International tourism, expenditures in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC): International tourism, expenditures was 12.48 billion current US$ in 2019. β² Rising
International tourism, expenditures in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), 1995β2019
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in current US$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for international tourism, expenditures in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) is 12.48 billion current US$, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.5% on the previous year and up 31.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) peaked at 12.48 billion current US$ in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2.73 billion current US$, in 1995.
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 36th of 38 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.05 billion current US$ | 2.73 billion current US$ | 3.32 billion current US$ | 5 |
| 2000s | 6.16 billion current US$ | 3.32 billion current US$ | 9.66 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.05 billion current US$ | 9.35 billion current US$ | 12.48 billion current US$ | 10 |
Countries ranked near Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
- 33 Mexico 4.29 billion current US$ compare
- 34 Norway 4.23 billion current US$ compare
- 35 Iraq 4.17 billion current US$ compare
- 36 Thailand 3.68 billion current US$ compare
- 37 Portugal 3.54 billion current US$ compare
- 38 Czech Republic 3.50 billion current US$ compare
- 39 Romania 3.47 billion current US$ compare
More private sector data for Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
- Merchandise trade 45.6% (2025)
- Food imports 14.9% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 59.9% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 306.76 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 27.0% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 14.1% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 279.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 289.81 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2176 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 20.37 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- International tourism, expenditures in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 12.48 billion current US$ in 2019, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The highest recorded value was 12.48 billion current US$ in 2019.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.73 billion current US$ in 1995.
- How does Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 36th out of 38 groups with data for 2019.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 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.