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Outbound tourism expenditure — Kuwait

Outbound tourism expenditure in Kuwait in 2020 — 6,696,000,000 US$. Ranked 15 in the world out of 138. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 166.3%.

2020 6.7B US$ −57.72% vs 2019
World rank 15of 138
Period maximum 15.84B US$2019
Period minimum 2.51B US$1995

Trend over time

1995–2020 · US$

Outbound tourism expenditure — Kuwait, 1995–202005B10B15B20B1995199820012004200720102013201620191995: 2,514,000,000 US$1996: 2,779,000,000 US$1997: 2,684,000,000 US$1998: 2,823,000,000 US$1999: 2,574,000,000 US$2000: 2,852,000,000 US$2001: 3,207,000,000 US$2002: 3,412,000,000 US$2003: 3,750,000,000 US$2004: 4,147,000,000 US$2005: 4,997,000,000 US$2006: 6,074,000,000 US$2007: 7,267,000,000 US$2008: 8,341,000,000 US$2009: 6,799,000,000 US$2010: 7,106,000,000 US$2011: 8,879,000,000 US$2012: 10,073,000,000 US$2013: 10,567,000,000 US$2014: 12,280,000,000 US$2015: 13,148,000,000 US$2016: 13,232,000,000 US$2017: 13,722,000,000 US$2018: 14,318,000,000 US$2019: 15,839,000,000 US$2020: 6,696,000,000 US$
Change over the period: +4.18B (+166.35%) Average annual rate: 4 %

Comparison, 2020

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

Kuwait 6.7B US$
Middle East & North Africa computed 57.38B US$
Western Asia computed 56.19B US$
Outbound tourism expenditure — Kuwait, by year Kuwait All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2020 6.7B −9.14B −57.72%
2019 15.84B +1.52B +10.62%
2018 14.32B +596M +4.34%
2017 13.72B +490M +3.7%
2016 13.23B +84M +0.64%
2015 13.15B +868M +7.07%
2014 12.28B +1.71B +16.21%
2013 10.57B +494M +4.9%
2012 10.07B +1.19B +13.45%
2011 8.88B +1.77B +24.95%
2010 7.11B +307M +4.52%
2009 6.8B −1.54B −18.49%
2008 8.34B +1.07B +14.78%
2007 7.27B +1.19B +19.64%
2006 6.07B +1.08B +21.55%
2005 5B +850M +20.5%
2004 4.15B +397M +10.59%
2003 3.75B +338M +9.91%
2002 3.41B +205M +6.39%
2001 3.21B +355M +12.45%
2000 2.85B +278M +10.8%
1999 2.57B −249M −8.82%
1998 2.82B +139M +5.18%
1997 2.68B −95M −3.42%
1996 2.78B +265M +10.54%
1995 2.51B — —

Western Asia, 2020

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

AE United Arab Emirates 15.09B QA Qatar 11.5B SA Saudi Arabia 9.07B KW Kuwait 6.7B IQ Iraq 4.17B IL Israel 2.18B LB Lebanon 1.7B TR Türkiye 1.64B OM Oman 1.24B CY Cyprus 880M PS Palestine 567M AZ Azerbaijan 439M JO Jordan 408M AM Armenia 330M GE Georgia 292M
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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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