Expenditure of international tourism rose 9.86% to USD 880 mil in Latvia in 2016, according to Eurostat.
Historically, expenditure of international tourism in Latvia reached an all time high of USD 1,139 mil in 2008 and an all time low of USD 62.0 mil in 1995. When compared to Latvia's main peers, expenditure of international tourism in Belarus amounted to USD 891 mil, USD 1,299 mil in Estonia, USD 1,218 mil in Lithuania and USD 27,653 mil in Russia in 2016.
Latvia has been ranked 90th within the group of 160 countries we follow in terms of expenditure of international tourism, 18 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| International Tourism, Expenditure (USD) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Belarus | USD mil | 1,308 | 997 | 891 | 1,082 | 1,170 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | USD mil | 227,344 | 249,831 | 250,112 | 257,875 | 277,345 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Estonia | USD mil | 1,346 | 1,169 | 1,299 | 1,395 | 1,647 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | USD mil | 6,326 | 5,786 | 6,199 | 6,740 | 7,223 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | USD mil | 101,737 | 85,334 | 87,412 | 97,163 | 103,502 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Japan | USD mil | 28,609 | 23,252 | 25,968 | 25,774 | 28,097 | ||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | USD mil | 715 | 618 | 699 | 728 | 778 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | USD mil | 1,059 | 951 | 1,012 | 1,115 | 1,195 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Poland | USD mil | 9,177 | 8,285 | 8,509 | 9,420 | 10,367 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | USD mil | 55,383 | 38,432 | 27,654 | 35,584 | 38,791 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | USD mil | 140,228 | 144,669 | 147,640 | 158,287 | 176,818 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | USD mil | 5,470 | 5,408 | 6,306 | 7,536 | 8,287 |
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