International tourism, expenditures in Thailand
Thailand: International tourism, expenditures was 1.6% in 2020. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Thailand, 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 Thailand stood at 1.6%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 71.1% on the previous year and down 54.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Thailand peaked at 5.8% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 1.6%, in 2020.
Thailand ranks 158th of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Thailand, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 5.8% | — |
| 1996 | 5.7% | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 5.2% | -8.7% |
| 1998 | 4.6% | -10.6% |
| 1999 | 5.1% | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 4.5% | -11.8% |
| 2001 | 4.8% | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 5.3% | +9.4% |
| 2003 | 4.2% | -21.1% |
| 2004 | 5.0% | +19.8% |
| 2005 | 3.7% | -25.6% |
| 2006 | 4.2% | +13.5% |
| 2007 | 4.2% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 3.3% | -22.3% |
| 2009 | 3.7% | +12.7% |
| 2010 | 3.4% | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 3.0% | -14.4% |
| 2012 | 3.0% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 3.0% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 3.5% | +15.6% |
| 2015 | 4.2% | +19.8% |
| 2016 | 5.1% | +22.7% |
| 2017 | 5.1% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 5.1% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 5.5% | +8.0% |
| 2020 | 1.6% | -71.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.3% | 4.6% | 5.8% | 5 |
| 2000s | 4.3% | 3.3% | 5.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.1% | 3.0% | 5.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More private sector data for Thailand
- Merchandise trade 118.6% (2025)
- Food imports 6.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 65.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 344.94 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 14.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 72.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 339.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,742 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5886 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 12.93 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Thailand?
- International tourism, expenditures in Thailand was 1.6% 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 Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 5.8% in 1995.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6% in 2020.
- How does Thailand rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Thailand ranks 158th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Thailand 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.