Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Malaysia: International tourism, expenditures for travel items

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
51.96 billion current US$
in 2019
Malaysia
4.82 billion current US$
in 2020
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
26th
Malaysia rank
29th

International tourism, expenditures for travel items over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
  • Malaysia
020.0B40.0B60.0B199520072020

How they compare

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) currently reports 51.96 billion current US$ against 4.82 billion current US$ in Malaysia, a difference of 47.14 billion current US$.

That makes Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s figure about 10.8 times Malaysia's.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 26th and Malaysia ranks 29th of 47 groups.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Malaysia Difference Ahead
1990s 15.62 billion current US$ 2.25 billion current US$ 13.38 billion current US$ Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2000s 21.75 billion current US$ 4.01 billion current US$ 17.73 billion current US$ Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2010s 49.13 billion current US$ 11.19 billion current US$ 37.94 billion current US$ Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher international tourism, expenditures for travel items, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Malaysia?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), at 51.96 billion current US$ against 4.82 billion current US$ in Malaysia as of 2019.
What is the difference in international tourism, expenditures for travel items between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Malaysia?
47.14 billion current US$, with Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Malaysia?
25 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2019.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Malaysia rank globally for international tourism, expenditures for travel items?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 26th and Malaysia ranks 29th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$). 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.