Mexico vs Spain: International tourist departures

Mexico
18.82 million departures
in 2024
Spain
21.29 million departures
in 2024
Mexico rank
12th
Spain rank
10th

International tourist departures over time

  • Mexico
  • Spain
5.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M199520092024

How they compare

Spain currently reports 21.29 million departures against 18.82 million departures in Mexico, a difference of 2.47 million departures.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Mexico ahead.

Mexico ranks 12th and Spain ranks 10th of 112 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
International tourist departures
Unit
departures
Source
UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
112 places, 2,384 data points, 1995–2024
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Number of trips by country's residents who travel abroad and stay overnight.