International tourism, expenditures in IDA blend
IDA blend: International tourism, expenditures was 11.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures in IDA blend, 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 IDA blend is 11.0%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.7% on the previous year and up 40.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in IDA blend peaked at 11.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 4.5%, in 2005.
IDA blend ranks 3rd of 47 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in IDA blend, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 7.3% | — |
| 1996 | 9.4% | +27.6% |
| 1997 | 9.4% | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 5.1% | -45.5% |
| 2000 | 5.3% | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 5.3% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 5.3% | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 8.1% | +50.8% |
| 2005 | 4.5% | -44.1% |
| 2006 | 7.5% | +66.6% |
| 2007 | 8.8% | +17.6% |
| 2008 | 10.0% | +13.6% |
| 2009 | 7.8% | -21.9% |
| 2010 | 7.4% | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 7.3% | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 7.4% | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 7.5% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 7.6% | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 9.0% | +18.1% |
| 2016 | 7.7% | -14.2% |
| 2017 | 9.3% | +21.5% |
| 2018 | 10.2% | +9.2% |
| 2019 | 11.0% | +7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.8% | 5.1% | 9.4% | 4 |
| 2000s | 7.0% | 4.5% | 10.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 8.4% | 7.3% | 11.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near IDA blend
More private sector data for IDA blend
- Merchandise trade 33.7% (2025)
- Food imports 14.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 51.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 236.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 18.8% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 21.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 191.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 277.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1509 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 9.76 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in IDA blend?
- International tourism, expenditures in IDA blend was 11.0% 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 IDA blend?
- The highest recorded value was 11.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in IDA blend?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.5% in 2005.
- How does IDA blend rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- IDA blend ranks 3rd out of 47 groups with data for 2019.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in IDA blend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA blend 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.