International tourism, expenditures in Mongolia
Mongolia: International tourism, expenditures was 7.8% in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures in Mongolia, 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 Mongolia is 7.8%, measured in 2020.
That represents a change of down 30.3% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Mongolia peaked at 14.7% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 3.2%, in 1997.
That places Mongolia 29th out of 186 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 4.2% | — |
| 1996 | 6.5% | +53.1% |
| 1997 | 3.2% | -50.4% |
| 1998 | 7.4% | +132.3% |
| 1999 | 6.9% | -7.3% |
| 2000 | 7.0% | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 7.1% | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 13.2% | +85.5% |
| 2003 | 13.3% | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 14.7% | +10.9% |
| 2005 | 9.1% | -38.4% |
| 2006 | 10.7% | +18.4% |
| 2007 | 8.8% | -17.7% |
| 2008 | 6.6% | -25.2% |
| 2009 | 9.2% | +39.2% |
| 2010 | 8.2% | -10.4% |
| 2011 | 5.7% | -31.1% |
| 2012 | 6.3% | +10.2% |
| 2013 | 7.7% | +22.3% |
| 2014 | 7.4% | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 8.9% | +21.6% |
| 2016 | 9.6% | +6.9% |
| 2017 | 9.5% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 9.7% | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 11.2% | +15.5% |
| 2020 | 7.8% | -30.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.6% | 3.2% | 7.4% | 5 |
| 2000s | 10.0% | 6.6% | 14.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.4% | 5.7% | 11.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.8% | 7.8% | 7.8% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
- 26 Syrian Arab Republic 8.2% compare
- 27 Zambia 8.1% compare
- 28 New Zealand 7.9% compare
- 30 Iraq 7.6% compare
- 31 Ukraine 7.5% compare
- 32 New Caledonia 7.5% compare
More private sector data for Mongolia
- Merchandise trade 106.7% (2025)
- Food imports 11.0% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 65.3% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 11.31 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 3.3% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 1.7% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 15.76 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,416 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.6213 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -0.1394 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Mongolia?
- International tourism, expenditures in Mongolia was 7.8% 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 14.7% in 2004.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.2% in 1997.
- How does Mongolia rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Mongolia ranks 29th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.