Countries by International Tourism Expenditure
International tourism expenditure is a significant measure of how much tourists from a country spend when traveling abroad. It is an essential component of a nation's economy and a reflection of its citizens' travel patterns. Understanding these expenditures helps in analyzing global travel trends and planning for future tourism development. The data presented here is for the year 2023, the latest available data from the United Nations tourism database as of 2025. Please note this does not include domestic travel expenditures.
List of Countries by Tourism Expenditure
- Germany: With around 88 billion dollars spent internationally, German tourists are known for their passion for exploring cultures and cuisines, making them top contributors to global tourism expenditure.
- France: French travelers spent approximately 48 billion dollars outside their borders, driven by their love for arts, history, and the pursuit of luxury experiences.
- United States of America: American tourists, contributing around 47 billion dollars, are frequent travelers abroad, keen on diverse experiences from European cities to Asian adventures.
- United Kingdom: With an expenditure of nearly 41 billion dollars, British citizens are frequent overseas travelers, enjoying sun-soaked beaches, lively cities, and cultural excursions.
- Canada: Ranked fifth globally, Canadian tourists have an international tourism expenditure of around 41 billion dollars. Known for their affinity for warm destinations during winter, Canadians are enthusiastic travelers seeking unique experiences globally.
| 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 |
