International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Türkiye
Türkiye: International tourism, expenditures for travel items was 1.04 billion current US$ in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Türkiye, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in current US$.
Analysis
In 2020, international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Türkiye stood at 1.04 billion current US$.
The figure is down 74.7% on the previous year and down 80.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Türkiye peaked at 5.37 billion current US$ in 2015 and was at its lowest, 911.00 million current US$, in 1995.
That places Türkiye 57th out of 191 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 911.00 million current US$ | — |
| 1996 | 1.26 billion current US$ | +38.9% |
| 1997 | 1.72 billion current US$ | +35.7% |
| 1998 | 1.75 billion current US$ | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 1.47 billion current US$ | -16.1% |
| 2000 | 1.71 billion current US$ | +16.5% |
| 2001 | 1.74 billion current US$ | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 1.88 billion current US$ | +8.2% |
| 2003 | 2.11 billion current US$ | +12.4% |
| 2004 | 2.52 billion current US$ | +19.5% |
| 2005 | 3.10 billion current US$ | +23.0% |
| 2006 | 2.99 billion current US$ | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 3.65 billion current US$ | +22.1% |
| 2008 | 3.82 billion current US$ | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 4.58 billion current US$ | +19.6% |
| 2010 | 5.19 billion current US$ | +13.5% |
| 2011 | 4.88 billion current US$ | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 4.09 billion current US$ | -16.2% |
| 2013 | 4.82 billion current US$ | +17.7% |
| 2014 | 5.07 billion current US$ | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 5.37 billion current US$ | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 4.78 billion current US$ | -10.9% |
| 2017 | 4.82 billion current US$ | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 4.59 billion current US$ | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 4.11 billion current US$ | -10.6% |
| 2020 | 1.04 billion current US$ | -74.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.42 billion current US$ | 911.00 million current US$ | 1.75 billion current US$ | 5 |
| 2000s | 2.81 billion current US$ | 1.71 billion current US$ | 4.58 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.77 billion current US$ | 4.09 billion current US$ | 5.37 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.04 billion current US$ | 1.04 billion current US$ | 1.04 billion current US$ | 1 |
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More private sector data for Türkiye
- Merchandise trade 40.0% (2025)
- Food imports 6.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 365.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 12.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 73.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 273.36 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,183 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1711 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 4.42 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Türkiye?
- International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Türkiye was 1.04 billion current US$ 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 Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 5.37 billion current US$ in 2015.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures for travel items recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 911.00 million current US$ in 1995.
- How does Türkiye rank for international tourism, expenditures for travel items?
- Türkiye ranks 57th out of 191 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures for travel items rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is down 80.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Türkiye 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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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.