International tourism, expenditures in Japan
Japan: International tourism, expenditures was 0.8% in 2020. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Japan, 1996–2020
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 Japan is 0.8%, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 73.7% on the previous year and down 83.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Japan peaked at 10.6% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2020.
That places Japan 175th out of 186 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Japan, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 10.6% | — |
| 1997 | 9.7% | -8.3% |
| 1998 | 9.8% | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 10.5% | +7.2% |
| 2000 | 9.4% | -11.0% |
| 2001 | 8.5% | -9.2% |
| 2002 | 8.6% | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 8.1% | -5.8% |
| 2004 | 9.0% | +10.4% |
| 2005 | 8.0% | -11.1% |
| 2006 | 5.7% | -29.1% |
| 2007 | 5.2% | -8.4% |
| 2008 | 4.5% | -13.9% |
| 2009 | 5.4% | +20.6% |
| 2010 | 5.0% | -7.8% |
| 2011 | 4.1% | -17.4% |
| 2012 | 4.0% | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 3.4% | -16.4% |
| 2014 | 2.9% | -14.5% |
| 2015 | 2.9% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 3.4% | +17.0% |
| 2017 | 3.1% | -8.7% |
| 2018 | 3.0% | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 3.2% | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | -73.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.2% | 9.7% | 10.6% | 4 |
| 2000s | 7.2% | 4.5% | 9.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.5% | 2.9% | 5.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Japan
More private sector data for Japan
- Merchandise trade 33.7% (2025)
- Food imports 9.8% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 59.9% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 755.55 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 1.3% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 80.6% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 738.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,985 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1665 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 4.43 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Japan?
- International tourism, expenditures in Japan was 0.8% 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 10.6% in 1996.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2020.
- How does Japan rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Japan ranks 175th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 83.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Japan 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.