International tourism, expenditures in Chile
Chile: International tourism, expenditures was 1.1% in 2020. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Chile, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
In 2020, international tourism, expenditures in Chile stood at 1.1%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 72.3% on the previous year and down 58.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Chile peaked at 5.3% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 2020.
Chile ranks 171st of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Chile, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 5.1% | — |
| 1996 | 4.6% | -10.1% |
| 1997 | 4.9% | +5.7% |
| 1998 | 5.2% | +6.3% |
| 1999 | 5.3% | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 4.1% | -22.6% |
| 2001 | 4.4% | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 4.5% | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 4.8% | +7.6% |
| 2004 | 4.3% | -11.5% |
| 2005 | 2.9% | -31.9% |
| 2006 | 2.7% | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 2.6% | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 2.0% | -23.9% |
| 2009 | 3.0% | +52.1% |
| 2010 | 2.5% | -15.0% |
| 2011 | 2.4% | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 2.6% | +9.6% |
| 2013 | 2.8% | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 3.2% | +17.0% |
| 2015 | 3.5% | +7.5% |
| 2016 | 3.9% | +12.8% |
| 2017 | 4.1% | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 3.6% | -11.5% |
| 2019 | 3.8% | +6.3% |
| 2020 | 1.1% | -72.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.0% | 4.6% | 5.3% | 5 |
| 2000s | 3.5% | 2.0% | 4.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.2% | 2.4% | 4.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1 |
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- 172 Mexico 1.0% compare
- 173 Mauritania 1.0% compare
- 174 Cambodia 0.9% compare
More private sector data for Chile
- Merchandise trade 55.9% (2025)
- Food imports 11.6% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 70.1% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 92.66 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 22.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 11.7% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 107.00 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,388 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2994 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.91 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Chile?
- International tourism, expenditures in Chile was 1.1% 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 Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 5.3% in 1999.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 2020.
- How does Chile rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Chile ranks 171st out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chile 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.