Outbound tourism expenditure — all countries

Outbound tourism expenditure — North America

Outbound tourism expenditure in North America in 2019 — 221,039,312,133 US$. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 231.6%.

2019 221B US$ +5.23% vs 2018
World rank
Period maximum 221B US$2019
Period minimum 66.65B US$1995

Trend over time

1995–2019 · US$

Outbound tourism expenditure — North America, 1995–20190100B200B300B1995199820012004200720102013201620191995: 66,651,107,232 US$1996: 71,708,271,297 US$1997: 77,864,229,058 US$1998: 83,026,298,530 US$1999: 82,530,710,921 US$2000: 90,991,874,547 US$2001: 87,558,935,564 US$2002: 84,664,993,323 US$2003: 88,642,355,190 US$2004: 101,839,636,165 US$2005: 109,825,108,036 US$2006: 118,896,712,603 US$2007: 130,272,891,445 US$2008: 138,347,210,342 US$2009: 131,420,698,028 US$2010: 145,592,908,461 US$2011: 155,246,024,945 US$2012: 164,212,285,604 US$2013: 157,275,942,724 US$2014: 166,716,483,239 US$2015: 171,964,389,834 US$2016: 175,498,960,454 US$2017: 188,118,361,696 US$2018: 210,049,062,193 US$2019: 221,039,312,133 US$
Change over the period: +154B (+231.64%) Average annual rate: 5.12 %

Comparison, 2019

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

North America 221B US$
World 1.44T US$
Outbound tourism expenditure — North America, by year North America All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2019 221B +10.99B +5.23%
2018 210B +21.93B +11.66%
2017 188B +12.62B +7.19%
2016 175B +3.53B +2.06%
2015 172B +5.25B +3.15%
2014 167B +9.44B +6%
2013 157B −6.94B −4.22%
2012 164B +8.97B +5.78%
2011 155B +9.65B +6.63%
2010 146B +14.17B +10.78%
2009 131B −6.93B −5.01%
2008 138B +8.07B +6.2%
2007 130B +11.38B +9.57%
2006 119B +9.07B +8.26%
2005 110B +7.99B +7.84%
2004 102B +13.2B +14.89%
2003 88.64B +3.98B +4.7%
2002 84.66B −2.89B −3.31%
2001 87.56B −3.43B −3.77%
2000 90.99B +8.46B +10.25%
1999 82.53B −496M −0.6%
1998 83.03B +5.16B +6.63%
1997 77.86B +6.16B +8.58%
1996 71.71B +5.06B +7.59%
1995 66.65B

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.