International tourism, expenditures in Mexico
Mexico: International tourism, expenditures was 1.0% in 2020. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Mexico, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
In 2020, international tourism, expenditures in Mexico stood at 1.0%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 58.2% on the previous year and down 62.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Mexico peaked at 6.4% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2020.
That places Mexico 172nd out of 186 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Mexico, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 6.4% | — |
| 1996 | 5.7% | -10.3% |
| 1997 | 5.3% | -6.9% |
| 1998 | 3.5% | -34.7% |
| 1999 | 3.3% | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 3.3% | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 3.6% | +8.6% |
| 2002 | 3.7% | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 3.8% | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 3.6% | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 3.6% | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 3.3% | -8.4% |
| 2007 | 3.2% | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 3.0% | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 3.3% | +10.1% |
| 2010 | 2.7% | -18.2% |
| 2011 | 2.5% | -7.4% |
| 2012 | 2.6% | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 2.8% | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 2.8% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 2.9% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 3.0% | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 2.9% | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 2.7% | -6.5% |
| 2019 | 2.4% | -11.0% |
| 2020 | 1.0% | -58.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.9% | 3.3% | 6.4% | 5 |
| 2000s | 3.4% | 3.0% | 3.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.7% | 2.4% | 3.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More private sector data for Mexico
- Merchandise trade 73.5% (2025)
- Food imports 6.3% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 78.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 683.02 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 7.5% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 81.2% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 664.84 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,039 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3628 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Mexico?
- International tourism, expenditures in Mexico was 1.0% 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 Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 6.4% in 1995.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2020.
- How does Mexico rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Mexico ranks 172nd out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mexico 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.