International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) by country
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as...
Countries reporting
191
Highest
130.50 billion current US$
China
Lowest
1.00 million current US$
South Sudan
Median
276.00 million current US$
Years covered
26
1995–2020
Data points
5,590
What the numbers show
International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 130.50 billion current US$ in China; the lowest is 1.00 million current US$ in South Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 276.00 million current US$, and the mean is 2.84 billion current US$.
Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 128 fell. The largest increase was in Sao Tome and Principe (up 18,900.0%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 99.5%).
International tourism, expenditures for travel items: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 130.50 billion current US$ | 2020 | up 137.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Germany | 38.75 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 3 | United States | 35.81 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 58.0% | rising |
| 4 | France | 27.76 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 27.5% | rising |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 21.70 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 64.0% | rising |
| 6 | South Korea | 16.16 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Belgium | 13.04 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 8 | India | 12.57 billion current US$ | 2020 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Canada | 12.08 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 59.7% | rising |
| 10 | Italy | 10.86 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 59.6% | rising |
| 11 | Switzerland | 9.55 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 12 | Russia | 9.14 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Spain | 8.74 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 48.4% | rising |
| 14 | Iran | 8.70 billion current US$ | 2018 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 8.53 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 59.6% | rising |
| 16 | Netherlands | 7.03 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 63.1% | rising |
| 17 | Singapore | 6.83 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 63.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Qatar | 6.74 billion current US$ | 2020 | up 273.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Kuwait | 6.70 billion current US$ | 2020 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Australia | 6.49 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Sweden | 6.14 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 49.3% | rising |
| 22 | Denmark | 5.64 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 37.9% | rising |
| 23 | Nigeria | 5.55 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Hong Kong | 5.52 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 68.2% | rising |
| 25 | Japan | 5.45 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 80.5% | falling |
| 26 | Brazil | 5.39 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Poland | 5.20 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 37.8% | rising |
| 28 | Austria | 4.90 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 51.6% | rising |
| 29 | Malaysia | 4.82 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Ukraine | 4.69 billion current US$ | 2020 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Philippines | 4.57 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Iraq | 4.17 billion current US$ | 2020 | up 157.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Norway | 3.86 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 71.3% | rising |
| 34 | Mexico | 3.48 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 52.1% | rising |
| 35 | Czechia | 3.43 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 36 | Portugal | 3.14 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 37 | Romania | 3.02 billion current US$ | 2020 | up 84.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Thailand | 2.87 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Egypt | 2.51 billion current US$ | 2020 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 40 | Luxembourg | 2.42 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 31.6% | rising |
| 41 | Argentina | 2.35 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 52.6% | rising |
| 42 | Ireland | 2.33 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 67.0% | rising |
| 43 | Libya | 2.04 billion current US$ | 2018 | up 59.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Venezuela | 1.81 billion current US$ | 2016 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 45 | Israel | 1.80 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 50.8% | rising |
| 46 | Bahrain | 1.72 billion current US$ | 2019 | up 321.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Lebanon | 1.67 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 63.0% | rising |
| 48 | Indonesia | 1.65 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 74.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Finland | 1.65 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 61.8% | rising |
| 50 | New Zealand | 1.47 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 51.8% | rising |
| 51 | Colombia | 1.40 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 47.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Slovakia | 1.22 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Hungary | 1.16 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 51.8% | rising |
| 54 | Serbia | 1.11 billion current US$ | 2020 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 55 | Morocco | 1.11 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 1.05 billion current US$ | 2020 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Turkey | 1.04 billion current US$ | 2020 | down 80.0% | rising |
| 58 | Oman | 1.04 billion current US$ | 2020 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 59 | South Africa | 928.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 83.4% | rising |
| 60 | Greece | 898.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 68.5% | flat |
| 61 | Uzbekistan | 888.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 62 | Cyprus | 880.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 63 | Pakistan | 848.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Macao | 845.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 826.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Slovenia | 817.90 million current US$ | 2020 | down 44.7% | rising |
| 67 | Croatia | 775.69 million current US$ | 2020 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 68 | Syria | 774.00 million current US$ | 2011 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 69 | Albania | 763.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Peru | 733.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Tanzania | 651.10 million current US$ | 2019 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 72 | Angola | 615.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 315.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Estonia | 594.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Puerto Rico | 592.00 million current US$ | 2018 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 75 | Palestine | 558.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 76 | Cameroon | 553.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 197.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Mongolia | 550.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 107.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Chile | 530.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 59.6% | rising |
| 79 | Iceland | 519.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Panama | 465.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Sri Lanka | 449.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Belarus | 445.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Lithuania | 438.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Azerbaijan | 412.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Ecuador | 408.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Bangladesh | 394.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 51.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Jordan | 381.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 75.8% | rising |
| 88 | Tunisia | 369.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 32.5% | rising |
| 89 | Uruguay | 341.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Ethiopia | 322.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 125.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Armenia | 307.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Aruba | 306.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 93 | Latvia | 301.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 53.5% | rising |
| 94 | Costa Rica | 300.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 28.2% | rising |
| 95 | Lesotho | 276.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Moldova | 276.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Bolivia | 274.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Nepal | 263.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Guatemala | 256.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Congo | 251.00 million current US$ | 2016 | up 90.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Laos | 251.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Algeria | 234.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 61.1% | rising |
| 102 | Zambia | 234.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 122.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Gabon | 232.00 million current US$ | 2015 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Haiti | 217.00 million current US$ | 2019 | up 244.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Dominican Republic | 214.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 45.8% | rising |
| 107 | Cote d'Ivoire | 205.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 41.8% | rising |
| 107 | Mauritius | 205.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 48.5% | rising |
| 109 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 204.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Kenya | 196.00 million current US$ | 2019 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 111 | Bermuda | 191.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 112 | Myanmar | 186.00 million current US$ | 2019 | up 257.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Georgia | 180.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Mali | 179.00 million current US$ | 2018 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 115 | French Polynesia | 177.00 million current US$ | 2018 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 116 | Senegal | 171.00 million current US$ | 2018 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Cambodia | 169.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 177.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Honduras | 163.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 49.2% | volatile |
| 119 | New Caledonia | 153.00 million current US$ | 2016 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 120 | North Macedonia | 147.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 121 | El Salvador | 142.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 35.2% | rising |
| 122 | Zimbabwe | 135.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 123 | Jamaica | 131.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 124 | Malta | 127.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 58.9% | rising |
| 125 | Burkina Faso | 114.60 million current US$ | 2019 | up 79.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Papua New Guinea | 113.00 million current US$ | 2018 | up 289.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 112.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 42.3% | rising |
| 128 | Bahamas | 110.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 51.8% | rising |
| 128 | Uganda | 110.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Ghana | 105.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 81.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Rwanda | 104.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Niger | 102.50 million current US$ | 2019 | up 89.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Curacao | 102.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 54.9% | rising |
| 134 | Brunei | 97.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 79.7% | rising |
| 135 | Paraguay | 96.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Benin | 94.00 million current US$ | 2019 | up 77.4% | rising |
| 137 | Maldives | 92.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Mozambique | 90.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 58.3% | rising |
| 139 | Botswana | 89.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 70.1% | rising |
| 139 | Kyrgyzstan | 89.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Guinea-Bissau | 87.10 million current US$ | 2019 | up 238.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Malawi | 83.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 143 | Madagascar | 79.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 144 | Sierra Leone | 77.00 million current US$ | 2019 | up 492.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Fiji | 75.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 146 | Namibia | 72.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 105.7% | falling |
| 147 | Nicaragua | 63.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 47.9% | rising |
| 148 | Suriname | 60.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 149 | East Timor | 54.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Barbados | 53.00 million current US$ | 2016 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 151 | Cape Verde | 52.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 59.7% | rising |
| 152 | Central African Republic | 50.40 million current US$ | 2013 | up 62.6% | rising |
| 153 | Bhutan | 50.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 154 | Yemen | 49.00 million current US$ | 2016 | down 69.8% | rising |
| 155 | Guyana | 47.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 156 | Togo | 43.00 million current US$ | 2019 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Eswatini | 36.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 41.0% | rising |
| 158 | Tonga | 33.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 328.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Trinidad and Tobago | 33.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 53.5% | rising |
| 160 | Comoros | 31.00 million current US$ | 2020 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 161 | Solomon Islands | 30.90 million current US$ | 2020 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Afghanistan | 30.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 70.9% | rising |
| 162 | Montenegro | 30.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 34.8% | rising |
| 164 | Antigua and Barbuda | 27.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 47.1% | rising |
| 165 | Seychelles | 26.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 31.6% | rising |
| 166 | Burundi | 23.00 million current US$ | 2018 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Belize | 20.55 million current US$ | 2020 | down 42.9% | rising |
| 168 | Marshall Islands | 19.90 million current US$ | 2018 | up 71.6% | rising |
| 169 | Saint Lucia | 19.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 60.4% | rising |
| 169 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 19.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 77.1% | falling |
| 171 | Mauritania | 18.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 69.5% | falling |
| 171 | Vanuatu | 18.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Djibouti | 14.90 million current US$ | 2020 | up 73.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Palau | 13.70 million current US$ | 2017 | up 63.1% | rising |
| 175 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 13.00 million current US$ | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 176 | Micronesia (country) | 12.00 million current US$ | 2014 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 177 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9.50 million current US$ | 2020 | up 18,900.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 179 | Nauru | 7.10 million current US$ | 2018 | up 373.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Tuvalu | 6.30 million current US$ | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 181 | Dominica | 6.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 53.8% | rising |
| 181 | Sudan | 6.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 183 | Liberia | 5.70 million current US$ | 2019 | down 80.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Gambia | 5.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Grenada | 5.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Guinea | 4.20 million current US$ | 2020 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.20 million current US$ | 2018 | — | falling |
| 188 | Tajikistan | 3.50 million current US$ | 2020 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 189 | Kiribati | 3.20 million current US$ | 2020 | down 68.3% | rising |
| 190 | Samoa | 1.30 million current US$ | 2020 | down 91.3% | volatile |
| 191 | South Sudan | 1.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 97.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.40 trillion current US$
- High income 861.88 billion current US$
- Post-demographic dividend 750.50 billion current US$
- OECD members 730.84 billion current US$
- IDA & IBRD total 554.70 billion current US$
- Low & middle income 540.92 billion current US$
- Middle income 536.72 billion current US$
- IBRD only 523.03 billion current US$
- Europe & Central Asia 513.62 billion current US$
- East Asia & Pacific 495.58 billion current US$
- Late-demographic dividend 468.13 billion current US$
- Upper middle income 417.20 billion current US$
About this data
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.