International tourism, expenditures in Paraguay
Paraguay: International tourism, expenditures was 2.1% in 2020. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Paraguay, 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 Paraguay stood at 2.1%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 48.0% on the previous year and down 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Paraguay peaked at 5.8% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 2.1%, in 2020.
That places Paraguay 145th 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 Paraguay, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 3.4% | — |
| 1996 | 3.7% | +10.8% |
| 1997 | 4.4% | +18.9% |
| 1998 | 5.1% | +14.3% |
| 1999 | 5.8% | +14.4% |
| 2000 | 4.9% | -16.1% |
| 2001 | 4.7% | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 5.0% | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 4.3% | -13.5% |
| 2004 | 3.6% | -16.0% |
| 2005 | 3.2% | -11.4% |
| 2006 | 2.7% | -14.8% |
| 2007 | 2.9% | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 2.3% | -21.4% |
| 2009 | 3.1% | +38.9% |
| 2010 | 2.4% | -22.4% |
| 2011 | 2.4% | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 2.9% | +24.0% |
| 2013 | 3.2% | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 3.3% | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 4.2% | +26.6% |
| 2016 | 4.5% | +8.6% |
| 2017 | 4.1% | -8.8% |
| 2018 | 3.8% | -9.2% |
| 2019 | 4.0% | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 2.1% | -48.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.5% | 3.4% | 5.8% | 5 |
| 2000s | 3.7% | 2.3% | 5.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.5% | 2.4% | 4.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 142 Dominican Republic 2.2% compare
- 143 Eswatini 2.2% compare
- 144 Greece 2.1% compare
- 146 Luxembourg 2.0% compare
- 147 South Africa 2.0% compare
- 148 Finland 2.0% compare
More private sector data for Paraguay
- Merchandise trade 61.3% (2025)
- Food imports 7.8% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 79.2% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 19.13 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 69.1% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 16.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 11.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,580 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2249 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.86 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Paraguay?
- International tourism, expenditures in Paraguay was 2.1% 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 Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 5.8% in 1999.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1% in 2020.
- How does Paraguay rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Paraguay ranks 145th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Paraguay 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.