Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) vs Japan: International tourism, expenditures for travel items

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
72.72 billion current US$
in 2019
Japan
5.45 billion current US$
in 2020
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank
23rd
Japan rank
25th

International tourism, expenditures for travel items over time

  • Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
  • Japan
020.0B40.0B60.0B80.0B199520072020

How they compare

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) currently reports 72.72 billion current US$ against 5.45 billion current US$ in Japan, a difference of 67.28 billion current US$.

That makes Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)'s figure about 13.3 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Japan ahead.

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 23rd and Japan ranks 25th of 47 groups.

Across the 3 decades both report, Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) averaged higher in 1 and Japan in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) Japan Difference Ahead
1990s 14.02 billion current US$ 33.68 billion current US$ 19.66 billion current US$ Japan
2000s 27.74 billion current US$ 29.63 billion current US$ 1.90 billion current US$ Japan
2010s 65.16 billion current US$ 21.85 billion current US$ 43.31 billion current US$ Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher international tourism, expenditures for travel items, Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) or Japan?
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), at 72.72 billion current US$ against 5.45 billion current US$ in Japan as of 2019.
What is the difference in international tourism, expenditures for travel items between Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Japan?
67.28 billion current US$, with Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Japan?
25 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2019.
How do Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Japan rank globally for international tourism, expenditures for travel items?
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 23rd and Japan ranks 25th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
International tourism, expenditures for travel items (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
238 places, 5,590 data points, 1995–2020
Last refreshed

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.