International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Netherlands
Netherlands: International tourism, expenditures for travel items was 7.03 billion current US$ in 2020. β² Rising
International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Netherlands, 1995β2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in current US$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Netherlands is 7.03 billion current US$, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 65.7% on the previous year and down 63.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Netherlands peaked at 21.09 billion current US$ in 2014 and was at its lowest, 7.03 billion current US$, in 2020.
That places Netherlands 16th out of 191 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.84 billion current US$ | 11.23 billion current US$ | 12.28 billion current US$ | 5 |
| 2000s | 15.28 billion current US$ | 11.99 billion current US$ | 19.80 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.86 billion current US$ | 17.92 billion current US$ | 21.09 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.03 billion current US$ | 7.03 billion current US$ | 7.03 billion current US$ | 1 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
More private sector data for Netherlands
- Merchandise trade 139.5% (2025)
- Food imports 13.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 64.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 870.44 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 16.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 62.8% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 989.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 54,691 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.7422 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.46 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Netherlands?
- International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Netherlands was 7.03 billion current US$ 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 Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 21.09 billion current US$ in 2014.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures for travel items recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.03 billion current US$ in 2020.
- How does Netherlands rank for international tourism, expenditures for travel items?
- Netherlands ranks 16th out of 191 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures for travel items rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 63.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands 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.