International tourism, number of departures in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: International tourism, number of departures was 1.46 million in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, number of departures in Luxembourg, 1997–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
Analysis
Luxembourg recorded 1.46 million for international tourism, number of departures in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 42.7% on the previous year and up 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, number of departures in Luxembourg peaked at 2.55 million in 2019 and was at its lowest, 694,000, in 1997.
That places Luxembourg 62nd out of 117 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
International tourism, number of departures in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 694,000 | — |
| 1998 | 757,000 | +9.1% |
| 1999 | 809,000 | +6.9% |
| 2000 | 950,000 | +17.4% |
| 2001 | 923,000 | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 1.05 million | +13.7% |
| 2003 | 1.02 million | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 1.10 million | +7.7% |
| 2005 | 1.19 million | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 1.08 million | -8.5% |
| 2007 | 1.13 million | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 1.19 million | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 1.36 million | +14.5% |
| 2010 | 1.24 million | -9.2% |
| 2011 | 1.64 million | +32.8% |
| 2012 | 1.58 million | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 1.62 million | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 1.81 million | +11.8% |
| 2015 | 1.70 million | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 1.59 million | -6.7% |
| 2017 | 2.35 million | +47.7% |
| 2018 | 2.51 million | +7.0% |
| 2019 | 2.55 million | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 1.46 million | -42.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 753,333 | 694,000 | 809,000 | 3 |
| 2000s | 1.10 million | 923,000 | 1.36 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.86 million | 1.24 million | 2.55 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.46 million | 1.46 million | 1.46 million | 1 |
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More private sector data for Luxembourg
- Merchandise trade 46.0% (2025)
- Food imports 14.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 65.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 28.17 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.8% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 80.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 18.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 26,770 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1818 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 13.54 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, number of departures in Luxembourg?
- International tourism, number of departures in Luxembourg was 1.46 million in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, number of departures recorded in Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 2.55 million in 2019.
- What is the lowest international tourism, number of departures recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 694,000 in 1997.
- How does Luxembourg rank for international tourism, number of departures?
- Luxembourg ranks 62nd out of 117 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, number of departures rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Luxembourg 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, number of departures. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.