International tourism, expenditures in Estonia
Estonia: International tourism, expenditures was 3.1% in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures in Estonia, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
Estonia recorded 3.1% for international tourism, expenditures in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 63.2% on the previous year and down 44.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Estonia peaked at 8.3% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3.1%, in 2020.
Estonia ranks 108th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Estonia, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 4.8% | — |
| 1996 | 4.6% | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 4.5% | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 4.9% | +10.1% |
| 1999 | 7.2% | +47.1% |
| 2000 | 6.9% | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 6.2% | -9.3% |
| 2002 | 6.3% | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 6.2% | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 5.8% | -6.6% |
| 2005 | 5.4% | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 5.6% | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 5.0% | -11.1% |
| 2008 | 5.5% | +9.0% |
| 2013 | 6.0% | +9.7% |
| 2014 | 6.4% | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 6.9% | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 7.3% | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 7.1% | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 7.5% | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 8.3% | +11.0% |
| 2020 | 3.1% | -63.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.2% | 4.5% | 7.2% | 5 |
| 2000s | 5.9% | 5.0% | 6.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 7.1% | 6.0% | 8.3% | 7 |
| 2020s | 3.1% | 3.1% | 3.1% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
More private sector data for Estonia
- Merchandise trade 98.4% (2025)
- Food imports 14.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 67.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 25.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 64.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 20.98 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 15,353 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4461 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.63 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Estonia?
- International tourism, expenditures in Estonia was 3.1% 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 Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 8.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1% in 2020.
- How does Estonia rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Estonia ranks 108th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Estonia 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.