International tourism, expenditures in Portugal
Portugal: International tourism, expenditures was 3.9% in 2020. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Portugal, 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 Portugal is 3.9%, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 40.6% on the previous year and down 25.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Portugal peaked at 6.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3.9%, in 2020.
Portugal ranks 79th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Portugal, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 6.4% | — |
| 1996 | 6.5% | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 6.1% | -7.0% |
| 1998 | 6.2% | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 5.9% | -4.7% |
| 2000 | 5.9% | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 5.7% | -3.9% |
| 2002 | 5.5% | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 5.3% | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 5.0% | -6.3% |
| 2005 | 5.3% | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 5.2% | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 5.2% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 4.9% | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 5.5% | +12.6% |
| 2010 | 5.2% | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 5.2% | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 5.4% | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 5.6% | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 5.7% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 5.8% | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 5.9% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 6.0% | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 6.2% | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 6.6% | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 3.9% | -40.6% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 3.9% is above the median for high income countries, which is 3.7%, 1.1× the median. (65 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 3.9% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3.1%, 1.3× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where International tourism, expenditures in Portugal changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -40.6% | 6.6% | 3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.2% | 5.9% | 6.5% | 5 |
| 2000s | 5.4% | 4.9% | 5.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.8% | 5.2% | 6.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.9% | 3.9% | 3.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 76 Djibouti 4.1% compare
- 77 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 4.0% compare
- 78 Costa Rica 4.0% compare
- 80 France 3.9% compare
- 81 Saint Lucia 3.9% compare
- 82 Fiji 3.9% compare
More private sector data for Portugal
- Merchandise trade 62.1% (2025)
- Food imports 15.9% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 71.6% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 125.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 14.4% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 75.4% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 89.42 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 8,276 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.258 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 4.74 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Portugal?
- International tourism, expenditures in Portugal was 3.9% 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 6.6% in 2019.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.9% in 2020.
- How does Portugal rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Portugal ranks 79th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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.