Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP in Singapore
Singapore: Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP was 4.2% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP in Singapore, 2020–2024
Source: UN Tourism (2025); National statistical organizations and central banks, OECD national accounts, and World Bank staff estimates (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Singapore recorded 4.2% for spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp in 2024. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and up 168.0% over five years.
That places Singapore 74th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP in Singapore, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1.6% | — |
| 2021 | 0.9% | -41.3% |
| 2022 | 2.2% | +143.4% |
| 2023 | 4.1% | +83.2% |
| 2024 | 4.2% | +2.5% |
Countries ranked near Singapore
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- 72 Serbia 4.3%
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- 75 Vanuatu 4.0%
- 76 North Macedonia 3.7% compare
- 77 Saudi Arabia 3.7% compare
More economy & growth data for Singapore
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.99 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.5 Percent per annum (2029)
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU), annual growth rate 5.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU), per unit of GDP 2.33 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU), per capita 229,774 current LCU per person (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 10.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 1.47 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per capita 145,218 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current US$), annual growth rate 10.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2208 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp in Singapore?
- Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp in Singapore was 4.2% in 2024, according to UN Tourism (2025); National statistical organizations and central banks, OECD national accounts, and World Bank staff estimates (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 4.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2021.
- How does Singapore rank for spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp?
- Singapore ranks 74th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Singapore data come from?
- The figures come from UN Tourism (2025); National statistical organizations and central banks, OECD national accounts, and World Bank staff estimates (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Money received by the destination country from foreign visitors, including spending on accommodation, food, transport, entertainment, shopping, and fares paid to the country’s own airlines, as a share of, as a share of GDP.