Spain vs Upper middle income: International tourism, expenditures for travel items

Spain
8.74 billion current US$
in 2020
Upper middle income
417.20 billion current US$
in 2019
Spain rank
13th
Upper middle income rank
12th

International tourism, expenditures for travel items over time

  • Spain
  • Upper middle income
0100.0B200.0B300.0B400.0B199520072020

How they compare

Upper middle income currently reports 417.20 billion current US$ against 8.74 billion current US$ in Spain, a difference of 408.46 billion current US$.

That makes Upper middle income's figure about 47.7 times Spain's.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Upper middle income has been ahead every year.

Spain ranks 13th and Upper middle income ranks 12th of 191 countries.

Upper middle income has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Spain Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1990s 5.09 billion current US$ 46.95 billion current US$ 41.85 billion current US$ Upper middle income
2000s 13.09 billion current US$ 86.10 billion current US$ 73.01 billion current US$ Upper middle income
2010s 19.69 billion current US$ 331.81 billion current US$ 312.12 billion current US$ Upper middle income

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher international tourism, expenditures for travel items, Spain or Upper middle income?
Upper middle income, at 417.20 billion current US$ against 8.74 billion current US$ in Spain as of 2019.
What is the difference in international tourism, expenditures for travel items between Spain and Upper middle income?
408.46 billion current US$, with Upper middle income ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Upper middle income?
25 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2019.
How do Spain and Upper middle income rank globally for international tourism, expenditures for travel items?
Spain ranks 13th and Upper middle income ranks 12th of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$). 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
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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.