International tourism, expenditures in Euro area
Euro area: International tourism, expenditures was 5.4% in 2019. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Euro area, 1995–2019
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for international tourism, expenditures in Euro area is 5.4%, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Euro area peaked at 8.7% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 5.4%, in 2019.
That places Euro area 32nd out of 47 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Euro area, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 6.2% | — |
| 1996 | 6.5% | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 6.3% | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 6.4% | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 8.7% | +36.1% |
| 2000 | 7.9% | -8.9% |
| 2001 | 7.8% | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 7.8% | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 7.7% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 7.0% | -10.3% |
| 2005 | 7.0% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 6.3% | -9.7% |
| 2007 | 6.2% | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 5.6% | -9.3% |
| 2013 | 5.7% | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 5.8% | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 5.5% | -6.0% |
| 2016 | 5.5% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 5.6% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 5.4% | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 5.4% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.8% | 6.2% | 8.7% | 5 |
| 2000s | 7.2% | 6.2% | 7.9% | 8 |
| 2010s | 5.6% | 5.4% | 5.8% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
More private sector data for Euro area
- Merchandise trade 69.0% (2025)
- Food imports 10.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 69.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 6.09 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 76.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 6.33 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 17,654 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3516 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.59 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Euro area?
- International tourism, expenditures in Euro area was 5.4% in 2019, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 8.7% in 1999.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.4% in 2019.
- How does Euro area rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Euro area ranks 32nd out of 47 groups with data for 2019.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Euro area 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.