International tourism, expenditures in Russian Federation
Russian Federation: International tourism, expenditures was 3.5% in 2020. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Russian Federation, 2001–2020
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 Russian Federation stood at 3.5%. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is down 69.3% on the previous year and down 62.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Russian Federation peaked at 13.8% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 3.5%, in 2020.
That places Russian Federation 94th out of 186 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Russian Federation, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 13.5% | — |
| 2002 | 13.8% | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 13.3% | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 12.5% | -6.0% |
| 2005 | 10.9% | -12.6% |
| 2006 | 9.0% | -17.7% |
| 2007 | 7.9% | -12.0% |
| 2008 | 7.2% | -8.9% |
| 2009 | 9.6% | +33.4% |
| 2010 | 9.4% | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 9.1% | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 10.8% | +18.8% |
| 2013 | 12.7% | +17.1% |
| 2014 | 12.9% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 13.6% | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 10.4% | -23.8% |
| 2017 | 10.9% | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 11.3% | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 11.5% | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 3.5% | -69.3% |
Russian Federation compared with similar countries
- Russian Federation's 3.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 3.7%, 97% of the median. (65 countries reporting)
- Russian Federation's 3.5% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3.1%, 1.2× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where International tourism, expenditures in Russian Federation 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 | -69.3% | 11.5% | 3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.9% | 7.2% | 13.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 11.3% | 9.1% | 13.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.5% | 3.5% | 3.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Russian Federation
More private sector data for Russian Federation
- Merchandise trade 28.2% (2025)
- Food imports 10.9% (2021)
- Manufactures imports 79.8% (2021)
- Merchandise imports 302.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 6.6% (2021)
- Manufactures exports 22.1% (2021)
- Merchandise exports 419.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,922 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1637 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -3.28 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Russian Federation?
- International tourism, expenditures in Russian Federation was 3.5% 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 Russian Federation?
- The highest recorded value was 13.8% in 2002.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Russian Federation?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.5% in 2020.
- How does Russian Federation rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Russian Federation ranks 94th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Russian Federation?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Russian Federation 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.