Average length of stay by country
Countries reporting
152
Highest
23
Madagascar
Lowest
0.6
Mali
Median
3
Years covered
30
1995–2024
Data points
2,911
What the numbers show
Average length of stay is currently reported for 152 countries. The highest value is 23 in Madagascar; the lowest is 0.6 in Mali.
The median across all reporting countries is 3, and the mean is 4.73.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 38.
Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Madagascar (up 475.0%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 77.0%).
Average length of stay: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madagascar | 23 | 2021 | up 475.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Papua New Guinea | 21.3 | 2015 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 3 | French Polynesia | 17.1 | 2022 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 4 | Ghana | 14 | 2022 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 14 | 2008 | — | falling |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 13.55 | 2022 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 7 | Nepal | 13.1 | 2022 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 8 | Kenya | 13 | 2017 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 9 | Tanzania | 12 | 2007 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 10 | Armenia | 11 | 2022 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 11 | Malawi | 10.8 | 2018 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 12 | Dominica | 10.29 | 2022 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 13 | Seychelles | 9.9 | 2022 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 14 | Dominican Republic | 9.55 | 2021 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 15 | Curacao | 9.5 | 2022 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 16 | Sri Lanka | 9.3 | 2022 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 17 | Grenada | 9.27 | 2022 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 18 | Vanuatu | 9.2 | 2007 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 19 | Reunion | 9 | 2019 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 20 | Saint Lucia | 8.9 | 2022 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 21 | South Africa | 8.7 | 2013 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 22 | El Salvador | 8.5 | 2022 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 22 | Niue | 8.5 | 2010 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 24 | Uganda | 8.3 | 2019 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 25 | Maldives | 8 | 2022 | up 19.4% | falling |
| 25 | Panama | 8 | 2022 | up 207.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Sudan | 8 | 2011 | unchanged | flat |
| 25 | Turkmenistan | 8 | 2007 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 25 | Martinique | 8 | 2022 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 7.69 | 2024 | up 92.2% | rising |
| 31 | Venezuela | 7.55 | 2017 | down 61.1% | rising |
| 32 | Bhutan | 7.5 | 2011 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 33 | Barbados | 7.4 | 2007 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 34 | Vietnam | 7.02 | 2019 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Comoros | 7 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Gambia | 7 | 2009 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 35 | Kiribati | 7 | 2001 | down 63.2% | falling |
| 35 | Nigeria | 7 | 2022 | up 40.0% | falling |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 7 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 40 | British Virgin Islands | 6.7 | 2015 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 41 | Belize | 6.26 | 2020 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 42 | Cayman Islands | 6.1 | 2020 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 43 | Jamaica | 6.05 | 2022 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 44 | Palau | 6 | 2004 | — | falling |
| 45 | Brunei | 5.8 | 2021 | up 163.6% | rising |
| 46 | Benin | 5.51 | 2020 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 47 | United Kingdom | 5.46 | 2022 | up 152.6% | rising |
| 48 | Philippines | 5.05 | 2022 | up 103.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Singapore | 5.04 | 2022 | up 42.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Lesotho | 5 | 2014 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 51 | Bermuda | 4.9 | 2012 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 52 | Bahamas | 4.88 | 2004 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 53 | Cyprus | 4.82 | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 54 | Cape Verde | 4.8 | 2022 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 55 | Tunisia | 4.7 | 2022 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 56 | Uruguay | 4.47 | 2019 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 57 | Malta | 4.44 | 2024 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 58 | United States Virgin Islands | 4.4 | 2010 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 59 | Greece | 4.22 | 2022 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 60 | Oman | 4.22 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 61 | United Arab Emirates | 4 | 2021 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 61 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 4 | 2011 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 61 | Georgia | 4 | 2016 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 61 | Myanmar | 4 | 2008 | unchanged | rising |
| 65 | Zambia | 3.8 | 2019 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 66 | Montenegro | 3.59 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 67 | Paraguay | 3.5 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 67 | Senegal | 3.5 | 2007 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 69 | Spain | 3.27 | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 70 | Croatia | 3.27 | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 71 | Bulgaria | 3.17 | 2022 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 72 | Italy | 3.1 | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 73 | Australia | 3.09 | 2022 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Lebanon | 3.07 | 2022 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 74 | Qatar | 3.07 | 2022 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 76 | Cuba | 3 | 1999 | — | flat |
| 76 | Ethiopia | 3 | 2003 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 76 | Chad | 3 | 2005 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 76 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 76 | Guadeloupe | 3 | 2013 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 81 | Andorra | 2.93 | 2022 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 82 | Eritrea | 2.9 | 2016 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 82 | Nicaragua | 2.9 | 2022 | up 52.6% | falling |
| 84 | New Caledonia | 2.8 | 2014 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 85 | Austria | 2.79 | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 86 | Morocco | 2.74 | 2022 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 87 | China | 2.71 | 2013 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 88 | Portugal | 2.6 | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 89 | Puerto Rico | 2.6 | 2020 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 90 | Turkey | 2.56 | 2022 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 91 | Congo | 2.55 | 2018 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 92 | Monaco | 2.52 | 2022 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 93 | Poland | 2.51 | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 94 | French Guiana | 2.5 | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 95 | Syria | 2.44 | 2021 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 96 | Romania | 2.44 | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 97 | Argentina | 2.43 | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 98 | Bahrain | 2.42 | 2024 | up 64.9% | rising |
| 99 | Slovakia | 2.38 | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 100 | Slovenia | 2.37 | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 101 | Israel | 2.35 | 2022 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 102 | Albania | 2.33 | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 103 | Czechia | 2.33 | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 104 | Hungary | 2.29 | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 105 | Palestine | 2.27 | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 106 | Thailand | 2.26 | 2019 | up 22.8% | flat |
| 107 | Serbia | 2.26 | 2024 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 108 | Uzbekistan | 2.21 | 2019 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 109 | Belarus | 2.16 | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 110 | Burkina Faso | 2.15 | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 111 | Canada | 2.12 | 2024 | — | falling |
| 112 | Lithuania | 2.11 | 2024 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 113 | Germany | 2.09 | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 114 | Chile | 2.06 | 2022 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 115 | Iran | 2.04 | 2003 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 116 | Moldova | 2.04 | 2024 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 117 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.02 | 2024 | — | falling |
| 118 | Bolivia | 2.02 | 2004 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 119 | Burundi | 2 | 2006 | up 61.3% | rising |
| 119 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2 | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 119 | Mozambique | 2 | 2021 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 122 | Switzerland | 1.99 | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 123 | Namibia | 1.94 | 2006 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 124 | New Zealand | 1.9 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 125 | Luxembourg | 1.88 | 2022 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 125 | Netherlands | 1.88 | 2022 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 127 | San Marino | 1.87 | 2021 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 128 | Algeria | 1.86 | 2024 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 129 | Denmark | 1.86 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 130 | Liechtenstein | 1.86 | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 131 | Macao | 1.85 | 2022 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 132 | Niger | 1.84 | 2020 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Central African Republic | 1.82 | 2021 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 134 | Cameroon | 1.81 | 2021 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 135 | Botswana | 1.8 | 2018 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Finland | 1.8 | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 137 | Belgium | 1.79 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 138 | Latvia | 1.75 | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 139 | Estonia | 1.73 | 2022 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 140 | Norway | 1.68 | 2024 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 141 | Sweden | 1.67 | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 142 | Iceland | 1.65 | 2021 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 143 | Indonesia | 1.64 | 2022 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 144 | Azerbaijan | 1.59 | 2022 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 145 | Eswatini | 1.48 | 2022 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 146 | Japan | 1.42 | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 147 | Kazakhstan | 1.34 | 2024 | — | falling |
| 148 | Togo | 1.3 | 2019 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 149 | Peru | 1.29 | 2022 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 150 | Pakistan | 1.27 | 2005 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 151 | Kuwait | 1.15 | 2023 | — | falling |
| 152 | Mali | 0.6 | 2012 | down 70.0% | falling |