International tourism, receipts (% of total exports) by country
International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors,...
Countries reporting
183
Highest
93.5%
Palau
Lowest
0.0%
Guinea
Median
5.1%
Years covered
26
1995–2020
Data points
4,679
What the numbers show
International tourism, receipts (% of total exports) is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 93.5% in Palau; the lowest is 0.0% in Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.1%, and the mean is 13.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6,524.
Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 142 fell. The largest increase was in Congo, Democratic Republic of the (up 4,037.2%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 93.6%).
International tourism, receipts: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palau | 93.5% | 2017 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 2 | Saint Lucia | 88.8% | 2018 | up 85.0% | flat |
| 3 | Grenada | 88.2% | 2018 | up 136.2% | rising |
| 4 | Maldives | 78.9% | 2020 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 5 | Dominica | 75.1% | 2018 | up 105.3% | rising |
| 6 | Aruba | 74.6% | 2020 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 7 | Sao Tome and Principe | 73.2% | 2018 | up 66.4% | rising |
| 8 | Antigua and Barbuda | 70.0% | 2020 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 9 | French Polynesia | 65.1% | 2016 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 10 | Timor-Leste | 64.0% | 2018 | up 165.8% | rising |
| 11 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 61.8% | 2018 | up 143.5% | rising |
| 12 | Macau, China | 60.6% | 2020 | down 34.1% | rising |
| 13 | Bahamas | 59.6% | 2020 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 14 | Vanuatu | 50.4% | 2020 | down 32.2% | rising |
| 15 | Tonga | 50.3% | 2020 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 16 | Jamaica | 48.1% | 2011 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 17 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 46.1% | 2020 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 18 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 46.0% | 2020 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 19 | Barbados | 44.4% | 2016 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 20 | Tuvalu | 43.4% | 2013 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 21 | Cape Verde | 39.9% | 2020 | down 35.0% | rising |
| 22 | Dominican Republic | 37.7% | 2018 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 23 | Eritrea | 36.8% | 2000 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 24 | Albania | 35.9% | 2020 | down 32.8% | flat |
| 25 | Haiti | 34.8% | 2018 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 26 | Syrian Arab Republic | 32.2% | 2010 | up 158.5% | rising |
| 27 | Gambia | 30.2% | 2020 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 29.6% | 2020 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 29 | Curaçao | 27.8% | 2020 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 30 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 27.2% | 2019 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 31 | Liberia | 27.1% | 2009 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 32 | Lebanon | 27.0% | 2020 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 33 | Comoros | 26.8% | 2020 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 34 | Croatia | 23.4% | 2020 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 35 | Sudan | 20.9% | 2018 | up 889.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Qatar | 20.2% | 2020 | up 451.0% | rising |
| 37 | Samoa | 19.8% | 2020 | down 67.3% | flat |
| 38 | New Zealand | 18.8% | 2018 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 39 | Seychelles | 18.4% | 2020 | down 56.1% | falling |
| 40 | Fiji | 17.8% | 2020 | down 61.0% | rising |
| 41 | Jordan | 16.7% | 2020 | down 51.5% | rising |
| 42 | Togo | 15.9% | 2019 | up 160.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Marshall Islands | 15.6% | 2018 | up 71.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Kenya | 15.4% | 2019 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 45 | Nicaragua | 15.2% | 1999 | — | rising |
| 46 | Montenegro | 14.4% | 2020 | down 71.8% | falling |
| 47 | Myanmar | 14.3% | 2019 | up 1,089.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Nepal | 13.4% | 2020 | down 44.1% | rising |
| 49 | New Caledonia | 13.2% | 2016 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 50 | Mauritius | 12.9% | 2020 | down 59.6% | rising |
| 51 | Yemen | 12.4% | 2016 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 52 | El Salvador | 12.3% | 2020 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 53 | Portugal | 12.2% | 2020 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 54 | Egypt | 12.2% | 2020 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 55 | Morocco | 12.0% | 2020 | down 60.2% | falling |
| 56 | Iceland | 11.9% | 2008 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 57 | Malta | 11.5% | 2007 | down 59.7% | falling |
| 58 | Rwanda | 11.0% | 2020 | down 65.5% | falling |
| 59 | Republic of Moldova | 11.0% | 2020 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 60 | Bhutan | 10.7% | 2020 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 61 | Senegal | 10.5% | 2018 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 62 | Greece | 10.5% | 2020 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 63 | Lesotho | 10.1% | 1999 | — | falling |
| 64 | Georgia | 9.9% | 2020 | down 45.9% | rising |
| 65 | Palestine, State of | 9.4% | 2018 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Niger | 9.4% | 2019 | up 49.6% | falling |
| 67 | Panama | 9.3% | 2020 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 68 | Uganda | 9.2% | 2020 | down 60.2% | falling |
| 69 | Bermuda | 9.1% | 2020 | down 73.1% | falling |
| 70 | Tunisia | 9.0% | 2020 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 71 | Australia | 8.7% | 2020 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | 8.2% | 2020 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.0% | 2020 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 74 | Armenia | 8.0% | 2020 | down 74.6% | rising |
| 75 | Madagascar | 7.8% | 2020 | down 60.4% | rising |
| 76 | Uruguay | 7.7% | 2020 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 77 | Lithuania | 7.5% | 2004 | up 135.9% | rising |
| 78 | Costa Rica | 7.4% | 2020 | down 61.9% | falling |
| 79 | Tajikistan | 7.3% | 2020 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Latvia | 7.3% | 2007 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 81 | Cameroon | 7.1% | 2020 | up 134.2% | rising |
| 82 | Austria | 6.9% | 2020 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 83 | Benin | 6.7% | 2019 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 84 | Türkiye | 6.6% | 2020 | down 60.3% | falling |
| 85 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.5% | 2019 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 86 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.2% | 2020 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 87 | Thailand | 6.0% | 2020 | down 42.9% | rising |
| 88 | Serbia | 5.6% | 2020 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 89 | Mali | 5.5% | 2018 | down 50.6% | flat |
| 90 | Sierra Leone | 5.5% | 2018 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Cambodia | 5.4% | 2020 | down 80.9% | rising |
| 92 | Colombia | 5.1% | 2020 | down 31.0% | rising |
| 93 | Afghanistan | 5.1% | 2020 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 94 | Hong Kong, China | 5.1% | 2019 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 95 | Sweden | 4.8% | 2010 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 96 | France | 4.8% | 2020 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 97 | China | 4.6% | 2004 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 98 | Botswana | 4.6% | 2020 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 99 | Denmark | 4.5% | 2018 | up 37.7% | falling |
| 100 | Bulgaria | 4.4% | 2020 | down 70.5% | falling |
| 101 | Guyana | 4.2% | 2003 | down 73.2% | falling |
| 102 | Namibia | 4.0% | 2020 | down 61.0% | falling |
| 103 | Estonia | 4.0% | 2020 | down 60.6% | falling |
| 104 | United States of America | 3.9% | 2020 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 105 | Burkina Faso | 3.9% | 2019 | down 58.6% | falling |
| 106 | Canada | 3.7% | 2011 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 107 | Italy | 3.7% | 2020 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 108 | North Macedonia | 3.5% | 2020 | down 36.2% | flat |
| 109 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3.5% | 2020 | down 79.4% | falling |
| 110 | Germany | 3.5% | 2019 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 111 | Philippines | 3.5% | 2020 | down 45.1% | rising |
| 112 | Hungary | 3.4% | 2020 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 113 | Slovenia | 3.4% | 2020 | down 62.7% | falling |
| 114 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.3% | 2020 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 115 | Cyprus | 3.3% | 2020 | down 80.3% | falling |
| 116 | Saudi Arabia | 3.2% | 2020 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 117 | Ecuador | 3.1% | 2020 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 118 | Singapore | 3.0% | 2018 | up 27.0% | falling |
| 119 | Honduras | 3.0% | 2020 | down 76.2% | flat |
| 120 | Luxembourg | 3.0% | 2020 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 121 | South Africa | 2.9% | 2020 | down 69.8% | falling |
| 122 | Bahrain | 2.8% | 2020 | down 76.7% | falling |
| 123 | Pakistan | 2.8% | 2020 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 124 | India | 2.8% | 2020 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 125 | Uzbekistan | 2.7% | 2020 | down 46.8% | rising |
| 126 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.7% | 2018 | up 29.0% | falling |
| 127 | Malawi | 2.7% | 2020 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Argentina | 2.6% | 2020 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 129 | Poland | 2.6% | 2020 | down 49.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Mexico | 2.6% | 2020 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 131 | Mozambique | 2.5% | 2020 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 132 | Israel | 2.4% | 2020 | down 65.9% | falling |
| 133 | Guatemala | 2.3% | 2020 | down 78.6% | falling |
| 134 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.3% | 2020 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 135 | Naoero | 2.3% | 2018 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2.3% | 2000 | up 110.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Czechia | 2.3% | 2020 | down 61.3% | falling |
| 138 | Azerbaijan | 2.2% | 2020 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Peru | 2.2% | 2020 | down 65.2% | falling |
| 140 | Switzerland | 2.1% | 2020 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 141 | Indonesia | 2.0% | 2020 | down 56.7% | rising |
| 142 | Republic of Korea | 1.9% | 2020 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 143 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1.9% | 2016 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Iraq | 1.9% | 2020 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Oman | 1.9% | 2020 | down 32.8% | rising |
| 146 | Norway | 1.9% | 2020 | down 40.3% | flat |
| 147 | Finland | 1.8% | 2020 | down 61.8% | flat |
| 148 | Belgium | 1.8% | 2020 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 149 | Romania | 1.7% | 2020 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 150 | Solomon Islands | 1.6% | 2020 | down 89.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Malaysia | 1.6% | 2020 | down 81.6% | rising |
| 152 | Burundi | 1.6% | 2011 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 153 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.5% | 2020 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 154 | Belarus | 1.5% | 2020 | down 35.7% | rising |
| 155 | Netherlands | 1.4% | 2020 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 156 | Japan | 1.4% | 2020 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Slovakia | 1.4% | 2020 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 158 | Brazil | 1.3% | 2020 | down 45.5% | flat |
| 159 | Russian Federation | 1.3% | 2020 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 160 | Chile | 1.3% | 2020 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 161 | Zimbabwe | 1.3% | 2020 | down 67.2% | falling |
| 162 | Djibouti | 1.2% | 2018 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 163 | Kazakhstan | 1.2% | 2020 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 164 | Ukraine | 1.1% | 2020 | down 84.3% | rising |
| 165 | Viet Nam | 1.1% | 2020 | down 80.1% | falling |
| 166 | Kuwait | 1.1% | 2020 | up 46.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Congo | 0.9% | 2016 | up 74.3% | falling |
| 168 | Ghana | 0.9% | 2020 | down 88.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Paraguay | 0.8% | 2020 | down 60.6% | falling |
| 170 | Nigeria | 0.8% | 2020 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Suriname | 0.8% | 2020 | down 73.8% | falling |
| 172 | Ireland | 0.7% | 2020 | down 82.7% | falling |
| 173 | Mongolia | 0.6% | 2020 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 174 | Bangladesh | 0.6% | 2020 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 175 | Gabon | 0.5% | 2015 | up 129.5% | volatile |
| 176 | Eswatini | 0.4% | 2020 | down 83.8% | volatile |
| 177 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.4% | 2018 | up 4,037.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Libya | 0.3% | 2010 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 179 | Mauritania | 0.2% | 2020 | down 87.2% | volatile |
| 180 | Algeria | 0.2% | 2020 | down 62.5% | falling |
| 181 | Angola | 0.1% | 2020 | down 93.6% | volatile |
| 182 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0% | 2018 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 183 | Guinea | 0.0% | 2020 | down 89.2% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Pacific island small states 48.8%
- Caribbean Small States 32.1%
- Small states 23.8%
- Other small states 19.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 15.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 15.5%
- IDA only 15.1%
- Low income 13.5%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 12.3%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 12.2%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 11.5%
- Least developed countries 11.4%
- Arab World 11.2%
- IDA total 11.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 10.5%
- North America 9.4%
- Lower middle income 9.0%
- Early-demographic dividend 8.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 8.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 8.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 8.6%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 7.9%
- Middle income 7.5%
- World 7.4%
- IDA & IBRD total 7.3%
- Low & middle income 7.1%
- Post-demographic dividend 7.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean 6.9%
- High income 6.8%
- OECD members 6.7%
- South Asia 6.6%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 6.6%
- Late-demographic dividend 6.6%
- Upper middle income 6.5%
- IBRD only 6.5%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 6.5%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 6.3%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 6.0%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 6.0%
- Europe & Central Asia 6.0%
About this data
International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Their share in exports is calculated as a ratio to exports 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 residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.