International tourism, expenditures in Georgia
Georgia: International tourism, expenditures was 3.3% in 2020. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Georgia, 1997–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
Georgia recorded 3.3% for international tourism, expenditures in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 67.7% on the previous year and down 39.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Georgia peaked at 17.8% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 3.3%, in 2020.
Georgia ranks 103rd of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Georgia, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 12.1% | — |
| 1998 | 17.8% | +47.4% |
| 1999 | 12.4% | -30.4% |
| 2000 | 9.9% | -20.6% |
| 2001 | 10.4% | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 13.2% | +27.0% |
| 2003 | 9.3% | -29.2% |
| 2004 | 7.9% | -14.9% |
| 2005 | 7.3% | -8.5% |
| 2006 | 5.9% | -19.0% |
| 2007 | 4.7% | -19.8% |
| 2008 | 4.5% | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 5.9% | +31.4% |
| 2010 | 5.4% | -9.2% |
| 2011 | 4.8% | -10.7% |
| 2012 | 5.2% | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 5.8% | +12.5% |
| 2014 | 5.6% | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 7.0% | +25.2% |
| 2016 | 8.3% | +18.2% |
| 2017 | 9.1% | +9.7% |
| 2018 | 8.9% | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 10.1% | +13.0% |
| 2020 | 3.3% | -67.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.1% | 12.1% | 17.8% | 3 |
| 2000s | 7.9% | 4.5% | 13.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.0% | 4.8% | 10.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Georgia
More private sector data for Georgia
- Merchandise trade 67.7% (2025)
- Food imports 12.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 72.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 18.53 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 45.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 33.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 7.29 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,852 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1911 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.16 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Georgia?
- International tourism, expenditures in Georgia was 3.3% 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 Georgia?
- The highest recorded value was 17.8% in 1998.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Georgia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.3% in 2020.
- How does Georgia rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Georgia ranks 103rd out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Georgia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Georgia 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.