International tourism, expenditures (current US$) in Chile
Chile: International tourism, expenditures was 720.00 million current US$ in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures in Chile, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in current US$.
Analysis
Chile recorded 720.00 million current US$ for international tourism, expenditures in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 77.1% on the previous year and down 58.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Chile peaked at 3.14 billion current US$ in 2019 and was at its lowest, 720.00 million current US$, in 2020.
That places Chile 78th out of 192 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Chile, year by year
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 934.00 million current US$ | — |
| 1996 | 977.00 million current US$ | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 1.13 billion current US$ | +15.9% |
| 1998 | 1.17 billion current US$ | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 1.03 billion current US$ | -12.1% |
| 2000 | 904.00 million current US$ | -12.4% |
| 2001 | 939.00 million current US$ | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 932.00 million current US$ | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 1.11 billion current US$ | +19.0% |
| 2004 | 1.25 billion current US$ | +12.8% |
| 2005 | 1.11 billion current US$ | -11.0% |
| 2006 | 1.24 billion current US$ | +11.1% |
| 2007 | 1.41 billion current US$ | +13.7% |
| 2008 | 1.39 billion current US$ | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 1.51 billion current US$ | +9.0% |
| 2010 | 1.74 billion current US$ | +14.9% |
| 2011 | 2.08 billion current US$ | +20.1% |
| 2012 | 2.40 billion current US$ | +15.1% |
| 2013 | 2.50 billion current US$ | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 2.71 billion current US$ | +8.3% |
| 2015 | 2.52 billion current US$ | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 2.73 billion current US$ | +8.5% |
| 2017 | 3.09 billion current US$ | +13.2% |
| 2018 | 3.12 billion current US$ | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 3.14 billion current US$ | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 720.00 million current US$ | -77.1% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 720.00 million current US$ is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.33 billion current US$, 54% of the median. (68 countries reporting)
- Chile's 720.00 million current US$ is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 291.00 million current US$, 2.5× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where International tourism, expenditures in Chile changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -77.1% | 3.14 billion current US$ | 720.00 million current US$ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.05 billion current US$ | 934.00 million current US$ | 1.17 billion current US$ | 5 |
| 2000s | 1.18 billion current US$ | 904.00 million current US$ | 1.51 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.60 billion current US$ | 1.74 billion current US$ | 3.14 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 720.00 million current US$ | 720.00 million current US$ | 720.00 million current US$ | 1 |
Countries ranked near Chile
More private sector data for Chile
- Merchandise trade 55.9% (2025)
- Food imports 11.6% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 70.1% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 92.66 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 22.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 11.7% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 107.00 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,388 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2994 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.91 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Chile?
- International tourism, expenditures in Chile was 720.00 million current US$ in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 3.14 billion current US$ in 2019.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 720.00 million current US$ in 2020.
- How does Chile rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Chile ranks 78th out of 192 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chile data come from?
- The figures come from Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as part of International tourism, expenditures (current US$). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.