International tourism, number of departures by country
International outbound tourists are the number of departures that people make from their country of usual residence to any other country for any purpose other than a remunerated activity in the country visited. The data on outbound tourists refer to the number of departures, not to the number of people traveling....
Countries reporting
117
Highest
99.53 million
Germany
Lowest
2,100
Tuvalu
Median
1.54 million
Years covered
26
1995–2020
Data points
2,929
What the numbers show
International tourism, number of departures is currently reported for 117 countries. The highest value is 99.53 million in Germany; the lowest is 2,100 in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.54 million, and the mean is 6.42 million.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 47,397.
Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 660.0%), and the largest decrease in Hong Kong, China (down 90.2%).
International tourism, number of departures: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 99.53 million | 2019 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 2 | United States of America | 60.55 million | 2020 | down 50.2% | rising |
| 3 | Poland | 50.60 million | 2019 | up 28.9% | flat |
| 4 | Canada | 37.85 million | 2019 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 5 | Mexico | 36.06 million | 2020 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 6 | Malaysia | 30.76 million | 2004 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 27.20 million | 2019 | up 320.5% | volatile |
| 8 | India | 26.91 million | 2019 | up 143.2% | volatile |
| 9 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 23.83 million | 2020 | down 63.1% | rising |
| 10 | Netherlands | 22.05 million | 2019 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 11 | Italy | 21.45 million | 2020 | down 61.2% | rising |
| 12 | France | 21.29 million | 2020 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 13 | China | 20.33 million | 2020 | down 64.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Switzerland | 19.80 million | 2019 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 15 | Argentina | 15.35 million | 2019 | up 165.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Hungary | 12.73 million | 2020 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 17 | Russian Federation | 12.36 million | 2020 | down 68.6% | rising |
| 18 | Ukraine | 11.25 million | 2020 | down 36.6% | rising |
| 19 | Brazil | 10.63 million | 2018 | up 102.9% | rising |
| 20 | Thailand | 10.45 million | 2019 | up 124.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Romania | 9.51 million | 2020 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 22 | Israel | 9.18 million | 2019 | up 129.1% | rising |
| 23 | Uzbekistan | 8.44 million | 2019 | up 540.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Hong Kong, China | 8.26 million | 2020 | down 90.2% | rising |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 6.46 million | 2020 | down 63.9% | falling |
| 26 | Syrian Arab Republic | 6.26 million | 2010 | up 62.0% | rising |
| 27 | Spain | 6.24 million | 2020 | down 56.3% | rising |
| 28 | Egypt | 6.18 million | 2014 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 29 | Belgium | 5.85 million | 2020 | down 33.5% | rising |
| 30 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.31 million | 2019 | up 125.7% | rising |
| 31 | Slovakia | 5.21 million | 2019 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 32 | Republic of Korea | 4.28 million | 2020 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Denmark | 4.23 million | 2020 | down 45.2% | rising |
| 34 | Chile | 4.09 million | 2019 | up 73.4% | rising |
| 35 | Bulgaria | 3.97 million | 2020 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 36 | Austria | 3.96 million | 2020 | down 59.9% | rising |
| 37 | Georgia | 3.78 million | 2019 | up 90.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Zimbabwe | 3.27 million | 2019 | up 419.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Japan | 3.17 million | 2020 | down 80.9% | falling |
| 40 | Bahrain | 2.95 million | 2019 | — | falling |
| 41 | Indonesia | 2.92 million | 2020 | down 53.2% | rising |
| 42 | Albania | 2.91 million | 2020 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 43 | Kazakhstan | 2.87 million | 2020 | down 52.4% | rising |
| 44 | Australia | 2.83 million | 2020 | down 60.1% | rising |
| 45 | Belarus | 2.81 million | 2020 | down 62.4% | rising |
| 46 | Finland | 2.69 million | 2020 | down 64.1% | rising |
| 47 | Kuwait | 2.65 million | 2007 | up 141.5% | rising |
| 48 | Czechia | 2.40 million | 2020 | down 72.3% | falling |
| 49 | Ireland | 2.33 million | 2020 | down 66.4% | rising |
| 50 | Greece | 2.32 million | 2020 | down 38.8% | rising |
| 51 | Türkiye | 2.24 million | 2020 | down 65.8% | rising |
| 52 | Uruguay | 2.20 million | 2019 | up 166.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Slovenia | 1.89 million | 2020 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 54 | Norway | 1.69 million | 2020 | down 77.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Oman | 1.66 million | 2020 | down 41.4% | rising |
| 56 | Lithuania | 1.64 million | 2020 | down 61.9% | falling |
| 57 | Cyprus | 1.58 million | 2019 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 58 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.55 million | 2020 | down 79.9% | falling |
| 59 | Singapore | 1.54 million | 2020 | down 79.0% | rising |
| 60 | Ecuador | 1.51 million | 2019 | up 86.1% | rising |
| 61 | Philippines | 1.48 million | 2020 | down 53.5% | rising |
| 62 | Bangladesh | 1.46 million | 2013 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 62 | Luxembourg | 1.46 million | 2020 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 64 | Algeria | 1.39 million | 2020 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Colombia | 1.27 million | 2020 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Nepal | 1.20 million | 2017 | up 155.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Azerbaijan | 1.17 million | 2020 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1.08 million | 2017 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 69 | Puerto Rico | 792,000 | 2017 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 70 | Peru | 791,000 | 2020 | down 61.6% | rising |
| 71 | Tunisia | 739,000 | 2020 | down 67.2% | rising |
| 72 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 707,000 | 2020 | down 58.1% | rising |
| 73 | Honduras | 703,000 | 2018 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 74 | Latvia | 690,000 | 2020 | down 79.3% | falling |
| 75 | Portugal | 680,000 | 2020 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 76 | Croatia | 678,000 | 2020 | down 85.9% | falling |
| 77 | Morocco | 646,000 | 2020 | down 70.3% | rising |
| 78 | Uganda | 568,000 | 2016 | up 123.6% | rising |
| 79 | Estonia | 558,000 | 2020 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 80 | El Salvador | 515,000 | 2020 | down 63.8% | rising |
| 81 | New Zealand | 511,000 | 2020 | down 74.8% | rising |
| 82 | Guatemala | 507,800 | 2020 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 83 | Eswatini | 488,000 | 2020 | down 57.2% | rising |
| 84 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 432,000 | 2020 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Jordan | 406,000 | 2020 | down 85.0% | flat |
| 86 | Panama | 401,000 | 2020 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Armenia | 346,000 | 2020 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Cambodia | 326,000 | 2020 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Nicaragua | 325,000 | 2020 | down 64.2% | rising |
| 90 | Costa Rica | 324,000 | 2020 | down 51.1% | rising |
| 91 | Sri Lanka | 305,000 | 2020 | down 72.8% | rising |
| 92 | Cuba | 271,000 | 2020 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Gabon | 236,000 | 2003 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 94 | Malta | 218,000 | 2020 | down 33.5% | rising |
| 95 | Paraguay | 214,000 | 2020 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 210,000 | 2020 | down 47.6% | rising |
| 97 | Bermuda | 192,000 | 2008 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 98 | Fiji | 174,000 | 2019 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 99 | British Virgin Islands | 139,000 | 2012 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 100 | Iceland | 130,000 | 2020 | down 56.5% | rising |
| 101 | Macau, China | 125,000 | 2020 | down 83.4% | rising |
| 102 | Maldives | 123,000 | 2008 | up 232.4% | rising |
| 103 | Sierra Leone | 122,000 | 2019 | up 69.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Papua New Guinea | 92,000 | 2002 | up 80.4% | rising |
| 105 | Republic of Moldova | 75,000 | 2020 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 106 | Mauritius | 65,000 | 2020 | down 69.3% | rising |
| 107 | New Caledonia | 48,000 | 2020 | down 63.6% | rising |
| 108 | Central African Republic | 38,000 | 2010 | up 660.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Turkmenistan | 38,000 | 2007 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Burundi | 35,000 | 2001 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 111 | Tajikistan | 31,000 | 2018 | up 106.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Seychelles | 19,000 | 2020 | down 67.8% | rising |
| 113 | Samoa | 18,500 | 2020 | down 67.0% | falling |
| 114 | French Polynesia | 12,000 | 2020 | down 86.5% | falling |
| 115 | Vanuatu | 9,400 | 2020 | down 55.2% | rising |
| 116 | Chad | 5,500 | 2020 | down 85.9% | falling |
| 117 | Tuvalu | 2,100 | 2011 | down 25.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 2.03 billion
- European Union 468.66 million
- High income 1.04 billion
- Euro area 337.84 million
- OECD members 936.36 million
- Post-demographic dividend 928.93 million
- IDA & IBRD total 819.60 million
- Low & middle income 743.17 million
- Europe & Central Asia 740.72 million
- Middle income 692.71 million
- IBRD only 624.28 million
- Upper middle income 444.87 million
- East Asia & Pacific 415.49 million
- Late-demographic dividend 409.18 million
- Early-demographic dividend 309.16 million
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 230.13 million
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 210.53 million
- North America 208.81 million
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 207.93 million
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 174.31 million
- Latin America & Caribbean 140.81 million
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 139.22 million
- Central Europe and the Baltics 136.61 million
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 132.35 million
- South Asia 37.27 million
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 36.72 million
About this data
International outbound tourists are the number of departures that people make from their country of usual residence to any other country for any purpose other than a remunerated activity in the country visited. The data on outbound tourists refer to the number of departures, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips from a country during a given period is counted each time as a new departure.