El Salvador vs Guatemala: International tourism, number of departures

El Salvador
515,000
in 2020
Guatemala
507,800
in 2020
El Salvador rank
80th
Guatemala rank
82nd

International tourism, number of departures over time

  • El Salvador
  • Guatemala
500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M199520072020

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 515,000 against 507,800 in Guatemala, a difference of 7,200.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 1995 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 80th and Guatemala ranks 82nd of 117 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Guatemala Difference Ahead
1990s 624,400 374,600 249,800 El Salvador
2000s 1.08 million 785,000 294,333 El Salvador
2010s 1.64 million 1.09 million 549,700 El Salvador
2020s 515,000 507,800 7,200 El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher international tourism, number of departures, El Salvador or Guatemala?
El Salvador, at 515,000 against 507,800 in Guatemala as of 2020.
What is the difference in international tourism, number of departures between El Salvador and Guatemala?
7,200, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Guatemala?
25 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2020.
How do El Salvador and Guatemala rank globally for international tourism, number of departures?
El Salvador ranks 80th and Guatemala ranks 82nd of 117 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as International tourism, number of departures. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
International tourism, number of departures
Source
Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
143 places, 2,929 data points, 1995–2020
Last refreshed

International outbound tourists are the number of departures that people make from their country of usual residence to any other country for any purpose other than a remunerated activity in the country visited. The data on outbound tourists refer to the number of departures, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips from a country during a given period is counted each time as a new departure.