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Outbound tourism expenditure — all countries

Outbound tourism expenditure — Hong Kong

Outbound tourism expenditure in Hong Kong in 2018 — 26,498,000,000 US$. Ranked 9 in the world out of 166. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 152.4%.

2018 26.5B US$ +4.37% vs 2017
World rank 9of 166
Period maximum 26.5B US$2018
Period minimum 10.5B US$1995

Trend over time

1995–2018 · US$

Outbound tourism expenditure — Hong Kong, 1995–201810B15B20B25B30B1995199820012004200720102013201620181995: 10,497,000,000 US$1996: 11,461,000,000 US$1997: 12,678,000,000 US$1998: 13,474,000,000 US$1999: 13,134,000,000 US$2000: 12,502,000,000 US$2001: 12,317,000,000 US$2002: 12,418,000,000 US$2003: 11,447,000,000 US$2004: 13,270,000,000 US$2005: 13,305,000,000 US$2006: 14,044,000,000 US$2007: 15,042,000,000 US$2008: 16,095,000,000 US$2009: 15,547,000,000 US$2010: 17,357,000,000 US$2011: 19,022,000,000 US$2012: 20,077,000,000 US$2013: 21,215,000,000 US$2014: 22,011,000,000 US$2015: 23,059,000,000 US$2016: 24,141,000,000 US$2017: 25,388,000,000 US$2018: 26,498,000,000 US$
Change over the period: +16B (+152.43%) Average annual rate: 4.11 %

Comparison, 2018

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Hong Kong

Hong Kong 26.5B US$
World 1.41T US$
East Asia & Pacific computed 230B US$
Eastern Asia computed 95.38B US$
High-income countries computed 842B US$
Outbound tourism expenditure — Hong Kong, by year Hong Kong All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2018 26.5B +1.11B +4.37%
2017 25.39B +1.25B +5.17%
2016 24.14B +1.08B +4.69%
2015 23.06B +1.05B +4.76%
2014 22.01B +796M +3.75%
2013 21.22B +1.14B +5.67%
2012 20.08B +1.06B +5.55%
2011 19.02B +1.67B +9.59%
2010 17.36B +1.81B +11.64%
2009 15.55B −548M −3.4%
2008 16.1B +1.05B +7%
2007 15.04B +998M +7.11%
2006 14.04B +739M +5.55%
2005 13.31B +35M +0.26%
2004 13.27B +1.82B +15.93%
2003 11.45B −971M −7.82%
2002 12.42B +101M +0.82%
2001 12.32B −185M −1.48%
2000 12.5B −632M −4.81%
1999 13.13B −340M −2.52%
1998 13.47B +796M +6.28%
1997 12.68B +1.22B +10.62%
1996 11.46B +964M +9.18%
1995 10.5B — —

Eastern Asia, 2018

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

KR South Korea 38.02B JP Japan 28.1B HK Hong Kong 26.5B MO Macao 1.94B MN Mongolia 822M
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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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