Brazil's international tourism, number of departures was 10.63 million in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 102.9% from 5.24 million in 2008 (7.33% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 10.63 million | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | 8.87 million | 2013 |
| Ten years earlier | 5.24 million | 2008 |
| Highest | 10.63 million | 2018 |
| Lowest | 2.34 million | 2002 |
| Average since 2009 | 8.58 million | 2009–2018 |
| First recorded | 2.6 million |
What the numbers say
In 2018, Brazil's international tourism, number of departures rose 0.2% on 2017 (from 10.61 million to 10.63 million).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2017), the average change was +8.1% and a typical year strayed about 18.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 46% in 1996 and the biggest yearly fall was 31.4% in 1999. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2009 to 2018 the straight-line trend is upward, about 542,194 a year. A straight line explains 84% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 10.63 million | 2018 |
| World | 2.03 billion | 2019 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 140.81 million | 2019 |
| Upper middle income | 444.87 million | 2019 |
Closest to Brazil in the 2018 ranking
- Tajikistan — 2nd of 2: 31,000
What this measures
International outbound tourists are the number of departures that people make from their country of usual residence to any other country for any purpose other than a remunerated activity in the country visited. The data on outbound tourists refer to the number of departures, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips from a country during a given period is counted each time as a new departure.
Limitations: Tourism can be either domestic or international. The data refers to international tourism, where the traveler's country of residence differs from the visiting country. International tourism consists of inbound (arrival) and outbound (departures) tourism. The data are from the World Tourism Organization (WTO), a United Nations agency. The data on inbound and outbound tourists refer to the number of arrivals and departures, not to the number of people traveling.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 24 values
| Year | International tourism, number of departures |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 10,628,000 |
| 2017 | 10,610,000 |
| 2016 | 8,872,000 |
| 2015 | 9,478,000 |
| 2014 | 9,617,000 |
| 2013 | 8,866,000 |
| 2012 | 8,497,000 |
| 2011 | 7,807,000 |
| 2010 | 6,457,000 |
| 2009 | 4,920,000 |
| 2008 |
International tourism, number of departures in nearby economies
- Argentina — 15.35 million (2019)
- Bolivia — 432,000 (2020)
- Chile — 4.09 million (2019)
- Colombia — 1.28 million (2020)
- Costa Rica — 324,000 (2020)
- Cuba — 271,000 (2020)
- Dominican Republic — 210,000 (2020)
- Ecuador — 1.52 million (2019)
- El Salvador — 515,000 (2020)
- Guatemala — 507,800 (2020)
More private sector & trade data for Brazil
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 28.16% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$293.7 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$348.28 billion (2025)
- Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) — 4.43% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 56.39% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 32.52% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) — 25.58% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
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Questions people ask
- What is Brazil's international tourism, number of departures?
- 10.63 million in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is up 308.77% from 2.6 million in 1995 (6.31% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 10.63 million in 2018 and the lowest 2.34 million in 2002.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, number of departures unusual for Brazil?
- In 2018, Brazil's international tourism, number of departures rose 0.2% on 2017 (from 10.61 million to 10.63 million). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2017), the average change was +8.1% and a typical year strayed about 18.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.DPRT, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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