Outbound tourism expenditure — all countries

Outbound tourism expenditure — Central America

Outbound tourism expenditure in Central America in 2020 — 6,446,040,001 US$. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 41.4%.

2020 6.45B US$ −63.98% vs 2019
World rank
Period maximum 19.22B US$2018
Period minimum 4.56B US$1995

Trend over time

1995–2020 · US$

Outbound tourism expenditure — Central America, 1995–202005B10B15B20B1995199820012004200720102013201620191995: 4,558,000,000 US$1996: 5,022,000,000 US$1997: 5,575,000,000 US$1998: 6,004,000,000 US$1999: 6,700,000,000 US$2000: 7,954,000,000 US$2001: 8,233,000,000 US$2002: 8,755,000,000 US$2003: 9,150,000,000 US$2004: 10,220,000,000 US$2005: 11,278,000,000 US$2006: 12,091,000,000 US$2007: 12,893,000,000 US$2008: 13,400,000,000 US$2009: 11,404,000,000 US$2010: 11,998,000,000 US$2011: 12,853,000,000 US$2012: 14,015,000,000 US$2013: 15,787,000,000 US$2014: 16,440,000,000 US$2015: 16,967,000,000 US$2016: 17,559,000,000 US$2017: 18,568,000,000 US$2018: 19,219,000,000 US$2019: 17,897,400,002 US$2020: 6,446,040,001 US$
Change over the period: +1.89B (+41.42%) Average annual rate: 1.4 %
Outbound tourism expenditure — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2020 6.45B −11.45B −63.98%
2019 17.9B −1.32B −6.88%
2018 19.22B +651M +3.51%
2017 18.57B +1.01B +5.75%
2016 17.56B +592M +3.49%
2015 16.97B +527M +3.21%
2014 16.44B +653M +4.14%
2013 15.79B +1.77B +12.64%
2012 14.02B +1.16B +9.04%
2011 12.85B +855M +7.13%
2010 12B +594M +5.21%
2009 11.4B −2B −14.9%
2008 13.4B +507M +3.93%
2007 12.89B +802M +6.63%
2006 12.09B +813M +7.21%
2005 11.28B +1.06B +10.35%
2004 10.22B +1.07B +11.69%
2003 9.15B +395M +4.51%
2002 8.76B +522M +6.34%
2001 8.23B +279M +3.51%
2000 7.95B +1.25B +18.72%
1999 6.7B +696M +11.59%
1998 6B +429M +7.7%
1997 5.58B +553M +11.01%
1996 5.02B +464M +10.18%
1995 4.56B

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.