population. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -61.68 to 39.62.
International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,32380,020223,323Moved since 2015
Curaçao: 80,020 · world median 223,323 · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 246 to 52,375,047.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.1930.306Moved since 2015
Curaçao: 0.193 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.
Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.733.398275.73Moved since 2016
Curaçao: 3.398 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.
EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,45110,103444,451No real change since 2015
Curaçao: 10,103 · world median 444,451 · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 313 to 18,533,845.
Container Port TrafficUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1,827,78898,1001,827,788Moved since 2014
Curaçao: 98,100 · world median 1,827,788 · Container port traffic (TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 17,263 to 299,703,800.
Position 96th of 103 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,83601,836Moved since 2015
Curaçao: 0 · world median 1,836 · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 3,718,945.
Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,269012,269Moved since 2015
Curaçao: 0 · world median 12,269 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,655,191.
No current reading for Curaçao
Average Time to Clear Exports Through Customs, Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, Commodity Export Dependence, Cost of Sending Remittances, Creative Goods Exports (last 2020), Creative Services Exports, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) (last 2018), FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, Freedom of Foreign Movement, ICT Goods Exports (last 2020), Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) (last 2018), Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, Logistics Performance Index, Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary (last 2013), Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All Products and Trade (% of GDP) (last 2018). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Mobility & Trade among Curaçao’s 2 topics
Mobility & Trade is Curaçao’s 2nd best-placed topic of 2. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
No standing on Governance & Institutions, Economy & Innovation, Work & Labour, Health & Wellbeing, Development & Human Capital, Environment & Sustainability, Gender & Equality, Democracy & Civil Liberties, Peace & Security, Risk & Resilience, Food & Agriculture, Poverty & Inequality, Energy, Digital & Technology: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on mobility & trade
The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders Curaçao can most readily be measured against.
1
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
2
MacauEastern Asia
2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
Hong KongEastern Asia
3rd of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Americas
United States7th4/4 keysHighest in Caribbean
Sint Maarten54th2/4 keysThis page
Curaçao166th2/4 keys
Positions out of 177 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Curaçao and mobility & trade
On mobility & trade
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On mobility & trade
The World’s Safest Airlines for 2025
The eleven safest airlines of 2025, each beside the country it is based in, and the nine things the grading looks at. Three airlines share third place, and the publisher gives an order but no score.
On mobility & trade
The world’s most powerful passports for 2025
Sixteen passports, their mobility scores, and the visa-free, visa-on-arrival and visa-required split behind each. Fourteen share third place while differing in how they reach it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Passport strength and visa-free travel are not measured with a key, because the data behind passport rankings is not licensed for reuse here. Trade as a share of the economy, the cost of sending money home, migrant numbers, refugees and student mobility are published as context: they describe how much crosses a border, not how well a country handles it. Services sold over the internet are measured under Digital & Technology.
How the Mobility & Trade standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The mobility & trade method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Index — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Container Import Dwell Time — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Logistics Performance Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- ICT Goods Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 13 statistics on this page come from 3 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Curaçao’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Curaçao (banner) — Mtmelendez, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
- Macau — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hong Kong — Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Curaçao: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/curacao/mobility