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Outbound tourism expenditure — all countries

Outbound tourism expenditure — South Korea

Outbound tourism expenditure in South Korea in 2020 — 16,705,000,000 US$. Ranked 3 in the world out of 138. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 140.5%.

2020 16.71B US$ −52.73% vs 2019
World rank 3of 138
Period maximum 38.02B US$2018
Period minimum 4.03B US$1998

Trend over time

1995–2020 · US$

Outbound tourism expenditure — South Korea, 1995–2020010B20B30B40B1995199820012004200720102013201620191995: 6,947,000,000 US$1996: 8,291,000,000 US$1997: 8,039,000,000 US$1998: 4,027,000,000 US$1999: 5,555,000,000 US$2000: 7,945,000,000 US$2001: 8,349,000,000 US$2002: 11,440,000,000 US$2003: 11,063,000,000 US$2004: 13,507,000,000 US$2005: 16,924,000,000 US$2006: 20,947,000,000 US$2007: 24,431,000,000 US$2008: 21,447,000,000 US$2009: 16,355,000,000 US$2010: 20,788,000,000 US$2011: 22,195,000,000 US$2012: 22,934,000,000 US$2013: 24,459,000,000 US$2014: 26,136,000,000 US$2015: 27,957,000,000 US$2016: 29,817,000,000 US$2017: 34,453,000,000 US$2018: 38,022,000,000 US$2019: 35,339,000,000 US$2020: 16,705,000,000 US$
Change over the period: +9.76B (+140.46%) Average annual rate: 3.57 %
Outbound tourism expenditure — South Korea, by year South Korea All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2020 16.71B −18.63B −52.73%
2019 35.34B −2.68B −7.06%
2018 38.02B +3.57B +10.36%
2017 34.45B +4.64B +15.55%
2016 29.82B +1.86B +6.65%
2015 27.96B +1.82B +6.97%
2014 26.14B +1.68B +6.86%
2013 24.46B +1.53B +6.65%
2012 22.93B +739M +3.33%
2011 22.2B +1.41B +6.77%
2010 20.79B +4.43B +27.1%
2009 16.36B −5.09B −23.74%
2008 21.45B −2.98B −12.21%
2007 24.43B +3.48B +16.63%
2006 20.95B +4.02B +23.77%
2005 16.92B +3.42B +25.3%
2004 13.51B +2.44B +22.09%
2003 11.06B −377M −3.3%
2002 11.44B +3.09B +37.02%
2001 8.35B +404M +5.08%
2000 7.95B +2.39B +43.02%
1999 5.56B +1.53B +37.94%
1998 4.03B −4.01B −49.91%
1997 8.04B −252M −3.04%
1996 8.29B +1.34B +19.35%
1995 6.95B — —

Eastern Asia, 2020

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

KR South Korea 16.71B JP Japan 6.74B MO Macao 886M MN Mongolia 573M
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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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