International tourism, expenditures in Australia
Australia: International tourism, expenditures was 3.0% in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures in Australia, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
Australia recorded 3.0% for international tourism, expenditures in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 78.4% on the previous year and down 72.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Australia peaked at 13.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 2020.
That places Australia 112th out of 186 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 Australia, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 10.1% | — |
| 1996 | 10.6% | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 10.7% | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 10.4% | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 10.4% | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 10.3% | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 10.3% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 9.7% | -6.0% |
| 2003 | 9.6% | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 11.0% | +14.0% |
| 2005 | 10.6% | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 10.0% | -5.7% |
| 2007 | 10.5% | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 10.2% | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 10.9% | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 10.7% | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 10.7% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 10.3% | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 10.9% | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 11.5% | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 12.5% | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 13.5% | +8.3% |
| 2017 | 13.5% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 13.4% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 13.7% | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 3.0% | -78.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.4% | 10.1% | 10.7% | 5 |
| 2000s | 10.3% | 9.6% | 11.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.1% | 10.3% | 13.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More private sector data for Australia
- Merchandise trade 36.0% (2025)
- Food imports 6.5% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 74.3% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 310.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 9.8% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 337.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 12,225 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1877 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -0.9521 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Australia?
- International tourism, expenditures in Australia was 3.0% 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 Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 13.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 2020.
- How does Australia rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Australia ranks 112th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 72.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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 (% of total imports). 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. Their share in imports is calculated as a ratio to imports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.