Expenditure of international tourism as a percentage of total imports rose 20.2% to 6.02% in Austria in 2015, according to Eurostat.
Historically, expenditure of international tourism as a percentage of total imports in Austria reached an all time high of 13.7% in 1995 and an all time low of 4.73% in 2013. When compared to Austria's main peers, expenditure of international tourism as a percentage of total imports in Germany amounted to 6.49%, 2.47% in Hungary, 4.93% in Italy and 5.45% in Switzerland in 2015.
Austria has been ranked 63rd within the group of 158 countries we follow in terms of expenditure of international tourism as a percentage of total imports, 22 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| International Tourism, Expenditure (As % of Total Imports) | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Austria | % | 4.80% | 4.79% | 4.73% | 5.01% | 6.02% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | 4.78% | 5.44% | 5.76% | 6.07% | 5.84% | ||||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic | % | 3.17% | 3.08% | 3.16% | 3.27% | 3.44% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 6.31% | 6.01% | 6.05% | 6.57% | 6.06% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 6.65% | 6.81% | 6.94% | 6.73% | 6.49% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | 2.68% | 2.41% | 2.37% | 2.38% | 2.47% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 4.41% | 4.59% | 4.75% | 5.06% | 4.93% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 3.75% | 4.06% | 3.92% | 3.79% | 3.85% | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | % | 2.92% | 2.84% | 2.88% | 2.92% | 2.89% | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | % | 3.70% | 3.37% | 3.31% | 3.38% | 3.57% | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | 4.12% | 4.75% | 4.63% | 5.34% | 5.45% |
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