Japan vs Latin America & Caribbean: International tourism, expenditures for travel items

Japan
5.45 billion current US$
in 2020
Latin America & Caribbean
59.78 billion current US$
in 2019
Japan rank
25th
Latin America & Caribbean rank
24th

International tourism, expenditures for travel items over time

  • Japan
  • Latin America & Caribbean
020.0B40.0B60.0B199520072020

How they compare

Latin America & Caribbean currently reports 59.78 billion current US$ against 5.45 billion current US$ in Japan, a difference of 54.33 billion current US$.

That makes Latin America & Caribbean's figure about 11.0 times Japan's.

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

Japan ranks 25th and Latin America & Caribbean ranks 24th of 191 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Latin America & Caribbean in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Latin America & Caribbean Difference Ahead
1990s 33.68 billion current US$ 19.64 billion current US$ 14.04 billion current US$ Japan
2000s 29.63 billion current US$ 26.31 billion current US$ 3.32 billion current US$ Japan
2010s 21.85 billion current US$ 56.57 billion current US$ 34.72 billion current US$ Latin America & Caribbean

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher international tourism, expenditures for travel items, Japan or Latin America & Caribbean?
Latin America & Caribbean, at 59.78 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 Japan and Latin America & Caribbean?
54.33 billion current US$, with Latin America & Caribbean ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Latin America & Caribbean?
25 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2019.
How do Japan and Latin America & Caribbean rank globally for international tourism, expenditures for travel items?
Japan ranks 25th and Latin America & Caribbean ranks 24th of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$). 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.