Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit of GDP by country
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
194
Highest
0.2849 current US$ per US$ of GDP
Tuvalu
Lowest
0.0001 current US$ per US$ of GDP
Guinea
Median
0.0232 current US$ per US$ of GDP
Years covered
30
1995–2024
Data points
4,539
What the numbers show
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit of GDP is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 0.2849 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Tuvalu; the lowest is 0.0001 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0232 current US$ per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0.0336 current US$ per US$ of GDP.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,508.
Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 91 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 430.3%), and the largest decrease in Guinea (down 98.9%).
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuvalu | 0.2849 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 60.1% | flat |
| 2 | Lebanon | 0.1908 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 90.6% | falling |
| 3 | Curacao | 0.1692 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 4 | Lesotho | 0.1294 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 78.4% | rising |
| 5 | San Marino | 0.1218 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 6 | Aruba | 0.1188 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 7 | Bahrain | 0.1156 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 430.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Albania | 0.1119 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 9 | Vanuatu | 0.1011 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 75.8% | rising |
| 10 | Qatar | 0.0939 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 11 | Armenia | 0.0925 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0918 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2014 | up 222.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Tonga | 0.0897 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 14 | Maldives | 0.0877 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 19.6% | falling |
| 15 | Palau | 0.0857 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 16 | Kuwait | 0.0831 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 17 | Marshall Islands | 0.0821 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2021 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Andorra | 0.0788 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | — | rising |
| 19 | Comoros | 0.078 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 118.2% | rising |
| 20 | Central African Republic | 0.0748 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2020 | up 139.1% | rising |
| 21 | Cyprus | 0.0726 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 22 | East Timor | 0.0725 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 25.0% | flat |
| 23 | Mongolia | 0.0717 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 65.6% | rising |
| 24 | Hong Kong | 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Ukraine | 0.0684 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 67.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Malta | 0.0657 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | flat |
| 27 | Libya | 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 76.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0592 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 29 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0575 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 30.3% | flat |
| 30 | Luxembourg | 0.0561 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 34.4% | falling |
| 31 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0556 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 32 | Singapore | 0.0546 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 33 | Saint Lucia | 0.0533 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 34 | Dominica | 0.053 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 35 | Iceland | 0.0528 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | falling |
| 36 | Cayman Islands | 0.0515 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 37 | Seychelles | 0.0514 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 38 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0511 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2021 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 39 | Kiribati | 0.0479 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Estonia | 0.047 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 0.0468 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 183.0% | falling |
| 42 | Nepal | 0.0467 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 56.2% | flat |
| 43 | Serbia | 0.0435 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 70.2% | rising |
| 44 | Grenada | 0.0421 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 45 | Belgium | 0.042 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 46 | Moldova | 0.0417 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 47 | Bermuda | 0.0416 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 48 | French Polynesia | 0.0411 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2016 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 49 | Mauritius | 0.0403 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 50 | Chad | 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2002 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 51 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0395 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 64.5% | falling |
| 52 | Iraq | 0.0393 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 90.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Norway | 0.0384 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 54 | Slovenia | 0.0382 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 55 | Brunei | 0.0381 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0381 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 57 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0379 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Austria | 0.0357 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 59 | Macao | 0.0355 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 47.5% | falling |
| 60 | Jordan | 0.0351 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 61 | Laos | 0.035 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 62 | El Salvador | 0.0345 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 181.1% | rising |
| 63 | Cape Verde | 0.0343 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 64 | Malaysia | 0.0337 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 65 | Thailand | 0.0326 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 50.5% | falling |
| 66 | Fiji | 0.0324 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 67 | United Kingdom | 0.0323 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | flat |
| 68 | Latvia | 0.0322 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | falling |
| 69 | Jamaica | 0.032 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 70 | Oman | 0.0318 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 56.8% | falling |
| 71 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0313 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 124.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Bhutan | 0.031 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 51.8% | falling |
| 73 | Romania | 0.0309 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 125.4% | rising |
| 74 | Philippines | 0.0303 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 75 | Georgia | 0.0303 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 76 | Australia | 0.0295 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 12.1% | flat |
| 77 | Denmark | 0.0289 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | rising |
| 78 | New Caledonia | 0.0289 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2016 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 79 | Croatia | 0.0288 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 98.2% | falling |
| 80 | Nigeria | 0.0281 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 75.6% | rising |
| 81 | Bahamas | 0.0279 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 82 | Switzerland | 0.0277 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 83 | Portugal | 0.0271 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 84 | Belize | 0.0267 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 85 | Rwanda | 0.0262 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 60.4% | rising |
| 86 | Venezuela | 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2016 | up 162.5% | falling |
| 87 | North Macedonia | 0.0258 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 57.8% | rising |
| 88 | Czechia | 0.0257 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 89 | Germany | 0.0257 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 90 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0254 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 91 | Suriname | 0.0252 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Solomon Islands | 0.0252 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 48.7% | rising |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 0.0251 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Finland | 0.0251 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 95 | Gabon | 0.0241 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2015 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 96 | Netherlands | 0.0237 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 97 | Ireland | 0.0233 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 98 | Sweden | 0.0231 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 99 | Lithuania | 0.0228 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | falling |
| 100 | Morocco | 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 101 | Iran | 0.0225 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Hungary | 0.0223 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 103 | Uruguay | 0.0222 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 104 | Honduras | 0.0222 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 105 | Costa Rica | 0.0221 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 74.6% | falling |
| 106 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.022 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 286.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Ghana | 0.022 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 27.1% | falling |
| 108 | France | 0.0217 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 109 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0216 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 95.9% | falling |
| 110 | Tunisia | 0.0212 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 111 | Bulgaria | 0.021 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 112 | Greece | 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 21.0% | falling |
| 113 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0205 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2001 | down 58.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Cambodia | 0.0204 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 115 | Slovakia | 0.02 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 116 | Madagascar | 0.0193 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 117 | Canada | 0.0191 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 118 | Russia | 0.019 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 119 | Spain | 0.0188 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | rising |
| 120 | Italy | 0.0186 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 13.4% | flat |
| 121 | Nicaragua | 0.0183 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 122 | Palestine | 0.0182 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 123 | Guatemala | 0.0178 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 124 | Angola | 0.0172 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 423.7% | volatile |
| 125 | New Zealand | 0.0171 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | rising |
| 126 | Burundi | 0.017 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 127 | South Korea | 0.0168 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 128 | Paraguay | 0.0167 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 129 | Israel | 0.0165 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 130 | Panama | 0.0165 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 131 | Bolivia | 0.0161 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 25.1% | rising |
| 132 | Colombia | 0.0158 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 13.6% | flat |
| 133 | Argentina | 0.0154 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 134 | Peru | 0.0152 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 135 | Montenegro | 0.0145 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 136 | Zambia | 0.0144 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 137 | Poland | 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 138 | Ecuador | 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 45.4% | falling |
| 139 | Kazakhstan | 0.0139 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 140 | China | 0.0134 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | falling |
| 141 | Chile | 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 20.8% | falling |
| 142 | Puerto Rico | 0.0127 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 143 | Syria | 0.0126 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2011 | down 62.6% | falling |
| 144 | Samoa | 0.0123 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 139.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Cameroon | 0.0123 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 47.8% | rising |
| 146 | Senegal | 0.0115 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 147 | South Africa | 0.0115 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 148 | Namibia | 0.0113 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 109.8% | rising |
| 149 | Indonesia | 0.0112 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 150 | Egypt | 0.011 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 151 | India | 0.011 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 152 | Brazil | 0.0109 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 153 | Malawi | 0.0108 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 154 | Congo | 0.0106 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2021 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 155 | Vietnam | 0.0105 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2021 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 156 | Uganda | 0.0104 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 157 | Zimbabwe | 0.0103 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 158 | Pakistan | 0.0103 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 26.3% | falling |
| 159 | Belarus | 0.0095 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2021 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 160 | Burkina Faso | 0.0094 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 161 | Mauritania | 0.0093 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Dominican Republic | 0.0092 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 163 | Eswatini | 0.0091 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 164 | Barbados | 0.0088 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2017 | down 76.9% | falling |
| 165 | Mali | 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 166 | Mexico | 0.0086 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 167 | United States | 0.0085 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 168 | Mozambique | 0.007 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 169 | Haiti | 0.007 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 75.0% | falling |
| 170 | Niger | 0.007 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 171 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0063 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 59.4% | falling |
| 172 | Turkey | 0.0062 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 173 | Guyana | 0.0059 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Bangladesh | 0.0057 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 26.3% | falling |
| 175 | Tanzania | 0.0057 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 76.5% | falling |
| 176 | Djibouti | 0.0051 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 76.7% | falling |
| 177 | Togo | 0.0048 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2020 | down 74.5% | falling |
| 178 | Ethiopia | 0.0048 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 179 | Gambia | 0.0048 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Sri Lanka | 0.0047 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 79.9% | falling |
| 181 | Japan | 0.0045 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 182 | Botswana | 0.0042 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 77.3% | falling |
| 183 | Algeria | 0.0038 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 64.4% | falling |
| 184 | Benin | 0.0037 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 185 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0034 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 52.6% | falling |
| 186 | Liberia | 0.0032 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 187 | Myanmar | 0.0029 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 82.8% | falling |
| 188 | Afghanistan | 0.0025 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2020 | down 62.9% | rising |
| 189 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0024 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | falling |
| 190 | Sierra Leone | 0.0022 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 76.8% | volatile |
| 191 | Yemen | 0.0018 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2016 | down 84.9% | volatile |
| 192 | Tajikistan | 0.0015 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 70.9% | falling |
| 193 | Kenya | 0.0013 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 194 | Guinea | 0.0001 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 98.9% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
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 GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.