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Outbound tourism expenditure — Costa Rica

Outbound tourism expenditure in Costa Rica in 2020 — 697,000,000 US$. Ranked 62 in the world out of 138. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 107.4%.

2020 697M US$ −47.59% vs 2019
World rank 62of 138
Period maximum 1.33B US$2019
Period minimum 336M US$1995

Trend over time

1995–2020 · US$

Outbound tourism expenditure — Costa Rica, 1995–20200500M1B1.5B1995199820012004200720102013201620191995: 336,000,000 US$1996: 357,000,000 US$1997: 401,000,000 US$1998: 466,000,000 US$1999: 509,000,000 US$2000: 545,000,000 US$2001: 430,000,000 US$2002: 427,000,000 US$2003: 484,000,000 US$2004: 530,000,000 US$2005: 591,000,000 US$2006: 647,000,000 US$2007: 825,000,000 US$2008: 753,000,000 US$2009: 500,000,000 US$2010: 629,000,000 US$2011: 620,000,000 US$2012: 647,000,000 US$2013: 649,000,000 US$2014: 657,000,000 US$2015: 898,000,000 US$2016: 1,055,000,000 US$2017: 1,322,000,000 US$2018: 1,198,000,000 US$2019: 1,330,000,000 US$2020: 697,000,000 US$
Change over the period: +361M (+107.44%) Average annual rate: 2.96 %

Comparison, 2020

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Costa Rica

Costa Rica 697M US$
Latin America & Caribbean computed 21.99B US$
Central America computed 6.45B US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 44.18B US$
Outbound tourism expenditure — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2020 697M −633M −47.59%
2019 1.33B +132M +11.02%
2018 1.2B −124M −9.38%
2017 1.32B +267M +25.31%
2016 1.06B +157M +17.48%
2015 898M +241M +36.68%
2014 657M +8M +1.23%
2013 649M +2M +0.31%
2012 647M +27M +4.35%
2011 620M −9M −1.43%
2010 629M +129M +25.8%
2009 500M −253M −33.6%
2008 753M −72M −8.73%
2007 825M +178M +27.51%
2006 647M +56M +9.48%
2005 591M +61M +11.51%
2004 530M +46M +9.5%
2003 484M +57M +13.35%
2002 427M −3M −0.7%
2001 430M −115M −21.1%
2000 545M +36M +7.07%
1999 509M +43M +9.23%
1998 466M +65M +16.21%
1997 401M +44M +12.32%
1996 357M +21M +6.25%
1995 336M — —

Central America, 2020

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MX Mexico 4.29B CR Costa Rica 697M PA Panama 601M GT Guatemala 346M HN Honduras 230M SV El Salvador 162M NI Nicaragua 102M BZ Belize 22.04M
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About the indicator

Spending by residents of the country abroad in current US dollars: accommodation, food, transport inside the country visited, and shopping. Together with receipts from inbound tourism it forms the tourism balance of the country — an important part of the services account of the balance of payments.

Source: Tourism Statistics (UN Tourism / UNWTO), license UN Tourism terms of use.

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