International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) in Uruguay
Uruguay: International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) was 3.6% in 2020. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Uruguay, 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 Uruguay stood at 3.6%. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 66.0% on the previous year and down 34.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Uruguay peaked at 10.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3.6%, in 2020.
That places Uruguay 92nd 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 24 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 9.3% | — |
| 1996 | 8.5% | -8.3% |
| 1997 | 8.9% | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 9.1% | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 9.1% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 9.8% | +7.4% |
| 2003 | 8.6% | -11.5% |
| 2004 | 7.1% | -18.1% |
| 2005 | 7.1% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 5.2% | -26.4% |
| 2007 | 5.2% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 4.5% | -13.7% |
| 2009 | 5.4% | +19.7% |
| 2010 | 5.4% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 6.2% | +14.8% |
| 2012 | 6.3% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 8.5% | +36.6% |
| 2014 | 9.1% | +7.0% |
| 2015 | 9.6% | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 8.7% | -9.9% |
| 2017 | 9.1% | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 9.0% | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 10.5% | +16.8% |
| 2020 | 3.6% | -66.0% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 3.6% is below the median for high income countries, which is 3.7%, 97% of the median. (65 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 3.6% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3.4%, 1.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) in Uruguay 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 | -66.0% | 10.5% | 3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.9% | 8.5% | 9.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 7.1% | 4.5% | 9.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.2% | 5.4% | 10.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.6% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More private sector data for Uruguay
- Merchandise trade 28.3% (2025)
- Food imports 14.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 69.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 12.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 5.91 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 65.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 18.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 11.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 7.32 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,318 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Uruguay?
- International tourism, expenditures in Uruguay was 3.6% 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 Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 10.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.6% in 2020.
- How does Uruguay rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Uruguay ranks 92nd out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.