Tourism direct GDP as a proportion of total GDP (%) by country
Countries reporting
109
Highest
33.2%
British Virgin Islands
Lowest
0.0%
Mongolia
Median
2.7%
Years covered
17
2008–2024
Data points
1,696
What the numbers show
Tourism direct GDP as a proportion of total GDP (%) is currently reported for 109 countries. The highest value is 33.2% in British Virgin Islands; the lowest is 0.0% in Mongolia.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.7%, and the mean is 4.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 783.
Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Equatorial Guinea (up 141.0%), and the largest decrease in Lebanon (down 76.9%).
Tourism direct GDP as a proportion of total GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | British Virgin Islands | 33.2% | 2018 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 2 | United States Virgin Islands | 25.1% | 2019 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 3 | Aruba | 21.2% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 4 | Fiji | 13.2% | 2023 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 5 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.7% | 2022 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 6 | Panama | 10.8% | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 7 | Jamaica | 9.8% | 2019 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 8 | Palau | 9.8% | 2020 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 9 | Uruguay | 8.9% | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 10 | Philippines | 8.9% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 11 | Mexico | 8.6% | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 12 | Mauritius | 8.6% | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 13 | Portugal | 8.1% | 2024 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 14 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.7% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 15 | Greece | 7.3% | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 16 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.3% | 2020 | up 141.0% | rising |
| 17 | Bahrain | 7.1% | 2023 | up 37.9% | falling |
| 18 | Morocco | 7.1% | 2019 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 19 | Namibia | 6.9% | 2022 | up 137.9% | rising |
| 20 | Honduras | 6.5% | 2013 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 21 | Guam | 6.3% | 2021 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 22 | Iceland | 6.1% | 2022 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 23 | Jordan | 5.9% | 2018 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 24 | Estonia | 5.4% | 2017 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 24 | Martinique | 5.4% | 2019 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 26 | Slovenia | 5.2% | 2023 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 27 | Albania | 5.2% | 2024 | up 123.9% | rising |
| 28 | Tunisia | 4.9% | 2023 | up 18.1% | flat |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 4.8% | 2024 | up 110.0% | rising |
| 30 | Cameroon | 4.8% | 2021 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 31 | Spain | 4.6% | 2022 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 32 | Malaysia | 4.5% | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 33 | New Zealand | 4.4% | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 34 | Nigeria | 4.3% | 2020 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 35 | Austria | 4.2% | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 36 | Mozambique | 4.0% | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 37 | France | 3.8% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 38 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 3.8% | 2023 | up 11.8% | flat |
| 39 | Hungary | 3.8% | 2023 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 40 | Samoa | 3.7% | 2023 | down 21.8% | flat |
| 41 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.6% | 2022 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 42 | South Africa | 3.5% | 2022 | up 23.2% | flat |
| 43 | El Salvador | 3.5% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 44 | Belgium | 3.4% | 2022 | up 57.2% | rising |
| 45 | Tajikistan | 3.4% | 2022 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 46 | Chile | 3.3% | 2019 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 47 | Australia and New Zealand | 3.1% | 2024 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 48 | United States of America | 3.0% | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 49 | Australia | 2.9% | 2023 | up 16.0% | falling |
| 50 | Peru | 2.9% | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 51 | Qatar | 2.9% | 2022 | up 56.6% | rising |
| 52 | Russian Federation | 2.8% | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 52 | Russian Federation | 2.8% | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 54 | Thailand | 2.8% | 2022 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 55 | Puerto Rico | 2.7% | 2020 | — | falling |
| 56 | India | 2.7% | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 57 | Costa Rica | 2.7% | 2021 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 58 | Oman | 2.7% | 2024 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 59 | Latvia | 2.6% | 2021 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 60 | Lithuania | 2.6% | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 61 | Norway | 2.5% | 2021 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 62 | Finland | 2.4% | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 63 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2.4% | 2022 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 63 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2.4% | 2022 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 65 | Romania | 2.4% | 2022 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 66 | Czechia | 2.4% | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 67 | Poland | 2.3% | 2022 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 68 | Ecuador | 2.3% | 2019 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 69 | Indonesia | 2.2% | 2020 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 70 | Bermuda | 2.2% | 2021 | down 61.4% | falling |
| 71 | Colombia | 2.2% | 2024 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 72 | Germany | 2.2% | 2021 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 73 | Switzerland | 2.1% | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 74 | Egypt | 2.0% | 2020 | down 67.6% | falling |
| 75 | Slovakia | 2.0% | 2022 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 76 | Viet Nam | 2.0% | 2021 | down 67.5% | falling |
| 76 | Viet Nam | 2.0% | 2021 | down 67.5% | falling |
| 78 | Denmark | 2.0% | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 79 | Sweden | 1.9% | 2021 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 80 | Belarus | 1.9% | 2022 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 80 | Japan | 1.9% | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 82 | Israel | 1.9% | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 83 | Marshall Islands | 1.8% | 2021 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 84 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 1.8% | 2018 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 85 | Canada | 1.8% | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 86 | Argentina | 1.7% | 2022 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 87 | Malawi | 1.6% | 2020 | down 64.4% | falling |
| 87 | Nepal | 1.6% | 2021 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 89 | Algeria | 1.6% | 2024 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 90 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.5% | 2020 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 90 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.5% | 2020 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 92 | Haiti | 1.5% | 2022 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 93 | Eswatini | 1.3% | 2024 | up 37.8% | falling |
| 94 | Kazakhstan | 1.1% | 2023 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 95 | Paraguay | 1.1% | 2022 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Guinea | 0.9% | 2017 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 97 | Guyana | 0.9% | 2023 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 97 | Rwanda | 0.9% | 2020 | down 61.7% | falling |
| 99 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.8% | 2016 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 99 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.8% | 2016 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 101 | Luxembourg | 0.8% | 2022 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 102 | Kiribati | 0.7% | 2019 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 103 | State of Palestine | 0.7% | 2020 | down 74.0% | falling |
| 104 | Kuwait | 0.6% | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 105 | Republic of Moldova | 0.6% | 2024 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 105 | Republic of Moldova | 0.6% | 2024 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 107 | Lebanon | 0.6% | 2023 | down 76.9% | falling |
| 108 | Montserrat | 0.5% | 2021 | down 72.2% | falling |
| 109 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2020 | down 76.1% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- China, Macao Special Administrative Region 46.7%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 7.8%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 5.6%
- South-Eastern Asia 5.1%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 4.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 3.9%
- Eastern Asia 3.9%
- Western Asia 3.7%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 3.6%
- Europe 3.6%
- World 3.5%
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 3.4%
- Europe and Northern America 3.2%
- Oceania 3.1%
- Northern Africa 3.1%
- United States of America 3.0%
- Northern America 2.9%
- Southern Asia 2.7%
- Central and Southern Asia 2.6%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2.5%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 2.0%
- Central Asia 1.4%
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 0.4%