International tourism, expenditures in Italy
Italy: International tourism, expenditures was 2.6% in 2020. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Italy, 1995–2020
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 Italy is 2.6%, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of down 60.4% on the previous year and down 50.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Italy peaked at 7.8% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 2020.
That places Italy 123rd out of 186 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Italy, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 7.0% | — |
| 1996 | 7.4% | +6.0% |
| 1997 | 7.8% | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 7.7% | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 7.3% | -5.8% |
| 2000 | 6.4% | -12.1% |
| 2001 | 6.0% | -7.0% |
| 2002 | 6.5% | +9.1% |
| 2003 | 6.6% | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 5.7% | -13.6% |
| 2005 | 5.8% | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 5.2% | -10.7% |
| 2007 | 5.3% | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 6.2% | +17.2% |
| 2016 | 6.3% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 6.4% | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 6.2% | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 6.7% | +7.2% |
| 2020 | 2.6% | -60.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.4% | 7.0% | 7.8% | 5 |
| 2000s | 5.9% | 5.2% | 6.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 6.4% | 6.2% | 6.7% | 5 |
| 2020s | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More private sector data for Italy
- Merchandise trade 54.7% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 66.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 668.67 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 79.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 726.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 12,331 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2847 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Italy?
- International tourism, expenditures in Italy was 2.6% 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 7.8% in 1997.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 2020.
- How does Italy rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Italy ranks 123rd out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.