Based on a comparison of 162 countries in 2017, China ranked the highest in expenditure of international tourism with USD 257,733 mil followed by USA and Germany. On the other end of the scale was Guinea with USD 15.8 mil, Tajikistan with USD 16.1 mil and Burundi with USD 24.0 mil.
Total expenditure of international tourism reached USD 1,449,151 mil in 2017 in the World according to Eurostat. This is 5.73 % more than in the previous year and 34.4 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total expenditure of international tourism reached an all time high of USD 1,449,151 mil in 2017 and an all time low of USD 462,737 mil in 1995. The average annual growth amounted to 5.33 % since 1995.
The top ranked country, China, accounted for 17.8 % of expenditure of international tourism in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 36.5 % share while the ten largest countries some 56.5 % in 2017.
Data for more countries are available at International Tourism, Expenditure (USD) indicator page.
| 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 |
| Australia | USD mil | 35,666 | 34,071 | 35,718 | 39,710 | 42,439 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | USD mil | 26,444 | 15,856 | 16,522 | 17,835 | 20,789 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | USD mil | 29,998 | 20,356 | 17,068 | 22,991 | 22,229 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | USD mil | 34,444 | 30,271 | 28,936 | 31,811 | 33,581 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| China | USD mil | 227,344 | 249,831 | 250,112 | 257,875 | 277,345 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| France | USD mil | 58,464 | 47,713 | 49,029 | 53,787 | 59,131 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | USD mil | 101,737 | 85,334 | 87,412 | 97,163 | 103,502 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | USD mil | 22,011 | 23,059 | 24,141 | 25,388 | 26,498 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Italy | USD mil | 28,866 | 30,312 | 30,584 | 34,819 | 37,644 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | USD mil | 55,383 | 38,432 | 27,654 | 35,584 | 38,791 | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | USD mil | 25,547 | 23,658 | 23,957 | 24,588 | 25,346 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| South Korea | USD mil | 26,136 | 27,957 | 29,817 | 34,453 | 38,022 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | USD mil | 17,976 | 17,429 | 18,803 | 22,346 | 26,670 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| USA | USD mil | 140,228 | 144,669 | 147,640 | 158,287 | 176,818 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | USD mil | 67,042 | 68,116 | 67,220 | 65,177 | 68,888 | ... | ... |
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