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Outbound tourism expenditure — all countries

Outbound tourism expenditure — Low-income countries

Outbound tourism expenditure in low-income countries in 2018 — 4,381,700,010 US$. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 98.4%.

2018 4.38B US$ +25.98% vs 2017
World rank —
Period maximum 5.43B US$2010
Period minimum 2.21B US$2004

Trend over time

2004–2018 · US$

Outbound tourism expenditure — Low-income countries, 2004–20182B3B4B5B6B200420062008201020122014201620182004: 2,208,599,998 US$2005: 2,889,499,998 US$2006: 3,902,799,999 US$2007: 4,347,700,001 US$2008: 4,876,499,998 US$2009: 4,671,000,000 US$2010: 5,429,500,000 US$2011: 5,017,599,998 US$2012: 3,517,500,000 US$2013: 3,175,200,003 US$2014: 3,659,400,002 US$2015: 3,724,400,000 US$2016: 3,655,700,000 US$2017: 3,478,000,000 US$2018: 4,381,700,010 US$
Change over the period: +2.17B (+98.39%) Average annual rate: 5.02 %

Comparison, 2018

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Low-income countries

Low-income countries 4.38B US$
World 1.41T US$
Outbound tourism expenditure — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2018 4.38B +904M +25.98%
2017 3.48B −178M −4.86%
2016 3.66B −68.7M −1.84%
2015 3.72B +65M +1.78%
2014 3.66B +484M +15.25%
2013 3.18B −342M −9.73%
2012 3.52B −1.5B −29.9%
2011 5.02B −412M −7.59%
2010 5.43B +759M +16.24%
2009 4.67B −205M −4.21%
2008 4.88B +529M +12.16%
2007 4.35B +445M +11.4%
2006 3.9B +1.01B +35.07%
2005 2.89B +681M +30.83%
2004 2.21B — —

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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