International tourism, expenditures (current US$) by country
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to...
Countries reporting
192
Highest
101.23 billion current US$
Germany
Lowest
1.80 million current US$
Samoa
Median
425.50 million current US$
Years covered
26
1995–2020
Data points
4,778
What the numbers show
International tourism, expenditures (current US$) is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 101.23 billion current US$ in Germany; the lowest is 1.80 million current US$ in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 425.50 million current US$, and the mean is 3.28 billion current US$.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 56,239.
Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 115 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 6,619.4%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 99.0%).
International tourism, expenditures: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 101.23 billion current US$ | 2019 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 2 | United States | 48.84 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 60.6% | rising |
| 3 | Canada | 41.25 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 181.9% | rising |
| 4 | France | 31.19 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 33.2% | rising |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 26.50 billion current US$ | 2018 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 6 | Singapore | 25.35 billion current US$ | 2018 | up 55.1% | volatile |
| 7 | China | 21.36 billion current US$ | 2004 | up 131.7% | rising |
| 8 | South Korea | 16.70 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 9 | India | 15.78 billion current US$ | 2020 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 15.09 billion current US$ | 2020 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 11 | Sweden | 13.97 billion current US$ | 2010 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 12 | Belgium | 13.93 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 13 | Italy | 12.96 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 60.4% | rising |
| 14 | Qatar | 11.50 billion current US$ | 2020 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 15 | Russia | 10.80 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 64.2% | rising |
| 16 | Denmark | 10.48 billion current US$ | 2018 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 17 | Switzerland | 10.37 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 27.6% | rising |
| 18 | Iran | 9.27 billion current US$ | 2018 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 9.07 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 58.9% | rising |
| 20 | Australia | 7.65 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 72.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Netherlands | 7.44 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 63.0% | rising |
| 22 | Japan | 6.74 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 82.8% | falling |
| 23 | Kuwait | 6.70 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Nigeria | 6.61 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Brazil | 6.49 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Austria | 5.55 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 49.9% | rising |
| 27 | Poland | 5.55 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 37.6% | rising |
| 28 | Malaysia | 5.21 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Philippines | 4.87 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Ukraine | 4.82 billion current US$ | 2020 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 31 | New Zealand | 4.60 billion current US$ | 2018 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 32 | Vietnam | 4.36 billion current US$ | 2020 | up 196.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Mexico | 4.29 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 52.4% | rising |
| 34 | Norway | 4.23 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 71.1% | rising |
| 35 | Iraq | 4.17 billion current US$ | 2020 | up 149.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Thailand | 3.68 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Portugal | 3.54 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 38 | Czechia | 3.50 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 39 | Romania | 3.47 billion current US$ | 2020 | up 83.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Venezuela | 2.92 billion current US$ | 2016 | up 61.6% | rising |
| 41 | Argentina | 2.75 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 57.4% | rising |
| 42 | Bahrain | 2.64 billion current US$ | 2019 | up 341.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Egypt | 2.58 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 44 | Luxembourg | 2.46 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 32.2% | flat |
| 45 | Ireland | 2.33 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 67.5% | rising |
| 46 | Israel | 2.17 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 53.6% | rising |
| 47 | Libya | 2.04 billion current US$ | 2018 | up 52.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Indonesia | 1.98 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 76.5% | rising |
| 49 | Finland | 1.94 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 63.2% | rising |
| 50 | Lebanon | 1.70 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 65.1% | rising |
| 51 | Turkey | 1.64 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 71.8% | rising |
| 52 | South Africa | 1.59 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 80.4% | rising |
| 53 | Colombia | 1.58 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Morocco | 1.51 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Greece | 1.50 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 55.9% | rising |
| 56 | Iceland | 1.34 billion current US$ | 2007 | up 308.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Hungary | 1.33 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 54.0% | rising |
| 58 | Slovakia | 1.29 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Bulgaria | 1.26 billion current US$ | 2020 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 60 | Pakistan | 1.25 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Oman | 1.24 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Serbia | 1.18 billion current US$ | 2020 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Guinea | 1.08 billion current US$ | 2020 | up 6,619.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Uzbekistan | 1.06 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 29.6% | rising |
| 65 | Latvia | 1.02 billion current US$ | 2007 | up 169.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Ghana | 946.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Peru | 938.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Puerto Rico | 893.00 million current US$ | 2018 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 69 | Macao | 886.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 70 | Cyprus | 880.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 71 | Kazakhstan | 861.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Slovenia | 855.80 million current US$ | 2020 | down 47.9% | rising |
| 73 | Syria | 850.00 million current US$ | 2011 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 74 | Albania | 805.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Sri Lanka | 803.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Croatia | 789.69 million current US$ | 2020 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 77 | Tanzania | 738.20 million current US$ | 2019 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 78 | Chile | 720.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 58.5% | rising |
| 79 | Cameroon | 697.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 163.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Costa Rica | 697.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 81 | Angola | 691.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 151.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Estonia | 676.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Bangladesh | 659.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 84 | Lithuania | 643.00 million current US$ | 2004 | up 500.9% | rising |
| 85 | Panama | 601.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Brunei | 585.00 million current US$ | 2018 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 87 | Mongolia | 573.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 79.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Palestine | 567.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 89 | Haiti | 554.00 million current US$ | 2019 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 90 | Ecuador | 533.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Belarus | 477.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Zambia | 474.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 183.8% | volatile |
| 93 | South Sudan | 469.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 96.2% | rising |
| 94 | Congo | 457.00 million current US$ | 2016 | up 191.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Dominican Republic | 444.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 32.9% | rising |
| 96 | Azerbaijan | 439.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Uruguay | 412.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Jordan | 408.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 76.5% | rising |
| 99 | Tunisia | 407.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 33.4% | rising |
| 100 | Gabon | 346.00 million current US$ | 2015 | unchanged | rising |
| 100 | Guatemala | 346.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Armenia | 330.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Bolivia | 325.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Senegal | 324.00 million current US$ | 2018 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 105 | Ethiopia | 322.50 million current US$ | 2020 | up 132.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Cote d'Ivoire | 315.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 44.6% | rising |
| 107 | Aruba | 310.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 108 | Moldova | 303.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Cayman Islands | 299.00 million current US$ | 2019 | up 149.2% | rising |
| 110 | Georgia | 292.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Jamaica | 291.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 112 | Malta | 284.00 million current US$ | 2007 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 113 | Lesotho | 277.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 114 | Algeria | 272.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 115 | Uganda | 268.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 42.2% | rising |
| 116 | Nepal | 267.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Laos | 260.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Mali | 255.00 million current US$ | 2018 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 119 | New Caledonia | 252.00 million current US$ | 2016 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 120 | Honduras | 230.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 43.3% | rising |
| 121 | Paraguay | 226.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 121 | French Polynesia | 226.00 million current US$ | 2016 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 123 | Mauritius | 224.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 47.0% | rising |
| 124 | Myanmar | 214.00 million current US$ | 2019 | up 330.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Cambodia | 213.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 62.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Bermuda | 212.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 127 | Burkina Faso | 185.20 million current US$ | 2019 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 128 | Kyrgyzstan | 185.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Kenya | 183.00 million current US$ | 2001 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 130 | Bahamas | 166.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 55.0% | rising |
| 131 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 163.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 34.0% | rising |
| 132 | El Salvador | 162.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 42.1% | rising |
| 133 | Zimbabwe | 157.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 134 | North Macedonia | 153.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Niger | 144.50 million current US$ | 2019 | up 72.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Papua New Guinea | 134.00 million current US$ | 2018 | up 78.7% | rising |
| 137 | Benin | 130.00 million current US$ | 2019 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 138 | Curacao | 127.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 55.0% | rising |
| 138 | Rwanda | 127.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Malawi | 119.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 141 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 115.00 million current US$ | 2018 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Maldives | 106.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 143 | Nicaragua | 102.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 54.7% | rising |
| 144 | Barbados | 99.00 million current US$ | 2016 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 145 | Madagascar | 97.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 55.1% | rising |
| 146 | Mozambique | 95.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 61.5% | rising |
| 147 | Botswana | 91.80 million current US$ | 2020 | down 69.2% | rising |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau | 88.90 million current US$ | 2019 | up 241.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Sierra Leone | 83.00 million current US$ | 2019 | up 219.2% | rising |
| 150 | Chad | 80.00 million current US$ | 2002 | up 110.5% | rising |
| 151 | Fiji | 77.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 24.5% | rising |
| 151 | Namibia | 77.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 153 | Central African Republic | 69.80 million current US$ | 2013 | up 125.2% | rising |
| 154 | Suriname | 64.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 155 | Togo | 61.00 million current US$ | 2019 | down 35.1% | rising |
| 155 | East Timor | 61.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Cape Verde | 59.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 57.2% | rising |
| 158 | Yemen | 56.00 million current US$ | 2016 | down 75.1% | falling |
| 159 | Liberia | 51.00 million current US$ | 2009 | up 75.9% | rising |
| 160 | Bhutan | 50.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 161 | Afghanistan | 49.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 53.8% | rising |
| 161 | Burundi | 49.00 million current US$ | 2011 | up 69.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Comoros | 43.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 164 | Trinidad and Tobago | 42.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 56.7% | rising |
| 165 | Seychelles | 39.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 38.1% | rising |
| 166 | Montenegro | 38.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 166 | Tonga | 38.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 75.9% | rising |
| 168 | Eswatini | 36.40 million current US$ | 2020 | down 58.2% | rising |
| 169 | Antigua and Barbuda | 35.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 169 | Mauritania | 35.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 65.3% | rising |
| 171 | Marshall Islands | 31.40 million current US$ | 2018 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Solomon Islands | 30.91 million current US$ | 2020 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 173 | Equatorial Guinea | 30.00 million current US$ | 2001 | up 328.6% | volatile |
| 173 | Guyana | 30.00 million current US$ | 2003 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 175 | Djibouti | 29.60 million current US$ | 2012 | up 284.4% | rising |
| 176 | Micronesia (country) | 29.00 million current US$ | 2014 | up 332.8% | volatile |
| 177 | Saint Lucia | 28.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 57.6% | falling |
| 178 | Palau | 23.30 million current US$ | 2017 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 179 | Belize | 22.04 million current US$ | 2020 | down 43.5% | rising |
| 180 | Vanuatu | 22.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 35.3% | rising |
| 181 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 21.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 80.0% | falling |
| 182 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 18.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 64.7% | falling |
| 183 | Sudan | 13.00 million current US$ | 2018 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 13.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 185 | Grenada | 12.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 64.7% | falling |
| 186 | Tajikistan | 10.80 million current US$ | 2020 | down 69.5% | falling |
| 187 | Tuvalu | 9.80 million current US$ | 2019 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 188 | Dominica | 9.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 76.9% | falling |
| 189 | Nauru | 7.10 million current US$ | 2018 | up 373.3% | volatile |
| 190 | Gambia | 5.20 million current US$ | 2020 | down 62.9% | volatile |
| 191 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.20 million current US$ | 2012 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 192 | Samoa | 1.80 million current US$ | 2020 | down 92.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.44 trillion current US$
- High income 959.67 billion current US$
- Post-demographic dividend 887.82 billion current US$
- OECD members 819.23 billion current US$
- Europe & Central Asia 547.49 billion current US$
- IDA & IBRD total 494.48 billion current US$
- Low & middle income 480.46 billion current US$
- Middle income 476.05 billion current US$
- IBRD only 447.34 billion current US$
- European Union 375.55 billion current US$
- Euro area 324.15 billion current US$
- North America 221.04 billion current US$
About this data
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.