Estonia: International tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 30.75% from US$400 million in 2015 (7.09% a year on average, compounded). Since 1995 it is up 191.58% from US$95 million in 1995 (4.37% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 4 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2020, Estonia's international tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) fell 51.2% on 2019 (from US$568 million to US$277 million).

Across the 19 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +11.6% and a typical year strayed about 15.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 4.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 53.1% in 1997 and the biggest yearly fall was 51.2% in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2013 to 2020 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 2% of the movement over 8 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2020, Estonia had the 37th highest value of the 117 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Estonia in the 2020 ranking

• Jordan — 34th of 117: US$336 million
• Pakistan — 35th of 117: US$326 million
• Ukraine — 36th of 117: US$313 million
• Luxembourg — 38th of 117: US$265 million
• Czechia — 39th of 117: US$258 million
• Oman — 40th of 117: US$228 million

What this measures

International tourism receipts for passenger transport items are expenditures by international inbound visitors for all services provided in the international transportation by resident carriers. Also included are passenger services performed within an economy by nonresident carriers. Excluded are passenger services provided to nonresidents by resident carriers within the resident economies; these are included in travel items. In addition to the services covered by passenger fares--including fares that are a part of package tours but excluding cruise fares, which are included in travel--passenger services include such items as charges for excess baggage, vehicles, or other personal accompanying effects and expenditures for food, drink, or other items for which passengers make expenditures while on board carriers. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.

All 22 values

International tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) in nearby economies

• Albania — US$109 million (2020)
• Armenia — US$10 million (2020)
• Austria — US$1.48 billion (2020)
• Azerbaijan — US$36 million (2020)
• Belarus — US$187 million (2020)
• Belgium — US$844 million (2020)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — US$12 million (2020)
• Bulgaria — US$156 million (2020)
• Croatia — US$63 million (2020)
• Cyprus — US$1.66 million (2015)
• Czechia — US$258 million (2020)
• Finland — US$512 million (2020)
• France — US$3.31 billion (2020)
• Georgia — US$44 million (2020)
• Germany — US$16.59 billion (2019)

More private sector & trade data for Estonia

• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$25.3 billion (2025)
• Commercial service imports (current US$) — US$12.06 billion (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$20.98 billion (2025)
• Commercial service exports (current US$) — US$15.73 billion (2025)
• Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 98.4% (2025)
• Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) — 0.49% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 91.94% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 6.03% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) — 5.06% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) — 0.12% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) — 0.32% (2023)
• Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) — 0.02% (2023)
• Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) — US$22.81 billion (2023)
• Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) — 0.88% (2023)
• Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) — 91.45% (2023)

Every indicator for Estonia is on the Estonia data page.

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Questions people ask

What is Estonia's international tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$)?

US$277 million in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1995?

It is up 191.58% from US$95 million in 1995 (4.37% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$568 million in 2019 and the lowest US$81 million in 1996.

How does Estonia rank?

37th highest of 117 economies with data for 2020.

Is the latest change in international tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) unusual for Estonia?

In 2020, Estonia's international tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) fell 51.2% on 2019 (from US$568 million to US$277 million). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +11.6% and a typical year strayed about 15.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 4.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

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.TRNR.CD, 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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