Barbados vs North America: International tourism, receipts

Barbados
44.4%
in 2016
North America
9.4%
in 2019
Barbados rank
19th
North America rank
16th

International tourism, receipts over time

  • Barbados
  • North America
0204060199520072019

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 44.4% against 9.4% in North America, a difference of 35.0%.

That makes Barbados's figure about 4.7 times North America's.

Across all 22 years both countries report, Barbados has been ahead every year.

Barbados ranks 19th and North America ranks 16th of 183 countries.

Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados North America Difference Ahead
1990s 57.5% 10.0% 47.6% Barbados
2000s 55.0% 7.9% 47.1% Barbados
2010s 44.1% 9.0% 35.2% Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher international tourism, receipts, Barbados or North America?
Barbados, at 44.4% against 9.4% in North America as of 2016.
What is the difference in international tourism, receipts between Barbados and North America?
35.0%, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and North America?
22 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2016.
How do Barbados and North America rank globally for international tourism, receipts?
Barbados ranks 19th and North America ranks 16th of 183 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as International tourism, receipts (% of total exports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
International tourism, receipts (% of total exports)
Unit
% of total exports
Source
Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
230 places, 4,679 data points, 1995–2020
Last refreshed

International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Their share in exports is calculated as a ratio to exports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.