Canada vs United States: International tourism, expenditures

Canada
41.25 billion current US$
in 2011
United States
48.84 billion current US$
in 2020
Canada rank
3rd
United States rank
2nd

International tourism, expenditures over time

  • Canada
  • United States
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How they compare

United States currently reports 48.84 billion current US$ against 41.25 billion current US$ in Canada, a difference of 7.59 billion current US$.

That makes United States's figure about 1.2 times Canada's.

Across all 17 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.

Globally, Canada ranks 3rd and United States ranks 2nd of 192 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
International tourism, expenditures (current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
231 places, 4,778 data points, 1995–2020
Last refreshed

International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.