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Outbound tourism expenditure — Malaysia

Outbound tourism expenditure in Malaysia in 2020 — 5,206,000,000 US$. Ranked 20 in the world out of 138. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 91.3%.

2020 5.21B US$ −61.98% vs 2019
World rank 20of 138
Period maximum 13.89B US$2014
Period minimum 2.16B US$1998

Trend over time

1995–2020 · US$

Outbound tourism expenditure — Malaysia, 1995–202005B10B15B1995199820012004200720102013201620191995: 2,722,000,000 US$1996: 3,032,000,000 US$1997: 3,158,000,000 US$1998: 2,160,000,000 US$1999: 2,382,000,000 US$2000: 2,543,000,000 US$2001: 3,391,000,000 US$2002: 3,330,000,000 US$2003: 3,401,000,000 US$2004: 3,822,000,000 US$2005: 4,339,000,000 US$2006: 5,085,000,000 US$2007: 6,600,000,000 US$2008: 7,724,000,000 US$2009: 7,196,000,000 US$2010: 9,258,000,000 US$2011: 11,136,000,000 US$2012: 13,165,000,000 US$2013: 13,377,000,000 US$2014: 13,893,000,000 US$2015: 11,599,000,000 US$2016: 11,339,000,000 US$2017: 12,145,000,000 US$2018: 13,207,000,000 US$2019: 13,694,000,000 US$2020: 5,206,000,000 US$
Change over the period: +2.48B (+91.26%) Average annual rate: 2.63 %

Comparison, 2020

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

Malaysia 5.21B US$
South-Eastern Asia computed 20.63B US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 44.18B US$
Outbound tourism expenditure — Malaysia, by year Malaysia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2020 5.21B −8.49B −61.98%
2019 13.69B +487M +3.69%
2018 13.21B +1.06B +8.74%
2017 12.15B +806M +7.11%
2016 11.34B −260M −2.24%
2015 11.6B −2.29B −16.51%
2014 13.89B +516M +3.86%
2013 13.38B +212M +1.61%
2012 13.17B +2.03B +18.22%
2011 11.14B +1.88B +20.29%
2010 9.26B +2.06B +28.65%
2009 7.2B −528M −6.84%
2008 7.72B +1.12B +17.03%
2007 6.6B +1.52B +29.79%
2006 5.09B +746M +17.19%
2005 4.34B +517M +13.53%
2004 3.82B +421M +12.38%
2003 3.4B +71M +2.13%
2002 3.33B −61M −1.8%
2001 3.39B +848M +33.35%
2000 2.54B +161M +6.76%
1999 2.38B +222M +10.28%
1998 2.16B −998M −31.6%
1997 3.16B +126M +4.16%
1996 3.03B +310M +11.39%
1995 2.72B — —

South-Eastern Asia, 2020

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

MY Malaysia 5.21B PH Philippines 4.87B VN Vietnam 4.36B TH Thailand 3.68B ID Indonesia 1.98B LA Laos 260M KH Cambodia 213M TL Timor-Leste 61M
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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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