Outbound tourism expenditure — all countries

Outbound tourism expenditure — Latin America & Caribbean

Outbound tourism expenditure in Latin America & Caribbean in 2020 — 21,992,040,001 US$. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 5.6%.

2020 21.99B US$ −70.93% vs 2019
World rank
Period maximum 80.94B US$2017
Period minimum 20.82B US$1995

Trend over time

1995–2020 · US$

Outbound tourism expenditure — Latin America & Caribbean, 1995–2020025B50B75B100B1995199820012004200720102013201620191995: 20,823,375,561 US$1996: 23,872,464,676 US$1997: 25,966,122,509 US$1998: 26,694,361,010 US$1999: 24,507,654,654 US$2000: 27,633,786,540 US$2001: 26,908,017,457 US$2002: 23,887,582,717 US$2003: 24,737,019,059 US$2004: 28,162,554,651 US$2005: 32,816,692,448 US$2006: 36,413,351,116 US$2007: 42,810,677,116 US$2008: 48,197,411,280 US$2009: 45,583,190,518 US$2010: 53,868,359,629 US$2011: 64,290,224,890 US$2012: 70,397,979,487 US$2013: 77,342,496,464 US$2014: 78,310,575,568 US$2015: 69,507,453,851 US$2016: 70,244,511,261 US$2017: 80,940,138,324 US$2018: 80,791,735,174 US$2019: 75,643,090,718 US$2020: 21,992,040,001 US$
Change over the period: +1.17B (+5.61%) Average annual rate: 0.22 %
Outbound tourism expenditure — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2020 21.99B −53.65B −70.93%
2019 75.64B −5.15B −6.37%
2018 80.79B −148M −0.18%
2017 80.94B +10.7B +15.23%
2016 70.24B +737M +1.06%
2015 69.51B −8.8B −11.24%
2014 78.31B +968M +1.25%
2013 77.34B +6.94B +9.86%
2012 70.4B +6.11B +9.5%
2011 64.29B +10.42B +19.35%
2010 53.87B +8.29B +18.18%
2009 45.58B −2.61B −5.42%
2008 48.2B +5.39B +12.58%
2007 42.81B +6.4B +17.57%
2006 36.41B +3.6B +10.96%
2005 32.82B +4.65B +16.53%
2004 28.16B +3.43B +13.85%
2003 24.74B +849M +3.56%
2002 23.89B −3.02B −11.23%
2001 26.91B −726M −2.63%
2000 27.63B +3.13B +12.76%
1999 24.51B −2.19B −8.19%
1998 26.69B +728M +2.8%
1997 25.97B +2.09B +8.77%
1996 23.87B +3.05B +14.64%
1995 20.82B

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.