Countries by International Tourism Expenditure
International Tourism Expenditure is a critical metric, shedding light on how much tourists from various countries spend when traveling abroad. Such data highlights the economic impact of outbound travel and provides insights into the global tourism trends. This page provides the latest available data as of 2025 from the United Nations tourism database for the year 2023. It's important to note that these statistics exclusively cover foreign travel and do not include domestic tourism expenditures.
List of Countries by Tourism Expenditure
- Germany leads the pack with around 88 billion USD spent by its tourists traveling internationally. Known for its affluence and strong economy, German tourists are often among the most frequent international travelers enjoying diverse global destinations.
- France follows suit with an impressive expenditure of about 48 billion USD. French tourists are renowned for their appreciation of culture, gastronomy, and art, making them prominent figures in international travel.
- The United States of America, with around 47 billion USD in international tourism expenditure, showcases the country's significant impact on the global travel market. Though it ranks slightly lower, American tourists explore a wide array of global destinations, from Europe to Asia.
- Tourists from the United Kingdom contribute approximately 41 billion USD to international expenditures, exploring destinations across Europe and beyond. The British appreciation for travel is well known, as they seek both relaxation and adventure abroad.
| Country | International Tourism Expenditure (Million $) | International Departures (1000 departures) | Expenditure per Outgoing Tourist ($/person) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Germany |
88,252 | 86,623 | 1,018.806 | 2022 |
 France |
47,822 | 39,484 | 1,211.174 | 2022 |
 United States of America |
47,074 | 60,550 | 777.44 | 2020 |
 United Kingdom |
41,458 | 50,872 | 814.947 | 1998 |
 Canada |
41,247 | 61,911 | 666.231 | 2011 |
 Italy |
32,383 | 46,695 | 693.5 | 2022 |
 India |
31,822 | 21,600 | 1,473.241 | 2022 |
 Brazil |
22,229 | 10,628 | 2,091.551 | 2018 |
 United Arab Emirates |
21,600 | 7,454 | 2,897.773 | 2021 |
 China |
21,360 | 28,853 | 740.304 | 2004 |
 South Korea |
21,311 | 6,554 | 3,251.602 | 2022 |
 Australia |
20,227 | 5,226 | 3,870.455 | 2022 |
 The Netherlands |
20,165 | 23,146 | 871.209 | 2022 |
 Ukraine |
19,830 | 15,539 | 1,276.144 | 2022 |
 Saudi Arabia |
18,662 | 24,264 | 769.123 | 2022 |
 Switzerland |
18,331 | 15,846 | 1,156.822 | 2022 |
 Qatar |
18,165 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Belgium |
17,705 | 20,428 | 866.703 | 2022 |
 Singapore |
15,288 | 5,154 | 2,966.24 | 2022 |
 Norway |
14,762 | 7,040 | 2,096.875 | 2022 |
 Sweden |
13,973 | -- | -- | 2010 |
 Philippines |
11,681 | 5,703 | 2,048.22 | 2016 |
 Austria |
11,466 | 11,871 | 965.883 | 2022 |
 Russian Federation |
9,731 | 12,361 | 787.234 | 2020 |
 Israel |
9,698 | 8,432 | 1,150.142 | 2022 |
 Mexico |
9,634 | 41,891 | 229.978 | 2022 |
 Iran |
9,271 | 7,243 | 1,279.994 | 2018 |
 Romania |
8,822 | 17,265 | 510.976 | 2022 |
 Denmark |
8,453 | 6,043 | 1,398.809 | 2022 |
 Poland |
8,226 | 33,748 | 243.748 | 2022 |
 Iraq |
7,453 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Argentina |
7,410 | 7,891 | 939.044 | 2022 |
 Kuwait |
7,267 | 2,649 | 2,743.299 | 2007 |
 Indonesia |
7,230 | 3,541 | 2,041.796 | 2022 |
 Spain |
7,119 | -- | -- | 1998 |
 Nigeria |
6,885 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Japan |
5,058 | 2,772 | 1,824.675 | 2022 |
 Colombia |
5,012 | 4,931 | 1,016.427 | 2022 |
 Finland |
4,937 | 6,780 | 728.171 | 2022 |
 Portugal |
4,867 | 20,989 | 231.883 | 2007 |
 Turkey |
4,706 | 7,267 | 647.585 | 2022 |
 Czech Republic |
4,354 | 11,891 | 366.159 | 2010 |
 South Africa |
4,247 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Thailand |
4,233 | 33 | 128,272.727 | 2021 |
 Vietnam |
3,830 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Malaysia |
3,822 | 30,761 | 124.248 | 2004 |
 Greece |
3,559 | 5,094 | 698.665 | 2022 |
 Egypt |
3,486 | 6,180 | 564.078 | 2014 |
 Luxembourg |
3,469 | 2,819 | 1,230.578 | 2022 |
 Hungary |
3,092 | 18,013 | 171.654 | 2022 |
 Peru |
2,953 | 2,119 | 1,393.582 | 2022 |
 Venezuela |
2,920 | 1,530 | 1,908.497 | 2016 |
 Uzbekistan |
2,790 | 8,437 | 330.686 | 2019 |
 Serbia |
2,629 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 New Zealand |
2,567 | 1,629 | 1,575.813 | 2022 |
 Ireland |
2,524 | 2,276 | 1,108.963 | 2021 |
 Kazakhstan |
2,520 | 7,670 | 328.553 | 2022 |
 Morocco |
2,494 | 2,020 | 1,234.653 | 2022 |
 Chile |
2,333 | 2,366 | 986.052 | 2022 |
 Pakistan |
2,305 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Albania |
1,937 | 5,882 | 329.31 | 2022 |
 Lebanon |
1,872 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Bulgaria |
1,833 | 7,252 | 252.758 | 2022 |
 Slovenia |
1,830 | 4,727 | 387.138 | 2022 |
 Syria |
1,598 | 6,259 | 255.312 | 2010 |
 Slovakia |
1,549 | 1,562 | 991.677 | 2021 |
 Dominican Republic |
1,545 | 780 | 1,980.769 | 2022 |
 Croatia |
1,490 | 2,004 | 743.513 | 2022 |
 Estonia |
1,392 | 1,090 | 1,277.064 | 2022 |
 Bangladesh |
1,389 | 1,564 | 888.107 | 2019 |
 Armenia |
1,378 | 1,139 | 1,209.833 | 2022 |
 Jordan |
1,367 | 1,745 | 783.381 | 2016 |
 Iceland |
1,336 | 460 | 2,904.348 | 2007 |
 Guatemala |
1,270 | 1,411 | 900.071 | 2022 |
 Ecuador |
1,225 | 1,338 | 915.546 | 2022 |
 Costa Rica |
1,175 | 934 | 1,258.03 | 2022 |
 Panama |
1,141 | 851 | 1,340.776 | 2022 |
 Georgia |
1,124 | 3,780 | 297.354 | 2019 |
 Mongolia |
1,086 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Oman |
1,083 | 1,949 | 555.67 | 2021 |
 Azerbaijan |
1,062 | 1,490 | 712.752 | 2022 |
 Latvia |
1,021 | 3,398 | 300.471 | 2007 |
 Ghana |
946 | 188 | 5,031.915 | 2020 |
 Nepal |
886 | 1,197 | 740.184 | 2017 |
 Cyprus |
882 | 514 | 1,715.953 | 2021 |
 Tunisia |
869 | 3,314 | 262.221 | 2022 |
 Bahrain |
844 | 752 | 1,122.34 | 2020 |
 Bolivia |
777 | 821 | 946.407 | 2022 |
 Paraguay |
764 | 1,291 | 591.789 | 2022 |
 Zambia |
740 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Cameroon |
722 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Belarus |
644 | 2,616 | 246.177 | 2021 |
 Lithuania |
643 | -- | -- | 2004 |
 El Salvador |
632 | 1,862 | 339.42 | 2022 |
 Jamaica |
595 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Honduras |
558 | 703 | 793.741 | 2018 |
 Cambodia |
535 | 970 | 551.546 | 2022 |
 Moldova |
508 | 325 | 1,563.077 | 2022 |
 Kyrgyzstan |
460 | 3,734 | 123.192 | 2022 |
 Bermuda |
459 | 192 | 2,390.625 | 2008 |
 Algeria |
444 | 2,865 | 154.974 | 2022 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
436 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Mauritius |
434 | 229 | 1,895.197 | 2022 |
 Sri Lanka |
424 | 1,128 | 375.887 | 2022 |
 Côte d'Ivoire |
422 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Uganda |
419 | 397 | 1,055.416 | 2022 |
 Macedonia |
333 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Lesotho |
332 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 The Bahamas |
331 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Rwanda |
299 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Libya |
286 | 650 | 440 | 1997 |
 Malta |
284 | -- | -- | 2007 |
 Uruguay |
276 | 93 | 2,967.742 | 2021 |
 Senegal |
263 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Laos |
260 | 707 | 367.751 | 2020 |
 Mali |
249 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Gabon |
239 | 236 | 1,012.712 | 2003 |
 Nicaragua |
237 | 699 | 339.056 | 2022 |
 Myanmar |
214 | -- | -- | 2019 |
 Tanzania |
214 | 371 | 576.819 | 2021 |
 Maldives |
211 | 123 | 1,715.447 | 2008 |
 San Marino |
209 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Turks and Caicos Islands |
194 | -- | -- | 1998 |
 South Sudan |
193 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Andorra |
192 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Kenya |
183 | -- | -- | 2001 |
 Malawi |
168 | 244 | 688.525 | 2019 |
 Fiji |
161 | 109 | 1,477.064 | 2022 |
 Zimbabwe |
157 | 993 | 158.107 | 2020 |
 Cayman Islands |
155 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Burkina Faso |
152 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Mozambique |
142 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Brunei |
129 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Vanuatu |
116 | 18 | 6,444.444 | 2022 |
 Papua New Guinea |
112 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Angola |
110 | 3 | 36,666.667 | 1996 |
 Botswana |
104 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Namibia |
98 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Benin |
97 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
97 | 273 | 355.311 | 2010 |
 Comoros |
97 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Suriname |
91 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Haiti |
83 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Chad |
80 | -- | -- | 2002 |
 Montenegro |
79 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Madagascar |
79 | 39 | 2,025.641 | 1995 |
 Cape Verde |
73 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Guinea-Bissau |
70 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Seychelles |
70 | 51 | 1,372.549 | 2022 |
 Central African Republic |
67 | 38 | 1,763.158 | 2010 |
 Bhutan |
67 | 72 | 930.556 | 2019 |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
64 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Belize |
62 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Togo |
61 | 269 | 226.766 | 2019 |
 East Timor |
61 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Yemen |
56 | -- | -- | 2016 |
 Swaziland |
56 | 711 | 78.762 | 2022 |
 Saint Lucia |
53 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Barbados |
51 | -- | -- | 2017 |
 Liberia |
51 | -- | -- | 2009 |
 Mauritania |
51 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
50 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Burundi |
49 | -- | -- | 2011 |
 Afghanistan |
49 | -- | -- | 2020 |
 Sudan |
43 | 195 | 220.513 | 1995 |
 British Virgin Islands |
40 | -- | -- | 1995 |
 Niger |
39 | 10 | 3,900 | 1998 |
 Grenada |
36 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Solomon Islands |
33.3 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Equatorial Guinea |
30 | -- | -- | 2001 |
 Guyana |
30 | -- | -- | 2003 |
 Ethiopia |
30 | 133 | 225.564 | 1996 |
 Djibouti |
30 | -- | -- | 2012 |
 Federated States of Micronesia |
29 | -- | -- | 2014 |
 Tajikistan |
24.2 | 31 | 780.645 | 2018 |
 Marshall Islands |
23.8 | -- | -- | 2020 |
 Cook Islands |
22 | 5 | 4,400 | 2021 |
 Palau |
21 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Tonga |
21 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
17 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Sierra Leone |
13 | 25 | 520 | 2021 |
 Tuvalu |
12.8 | 1.4 | 9,142.857 | 2022 |
 Dominica |
11 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Kiribati |
8.6 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Gambia |
8 | 307 | 26.059 | 2006 |
 Nauru |
7.1 | -- | -- | 2018 |
 Anguilla |
7 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Samoa |
5.8 | 25 | 232 | 2022 |
 Montserrat |
4.3 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Guinea |
0.5 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 São Tomé and Príncipe |
0.3 | 10.3 | 29.126 | 2008 |
