International tourism, number of departures in OECD members
OECD members: International tourism, number of departures was 936.36 million in 2019. ▲ Rising
International tourism, number of departures in OECD members, 1997–2019
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
Analysis
OECD members recorded 936.36 million for international tourism, number of departures in 2019. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, number of departures in OECD members peaked at 936.36 million in 2019 and was at its lowest, 573.11 million, in 1997.
That places OECD members 3rd out of 24 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
International tourism, number of departures in OECD members, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 573.11 million | — |
| 1998 | 605.83 million | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 642.90 million | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 679.68 million | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 667.04 million | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 662.52 million | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 657.59 million | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 680.03 million | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 700.51 million | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 783.84 million | +11.9% |
| 2007 | 782.45 million | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 788.08 million | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 746.45 million | -5.3% |
| 2010 | 750.73 million | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 756.25 million | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 767.31 million | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 786.62 million | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 780.36 million | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 813.93 million | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 849.36 million | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 897.60 million | +5.7% |
| 2018 | 922.29 million | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 936.36 million | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 607.28 million | 573.11 million | 642.90 million | 3 |
| 2000s | 714.82 million | 657.59 million | 788.08 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 826.08 million | 750.73 million | 936.36 million | 10 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
More private sector data for OECD members
- Merchandise trade 41.9% (2025)
- Food imports 9.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 70.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 15.86 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 69.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 14.51 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 10,347 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, number of departures in OECD members?
- International tourism, number of departures in OECD members was 936.36 million in 2019, 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 OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 936.36 million in 2019.
- What is the lowest international tourism, number of departures recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 573.11 million in 1997.
- How does OECD members rank for international tourism, number of departures?
- OECD members ranks 3rd out of 24 groups with data for 2019.
- Is international tourism, number of departures rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this OECD members 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 23 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.