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Outbound tourism expenditure — Iran

Outbound tourism expenditure in Iran in 2018 — 9,271,000,000 US$. Ranked 32 in the world out of 166. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 3,653.4%.

2018 9.27B US$ −26.23% vs 2017
World rank 32of 166
Period maximum 12.57B US$2017
Period minimum 155M US$1998

Trend over time

1995–2018 · US$

Outbound tourism expenditure — Iran, 1995–201805B10B15B1995199820012004200720102013201620181995: 247,000,000 US$1996: 274,000,000 US$1997: 396,000,000 US$1998: 155,000,000 US$1999: 638,000,000 US$2000: 671,000,000 US$2001: 714,000,000 US$2002: 3,990,000,000 US$2003: 4,120,000,000 US$2004: 4,402,000,000 US$2005: 4,112,000,000 US$2006: 5,066,000,000 US$2007: 7,335,000,000 US$2008: 8,270,000,000 US$2009: 8,503,000,000 US$2010: 10,570,000,000 US$2011: 10,555,000,000 US$2012: 8,435,000,000 US$2013: 9,464,000,000 US$2014: 10,130,000,000 US$2015: 9,658,000,000 US$2016: 11,142,000,000 US$2017: 12,568,000,000 US$2018: 9,271,000,000 US$
Change over the period: +9.02B (+3,653.44%) Average annual rate: 17.07 %

Comparison, 2018

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

Iran 9.27B US$
World 1.41T US$
Middle East & North Africa 115B US$
Southern Asia computed 43.35B US$
Lower-middle-income countries computed 114B US$
Outbound tourism expenditure — Iran, by year Iran All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2018 9.27B −3.3B −26.23%
2017 12.57B +1.43B +12.8%
2016 11.14B +1.48B +15.37%
2015 9.66B −472M −4.66%
2014 10.13B +666M +7.04%
2013 9.46B +1.03B +12.2%
2012 8.44B −2.12B −20.09%
2011 10.56B −15M −0.14%
2010 10.57B +2.07B +24.31%
2009 8.5B +233M +2.82%
2008 8.27B +935M +12.75%
2007 7.34B +2.27B +44.79%
2006 5.07B +954M +23.2%
2005 4.11B −290M −6.59%
2004 4.4B +282M +6.84%
2003 4.12B +130M +3.26%
2002 3.99B +3.28B +458.82%
2001 714M +43M +6.41%
2000 671M +33M +5.17%
1999 638M +483M +311.61%
1998 155M −241M −60.86%
1997 396M +122M +44.53%
1996 274M +27M +10.93%
1995 247M — —

Southern Asia, 2018

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

IN India 25.79B IR Iran 9.27B PK Pakistan 2.96B LK Sri Lanka 2.49B BD Bangladesh 1.21B NP Nepal 915M MV Maldives 414M AF Afghanistan 226M BT Bhutan 79M
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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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