Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square kilometre by country
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
189
Highest
49.02 million current US$ per square kilometre
Macao
Lowest
7.41 current US$ per square kilometre
Guinea
Median
13,023 current US$ per square kilometre
Years covered
29
1995–2023
Data points
4,392
What the numbers show
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square kilometre is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 49.02 million current US$ per square kilometre in Macao; the lowest is 7.41 current US$ per square kilometre in Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 13,023 current US$ per square kilometre, and the mean is 503,471 current US$ per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 130 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Sao Tome and Principe (up 429.7%), and the largest decrease in Guinea (down 97.0%).
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macao | 49.02 million current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 2 | Bermuda | 6.63 million current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 3 | Bahrain | 6.52 million current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 401.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Malta | 4.42 million current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 5 | San Marino | 3.72 million current US$ per square kilometre | 2022 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 6 | Aruba | 2.47 million current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 1.97 million current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 95.8% | rising |
| 8 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.96 million current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 9 | Qatar | 1.94 million current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 92.1% | rising |
| 10 | Maldives | 1.74 million current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 107.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Cayman Islands | 1.57 million current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 95.9% | rising |
| 12 | Curacao | 1.25 million current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.3% | flat |
| 13 | Kuwait | 852,334 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Belgium | 811,628 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 15 | Netherlands | 752,421 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 16 | Andorra | 634,794 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | — | rising |
| 17 | Switzerland | 628,027 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 18 | Israel | 538,983 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 102.6% | rising |
| 19 | Tuvalu | 479,540 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 108.5% | rising |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 414,446 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 21 | Lebanon | 374,501 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.3% | flat |
| 22 | Germany | 330,813 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 23 | South Korea | 305,466 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 304,140 current US$ per square kilometre | 2021 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 25 | Mauritius | 284,114 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 26 | Cyprus | 272,215 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.6% | rising |
| 27 | Antigua and Barbuda | 252,405 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.8% | falling |
| 28 | Seychelles | 242,524 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 79.9% | rising |
| 29 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 239,060 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | falling |
| 30 | Austria | 210,063 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 31 | Ireland | 192,053 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 113.5% | rising |
| 32 | Saint Lucia | 189,031 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.7% | rising |
| 33 | Puerto Rico | 162,435 current US$ per square kilometre | 2022 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 34 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 160,492 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 84.1% | rising |
| 35 | Grenada | 145,923 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.9% | falling |
| 36 | Italy | 144,216 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 37 | Slovenia | 132,891 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.7% | rising |
| 38 | France | 119,582 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 39 | Marshall Islands | 119,203 current US$ per square kilometre | 2021 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Barbados | 119,070 current US$ per square kilometre | 2017 | down 71.1% | falling |
| 41 | Palestine | 117,204 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Trinidad and Tobago | 110,709 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 389.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Czechia | 98,221 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 44 | Albania | 95,744 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 67.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Portugal | 87,016 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.3% | rising |
| 46 | Armenia | 75,888 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 114.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Jamaica | 67,723 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 87.1% | rising |
| 48 | Tonga | 65,710 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.6% | rising |
| 49 | French Polynesia | 65,111 current US$ per square kilometre | 2016 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 50 | Comoros | 61,410 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 214.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Spain | 57,017 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Slovakia | 52,390 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Hungary | 52,252 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 87.3% | rising |
| 54 | Norway | 49,820 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 55 | Romania | 46,522 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 403.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Palau | 46,080 current US$ per square kilometre | 2022 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 57 | Japan | 45,790 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 58 | Serbia | 42,097 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 185.4% | rising |
| 59 | Micronesia (country) | 41,429 current US$ per square kilometre | 2014 | up 332.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Estonia | 41,060 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 61 | El Salvador | 40,851 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 213.5% | rising |
| 62 | Bahamas | 40,532 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 63 | Dominica | 39,695 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 64 | Kiribati | 37,995 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Costa Rica | 37,117 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 192.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Malaysia | 37,087 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Greece | 36,956 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 68 | Poland | 36,618 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 69 | Croatia | 35,823 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 117.2% | rising |
| 70 | Sweden | 33,714 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 71 | Ukraine | 29,874 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 174.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Thailand | 26,806 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Lithuania | 26,570 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 74 | Philippines | 26,294 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Dominican Republic | 25,213 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 79.4% | rising |
| 76 | United States | 24,496 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 69.3% | rising |
| 77 | Iraq | 24,330 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 118.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Finland | 23,082 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 79 | Jordan | 22,215 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.5% | rising |
| 80 | China | 20,708 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Cape Verde | 20,683 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.4% | rising |
| 82 | Latvia | 20,289 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Moldova | 19,891 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Bulgaria | 19,564 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 85 | Panama | 18,476 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Bangladesh | 18,039 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 79.5% | volatile |
| 87 | North Macedonia | 17,697 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 165.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Sao Tome and Principe | 17,657 current US$ per square kilometre | 2022 | up 429.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 16,263 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Iceland | 16,217 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Rwanda | 15,720 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 207.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Guatemala | 15,290 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Georgia | 14,426 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.7% | volatile |
| 94 | New Caledonia | 13,786 current US$ per square kilometre | 2016 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 95 | India | 13,023 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 178.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Saudi Arabia | 12,815 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 97 | Vietnam | 12,220 current US$ per square kilometre | 2021 | up 123.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Turkey | 12,125 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.0% | rising |
| 99 | Uruguay | 11,435 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Nepal | 11,025 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 164.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Oman | 10,910 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10,466 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 170.6% | rising |
| 103 | East Timor | 10,105 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 163.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Lesotho | 10,086 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 105 | Vanuatu | 9,553 current US$ per square kilometre | 2022 | up 170.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Fiji | 8,825 current US$ per square kilometre | 2022 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 107 | Uzbekistan | 8,704 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 102.1% | rising |
| 108 | Nigeria | 7,642 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Morocco | 7,419 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 65.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Montenegro | 7,375 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 111 | Ghana | 7,258 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Indonesia | 7,219 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 113 | Honduras | 7,002 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 114 | Tunisia | 6,584 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 115 | Mexico | 6,570 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 116 | Ecuador | 6,484 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.8% | rising |
| 117 | Sri Lanka | 6,403 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Australia | 6,245 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Iran | 5,714 current US$ per square kilometre | 2018 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Chile | 5,351 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Egypt | 5,274 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 122 | Colombia | 5,221 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Cambodia | 5,179 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 94.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Haiti | 4,979 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Samoa | 4,683 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Syria | 4,629 current US$ per square kilometre | 2011 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 127 | Canada | 4,468 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 128 | Bhutan | 4,315 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 145.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Pakistan | 4,264 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.7% | volatile |
| 130 | South Africa | 3,798 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 131 | Argentina | 3,417 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 132 | Venezuela | 3,310 current US$ per square kilometre | 2016 | up 61.6% | rising |
| 133 | Belarus | 3,273 current US$ per square kilometre | 2021 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Peru | 3,247 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 97.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Belize | 3,196 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 73.6% | rising |
| 136 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,815 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 223.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Brazil | 2,657 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Nicaragua | 2,544 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 139 | Uganda | 2,536 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 140 | Paraguay | 2,487 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Eswatini | 2,453 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 142 | Laos | 2,402 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 143 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,397 current US$ per square kilometre | 2022 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Burundi | 2,260 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Russia | 2,258 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.9% | rising |
| 146 | Senegal | 1,836 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 147 | Solomon Islands | 1,710 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Malawi | 1,533 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 149 | Libya | 1,523 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,397 current US$ per square kilometre | 2022 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 151 | Gabon | 1,343 current US$ per square kilometre | 2015 | unchanged | rising |
| 152 | Kazakhstan | 1,303 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Angola | 1,279 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 404.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Cameroon | 1,270 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,070 current US$ per square kilometre | 2001 | up 328.6% | volatile |
| 156 | Djibouti | 1,031 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 157 | Zimbabwe | 959.48 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 158 | Mongolia | 894.96 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 116.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Bolivia | 778.77 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Gambia | 754.89 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Burkina Faso | 694.3 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 162 | Togo | 656.94 current US$ per square kilometre | 2020 | down 59.9% | rising |
| 163 | Benin | 638.12 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 82.2% | rising |
| 164 | Ethiopia | 573.39 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.4% | volatile |
| 165 | Suriname | 569.71 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 166 | Zambia | 535.37 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Madagascar | 509.44 current US$ per square kilometre | 2022 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 168 | Tanzania | 506.61 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.2% | rising |
| 169 | Guyana | 473.56 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | — | falling |
| 170 | Congo | 460.72 current US$ per square kilometre | 2021 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 171 | South Sudan | 437.2 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Algeria | 395.55 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.4% | falling |
| 173 | Myanmar | 327.87 current US$ per square kilometre | 2019 | up 331.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Central African Republic | 279.3 current US$ per square kilometre | 2020 | up 159.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Mozambique | 243.74 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.8% | rising |
| 176 | Kenya | 237.89 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | — | falling |
| 177 | Papua New Guinea | 213.42 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.3% | rising |
| 178 | Sierra Leone | 195.4 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 80.1% | volatile |
| 179 | Tajikistan | 189.65 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 180 | Mali | 177.31 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 181 | Botswana | 142.61 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 69.2% | rising |
| 182 | Liberia | 133.47 current US$ per square kilometre | 2022 | down 74.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Namibia | 132.02 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 131.3% | rising |
| 184 | Yemen | 106.07 current US$ per square kilometre | 2016 | down 75.1% | falling |
| 185 | Mauritania | 96.83 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 186 | Niger | 93.61 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 187 | Afghanistan | 75.9 current US$ per square kilometre | 2020 | down 53.3% | rising |
| 188 | Chad | 63.53 current US$ per square kilometre | 2002 | up 110.5% | rising |
| 189 | Guinea | 7.41 current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 97.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.