Outbound tourism expenditure — all countries

Outbound tourism expenditure — European Union

Outbound tourism expenditure in the European Union in 2020 — 102,444,187,378 US$. Since 1995, the indicator has fallen by 48.8%.

2020 102B US$ −72.72% vs 2019
World rank
Period maximum 376B US$2019
Period minimum 102B US$2020

Trend over time

1995–2020 · US$

Outbound tourism expenditure — European Union, 1995–20200100B200B300B400B1995199820012004200720102013201620191995: 199,966,225,438 US$1996: 204,851,158,353 US$1997: 192,590,179,341 US$1998: 199,793,234,725 US$1999: 195,381,339,908 US$2000: 185,483,954,237 US$2001: 181,789,022,568 US$2002: 193,107,727,497 US$2003: 230,180,780,185 US$2004: 252,186,676,229 US$2005: 268,095,960,507 US$2006: 278,709,106,431 US$2007: 322,247,093,293 US$2008: 362,250,611,527 US$2009: 315,816,107,843 US$2010: 314,759,821,037 US$2011: 348,647,466,918 US$2012: 327,970,874,822 US$2013: 348,295,552,373 US$2014: 365,251,674,264 US$2015: 300,657,493,222 US$2016: 309,087,314,097 US$2017: 344,050,957,737 US$2018: 375,317,328,796 US$2019: 375,550,608,102 US$2020: 102,444,187,378 US$
Change over the period: −97.52B (−48.77%) Average annual rate: -2.64 %
Outbound tourism expenditure — European Union, by year European Union All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2020 102B −273B −72.72%
2019 376B +233M +0.06%
2018 375B +31.27B +9.09%
2017 344B +34.96B +11.31%
2016 309B +8.43B +2.8%
2015 301B −64.59B −17.68%
2014 365B +16.96B +4.87%
2013 348B +20.32B +6.2%
2012 328B −20.68B −5.93%
2011 349B +33.89B +10.77%
2010 315B −1.06B −0.33%
2009 316B −46.43B −12.82%
2008 362B +40B +12.41%
2007 322B +43.54B +15.62%
2006 279B +10.61B +3.96%
2005 268B +15.91B +6.31%
2004 252B +22.01B +9.56%
2003 230B +37.07B +19.2%
2002 193B +11.32B +6.23%
2001 182B −3.69B −1.99%
2000 185B −9.9B −5.07%
1999 195B −4.41B −2.21%
1998 200B +7.2B +3.74%
1997 193B −12.26B −5.99%
1996 205B +4.88B +2.44%
1995 200B

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.