International tourist departures by country

Number of trips by country's residents who travel abroad and stay overnight.

Countries reporting
110
Highest
114.40 million departures
Germany
Lowest
500 departures
Niue
Median
1.65 million departures
Years covered
30
1995–2024
Data points
2,384

What the numbers show

International tourist departures is currently reported for 110 countries. The highest value is 114.40 million departures in Germany; the lowest is 500 departures in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.65 million departures, and the mean is 7.29 million departures.

Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Kyrgyzstan (up 1,593.9%), and the largest decrease in Thailand (down 99.4%).

International tourist departures: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 114.40 million departures 2024 up 37.8% rising
2 United Kingdom 90.61 million departures 2024 volatile
3 France 36.52 million departures 2024 up 30.8% rising
4 Italy 34.59 million departures 2024 up 28.8% rising
5 United States 33.50 million departures 2020 down 45.1% rising
6 Canada 33.09 million departures 2024 down 1.3% rising
7 India 30.45 million departures 2024 up 66.1% volatile
8 Saudi Arabia 23.96 million departures 2024 up 20.9% volatile
9 Netherlands 23.15 million departures 2022 up 24.3% rising
10 Spain 21.29 million departures 2024 up 80.7% volatile
11 China 20.33 million departures 2020 down 64.6% volatile
12 Mexico 18.82 million departures 2024 up 3.0% rising
13 Sweden 18.34 million departures 2024 up 15.3% rising
14 Belgium 17.91 million departures 2024 up 63.0% rising
15 Taiwan 16.85 million departures 2024 volatile
16 Austria 16.42 million departures 2024 up 49.4% rising
17 Ukraine 15.12 million departures 2024 down 32.6% rising
18 Poland 14.69 million departures 2024 up 42.6% rising
19 Switzerland 11.28 million departures 2022 down 6.8% flat
20 Brazil 10.63 million departures 2018 up 102.9% rising
21 Kazakhstan 10.23 million departures 2014 up 161.3% volatile
22 Hungary 8.91 million departures 2024 up 59.5% rising
23 Norway 8.41 million departures 2024 down 8.5% volatile
24 Argentina 8.31 million departures 2024 up 27.6% rising
25 Czechia 7.52 million departures 2024 up 33.1% falling
26 Turkey 7.27 million departures 2022 up 25.2% rising
27 United Arab Emirates 7.26 million departures 2021 down 58.3% falling
28 Finland 7.20 million departures 2024 down 17.5% rising
29 Israel 7.08 million departures 2024 up 36.7% rising
30 Syria 6.26 million departures 2010 up 62.0% rising
31 Denmark 6.04 million departures 2022 down 23.0% rising
32 Philippines 5.70 million departures 2016 up 107.8% rising
33 Bulgaria 5.66 million departures 2022 up 50.7% rising
34 Oman 5.60 million departures 2024 up 66.8% rising
35 Singapore 5.15 million departures 2022 down 36.0% rising
36 Greece 5.09 million departures 2022 up 8.8% rising
37 Colombia 4.93 million departures 2022 up 55.6% volatile
38 Slovakia 4.86 million departures 2024 rising
39 Slovenia 4.71 million departures 2024 up 78.3% rising
40 Egypt 4.53 million departures 2006 up 61.1% rising
41 Chile 3.68 million departures 2024 up 16.1% rising
42 Portugal 3.43 million departures 2024 up 128.4% rising
43 Tunisia 3.31 million departures 2022 up 14.4% rising
44 Algeria 2.87 million departures 2022 up 49.9% volatile
46 Kuwait 2.65 million departures 2007 up 141.5% rising
47 Iran 2.40 million departures 2021 rising
48 Lithuania 2.28 million departures 2024 up 27.2% falling
49 Romania 2.23 million departures 2024 rising
50 Croatia 2.12 million departures 2024 down 23.1% falling
51 Peru 2.12 million departures 2022 down 7.7% volatile
52 Morocco 2.02 million departures 2022 down 13.0% rising
53 El Salvador 1.88 million departures 2024 up 61.8% rising
54 Latvia 1.80 million departures 2024 up 32.1% falling
55 Cyprus 1.75 million departures 2024 rising
56 Armenia 1.68 million departures 2024 up 40.2% volatile
57 New Zealand 1.63 million departures 2022 down 25.0% rising
58 Zimbabwe 1.61 million departures 2022 up 123.6% volatile
59 Bangladesh 1.56 million departures 2019 down 30.6% rising
60 Georgia 1.46 million departures 2024 down 52.9% volatile
61 Jordan 1.40 million departures 2022 down 10.7% falling
62 Costa Rica 1.38 million departures 2024 up 73.5% rising
63 Albania 1.37 million departures 2024 volatile
64 Azerbaijan 1.34 million departures 2022 down 52.5% volatile
65 Ecuador 1.34 million departures 2022 up 30.9% rising
66 Nepal 1.20 million departures 2017 up 155.2% volatile
67 Guatemala 1.18 million departures 2022 up 104.3% rising
68 Sri Lanka 1.13 million departures 2022 down 11.2% rising
69 Estonia 1.09 million departures 2022 down 5.0% falling
70 Venezuela 1.08 million departures 2017 down 23.5% rising
71 Paraguay 988,000 departures 2022 up 147.0% volatile
72 Puerto Rico 980,100 departures 2024 up 23.6% falling
73 Cambodia 970,000 departures 2022 up 22.5% volatile
74 Dominican Republic 928,767 departures 2024 up 117.5% rising
75 Bahrain 866,777 departures 2024 down 76.4% volatile
76 Panama 851,000 departures 2022 up 90.4% volatile
78 Fiji 836,183 departures 2024 up 28.2% rising
79 Bolivia 821,000 departures 2022 up 4.2% volatile
80 Cuba 732,000 departures 2022 up 243.7% volatile
81 Eswatini 711,000 departures 2022 down 49.3% falling
82 Nicaragua 699,000 departures 2022 down 28.6% rising
83 Kyrgyzstan 559,000 departures 2007 up 1,593.9% volatile
84 Honduras 501,000 departures 2018 up 29.5% rising
85 Trinidad and Tobago 461,000 departures 2024 up 68.9% rising
86 Moldova 391,228 departures 2024 up 118.0% volatile
87 Belarus 344,000 departures 2022 down 30.2% falling
88 Uganda 331,000 departures 2021 down 9.8% rising
89 Gabon 236,000 departures 2003 up 16.3% rising
90 Mauritius 229,300 departures 2022 down 3.2% rising
91 Iceland 219,000 departures 2021 down 35.8% rising
92 Bermuda 192,000 departures 2008 up 37.1% rising
93 Ghana 159,800 departures 2020 up 1.4% rising
94 French Guiana 146,901 departures 2024 rising
95 Maldives 123,000 departures 2008 up 232.4% rising
96 New Caledonia 96,970 departures 2024 down 21.8% rising
97 Uruguay 93,000 departures 2021 down 93.9% volatile
98 Papua New Guinea 92,000 departures 2002 up 80.4% rising
99 Andorra 84,300 departures 2024 rising
100 Seychelles 51,000 departures 2022 up 13.3% rising
101 Central African Republic 38,000 departures 2010 up 660.0% volatile
101 Turkmenistan 38,000 departures 2007 up 22.6% volatile
103 Burundi 35,000 departures 2001 down 2.8% flat
104 Thailand 33,000 departures 2021 down 99.4% volatile
105 Tajikistan 31,000 departures 2018 up 106.7% volatile
106 Sierra Leone 25,000 departures 2021 down 74.7% volatile
106 Samoa 25,000 departures 2022 down 55.4% falling
108 Vanuatu 18,200 departures 2022 down 20.9% rising
109 French Polynesia 12,000 departures 2020 down 86.5% falling
110 Cook Islands 9,000 departures 2022 down 25.0% rising
111 Tuvalu 1,400 departures 2022 down 33.3% falling
112 Niue 500 departures 2021 down 68.8% falling

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.