International tourism, expenditures in Brazil
Brazil: International tourism, expenditures was 2.9% in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures in Brazil, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 2.9% for international tourism, expenditures in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 63.9% on the previous year and down 62.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Brazil peaked at 9.8% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2.9%, in 2020.
That places Brazil 114th 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 Brazil, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 6.3% | — |
| 1996 | 7.6% | +20.1% |
| 1997 | 7.9% | +4.9% |
| 1998 | 7.8% | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 5.5% | -29.7% |
| 2000 | 6.1% | +11.4% |
| 2001 | 5.1% | -16.9% |
| 2002 | 4.6% | -8.9% |
| 2003 | 4.4% | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 4.6% | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 5.9% | +29.4% |
| 2006 | 6.1% | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 6.5% | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 5.9% | -9.2% |
| 2009 | 7.3% | +23.5% |
| 2010 | 7.5% | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 8.0% | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 8.3% | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 8.8% | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 9.2% | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 8.1% | -11.8% |
| 2016 | 8.1% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 9.8% | +19.8% |
| 2018 | 8.3% | -15.2% |
| 2019 | 7.9% | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 2.9% | -63.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.0% | 5.5% | 7.9% | 5 |
| 2000s | 5.7% | 4.4% | 7.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.4% | 7.5% | 9.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More private sector data for Brazil
- Merchandise trade 28.2% (2025)
- Food imports 5.5% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 79.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 293.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 40.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 23.8% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 348.28 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,637 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1528 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 3.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Brazil?
- International tourism, expenditures in Brazil was 2.9% 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 Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 9.8% in 2017.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.9% in 2020.
- How does Brazil rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Brazil ranks 114th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil 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.