International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: International tourism, expenditures for travel items was 2.42 billion current US$ in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Luxembourg, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in current US$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Luxembourg is 2.42 billion current US$, measured in 2020.
That represents a change of down 25.4% on the previous year and down 31.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Luxembourg peaked at 3.77 billion current US$ in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1.11 billion current US$, in 1997.
Luxembourg ranks 40th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1.19 billion current US$ | — |
| 1996 | 1.19 billion current US$ | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 1.11 billion current US$ | -6.2% |
| 1998 | 1.33 billion current US$ | +19.7% |
| 1999 | 1.32 billion current US$ | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 1.31 billion current US$ | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 1.46 billion current US$ | +11.8% |
| 2002 | 1.92 billion current US$ | +30.8% |
| 2003 | 2.42 billion current US$ | +26.1% |
| 2004 | 2.88 billion current US$ | +19.2% |
| 2005 | 2.96 billion current US$ | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 3.00 billion current US$ | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 3.40 billion current US$ | +13.6% |
| 2008 | 3.74 billion current US$ | +9.8% |
| 2009 | 3.58 billion current US$ | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 3.54 billion current US$ | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 3.77 billion current US$ | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 3.00 billion current US$ | -20.6% |
| 2013 | 3.22 billion current US$ | +7.3% |
| 2014 | 3.28 billion current US$ | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 2.28 billion current US$ | -30.5% |
| 2016 | 2.00 billion current US$ | -12.4% |
| 2017 | 2.56 billion current US$ | +28.2% |
| 2018 | 2.81 billion current US$ | +9.9% |
| 2019 | 3.24 billion current US$ | +15.3% |
| 2020 | 2.42 billion current US$ | -25.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.23 billion current US$ | 1.11 billion current US$ | 1.33 billion current US$ | 5 |
| 2000s | 2.67 billion current US$ | 1.31 billion current US$ | 3.74 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.97 billion current US$ | 2.00 billion current US$ | 3.77 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.42 billion current US$ | 2.42 billion current US$ | 2.42 billion current US$ | 1 |
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More private sector data for Luxembourg
- Merchandise trade 46.0% (2025)
- Food imports 14.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 65.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 28.17 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.8% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 80.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 18.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 26,770 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1818 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 13.54 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Luxembourg?
- International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Luxembourg was 2.42 billion current US$ in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures for travel items recorded in Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 3.77 billion current US$ in 2011.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures for travel items recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.11 billion current US$ in 1997.
- How does Luxembourg rank for international tourism, expenditures for travel items?
- Luxembourg ranks 40th out of 191 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures for travel items rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Luxembourg 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 for travel items (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. 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.