International tourism, expenditures in Romania
Romania: International tourism, expenditures was 3.3% in 2020. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Romania, 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 Romania is 3.3%, measured in 2020.
The figure is down 48.2% on the previous year and up 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Romania peaked at 6.6% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 2.0%, in 2004.
Romania ranks 101st 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 Romania, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 6.6% | — |
| 1996 | 5.7% | -13.5% |
| 1997 | 5.7% | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 4.0% | -30.4% |
| 1999 | 3.8% | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 3.2% | -15.5% |
| 2001 | 2.9% | -9.0% |
| 2002 | 2.4% | -16.7% |
| 2003 | 2.3% | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 2.0% | -13.6% |
| 2005 | 3.1% | +54.5% |
| 2006 | 3.2% | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 2.5% | -21.2% |
| 2008 | 2.9% | +12.5% |
| 2009 | 3.1% | +9.0% |
| 2010 | 2.9% | -5.4% |
| 2011 | 2.9% | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 2.9% | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 2.7% | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 3.3% | +20.5% |
| 2015 | 3.4% | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 3.6% | +7.3% |
| 2017 | 5.2% | +45.2% |
| 2018 | 5.6% | +6.4% |
| 2019 | 6.4% | +15.3% |
| 2020 | 3.3% | -48.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.2% | 3.8% | 6.6% | 5 |
| 2000s | 2.8% | 2.0% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.9% | 2.7% | 6.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More private sector data for Romania
- Merchandise trade 59.5% (2025)
- Food imports 10.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 77.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 146.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 79.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 109.13 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,738 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2546 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 8.82 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Romania?
- International tourism, expenditures in Romania was 3.3% 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 Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 6.6% in 1995.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.0% in 2004.
- How does Romania rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Romania ranks 101st out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania 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.