International tourism, receipts for travel items in Malta
Malta: International tourism, receipts for travel items was 418.00 million current US$ in 2020. β² Rising
International tourism, receipts for travel items in Malta, 1995β2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in current US$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for international tourism, receipts for travel items in Malta is 418.00 million current US$, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 78.0% on the previous year and down 60.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, receipts for travel items in Malta peaked at 1.90 billion current US$ in 2019 and was at its lowest, 418.00 million current US$, in 2020.
That places Malta 100th out of 191 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 648.60 million current US$ | 632.00 million current US$ | 667.00 million current US$ | 5 |
| 2000s | 771.90 million current US$ | 561.00 million current US$ | 1.08 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.49 billion current US$ | 1.07 billion current US$ | 1.90 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 418.00 million current US$ | 418.00 million current US$ | 418.00 million current US$ | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 97 Cameroon 437.00 million current US$ compare
- 98 Latvia, Republic of 430.00 million current US$ compare
- 99 Bosnia and Herzegovina 426.00 million current US$ compare
- 101 Zambia 412.00 million current US$ compare
- 102 Chile 406.00 million current US$ compare
- 103 Kuwait 397.00 million current US$ compare
More private sector data for Malta
- Merchandise trade 46.9% (2025)
- Food imports 11.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 65.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 9.22 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 76.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.82 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 6,588 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1375 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 0.9783 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, receipts for travel items in Malta?
- International tourism, receipts for travel items in Malta was 418.00 million current US$ in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, receipts for travel items recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 1.90 billion current US$ in 2019.
- What is the lowest international tourism, receipts for travel items recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 418.00 million current US$ in 2020.
- How does Malta rank for international tourism, receipts for travel items?
- Malta ranks 100th out of 191 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, receipts for travel items rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta 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, receipts for travel items (current US$). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
International tourism receipts for travel items are expenditures by international inbound visitors in the reporting economy. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These receipts should include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.