Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP in Türkiye
Türkiye: Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP was 5.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP in Türkiye, 2005–2024
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
In 2024, spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp in Türkiye stood at 5.8%.
That represents a change of down 6.5% on the previous year and up 32.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp in Türkiye peaked at 6.7% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.4%, in 2020.
That places Türkiye 62nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4.1% | — |
| 2006 | 3.4% | -16.3% |
| 2007 | 3.2% | -7.5% |
| 2008 | 3.4% | +7.9% |
| 2009 | 4.0% | +18.1% |
| 2010 | 3.4% | -16.5% |
| 2011 | 3.6% | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 3.6% | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 4.0% | +10.6% |
| 2014 | 4.3% | +7.7% |
| 2015 | 4.2% | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 3.1% | -26.5% |
| 2017 | 3.8% | +21.8% |
| 2018 | 4.8% | +26.5% |
| 2019 | 5.9% | +24.1% |
| 2020 | 2.4% | -59.0% |
| 2021 | 4.2% | +73.4% |
| 2022 | 6.7% | +60.4% |
| 2023 | 6.2% | -8.4% |
| 2024 | 5.8% | -6.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.6% | 3.2% | 4.1% | 5 |
| 2010s | 4.1% | 3.1% | 5.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.0% | 2.4% | 6.7% | 5 |
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More economy & growth data for Türkiye
- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per capita 12,896 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 18.44 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 1 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per capita 18,643 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), annual growth rate 42.44 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per unit of GDP 39.55 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per capita 735,563 current LCU per person (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current US$), annual growth rate 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2485 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current US$), per capita 4,622 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp in Türkiye?
- Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp in Türkiye was 5.8% 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 Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 6.7% in 2022.
- What is the lowest spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4% in 2020.
- How does Türkiye rank for spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp?
- Türkiye ranks 62nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Türkiye 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.