International tourism, expenditures in Ireland
Ireland: International tourism, expenditures was 0.5% in 2020. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Ireland, 2005–2020
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 Ireland is 0.5%, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 71.6% on the previous year and down 89.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Ireland peaked at 5.4% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2020.
Ireland ranks 184th of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Ireland, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4.4% | — |
| 2006 | 4.6% | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 4.8% | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 5.4% | +12.5% |
| 2009 | 4.8% | -11.8% |
| 2010 | 4.2% | -11.1% |
| 2011 | 3.7% | -11.7% |
| 2012 | 3.0% | -19.5% |
| 2013 | 2.8% | -5.9% |
| 2014 | 2.5% | -11.5% |
| 2015 | 1.9% | -22.3% |
| 2016 | 1.8% | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 1.8% | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 2.0% | +9.3% |
| 2019 | 1.6% | -20.0% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | -71.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.8% | 4.4% | 5.4% | 5 |
| 2010s | 2.6% | 1.6% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 181 Algeria 0.6% compare
- 182 Trinidad and Tobago 0.6% compare
- 183 Samoa 0.5% compare
- 185 Tajikistan 0.3% compare
- 186 Sudan 0.2% compare
More private sector data for Ireland
- Merchandise trade 62.7% (2025)
- Food imports 9.4% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 82.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 159.22 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 7.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 90.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 293.42 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 53,501 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4066 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 21.65 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Ireland?
- International tourism, expenditures in Ireland was 0.5% 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 Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 5.4% in 2008.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2020.
- How does Ireland rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Ireland ranks 184th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 89.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ireland 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 16 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.