Mongolia's international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) was US$29 million in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 88.11% from US$244 million in 2010 (19.18% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$29 million | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | US$246 million | 2015 |
| Ten years earlier | US$244 million | 2010 |
| Highest | US$513 million | 2019 |
| Lowest | US$10 million | 1996 |
| Average since 2011 | US$270.6 million | 2011–2020 |
| First recorded | US$21 million |
What the numbers say
In 2020, Mongolia's international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) fell 94.3% on 2019 (from US$513 million to US$29 million).
Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +23.5% and a typical year strayed about 59.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 233.3% in 2002 and the biggest yearly fall was 94.3% 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 2011 to 2020 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 15% of the movement over 10 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, Mongolia had the 144th highest value of the 158 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Mongolia | US$29 million | 2020 |
| World | US$1.47 trillion | 2019 |
| East Asia & Pacific | US$390.16 billion | 2019 |
| Upper middle income | US$289.87 billion | 2019 |
Closest to Mongolia in the 2020 ranking
What this measures
International tourism receipts for travel items are expenditures by international inbound visitors in the reporting economy. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These receipts should include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 26 values
| Year | International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 29,000,000 |
| 2019 | 513,000,000 |
| 2018 | 461,000,000 |
| 2017 | 396,000,000 |
| 2016 | 316,000,000 |
| 2015 | 246,000,000 |
| 2014 | 215,000,000 |
| 2013 | 197,000,000 |
| 2012 | 177,000,000 |
| 2011 | 156,000,000 |
International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) in nearby economies
- Australia — US$25.67 billion (2020)
- Brunei Darussalam — US$38 million (2020)
- Cambodia — US$1.02 billion (2020)
- China — US$14.23 billion (2020)
- Fiji — US$151 million (2020)
- French Polynesia — US$642 million (2018)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — US$2.84 billion (2020)
- Indonesia — US$3.31 billion (2020)
- Japan
More private sector & trade data for Mongolia
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 106.72% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$11.31 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$15.76 billion (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) — 31.61% (2025)
- Commercial service imports (current US$) — US$4.77 billion (2025)
- Transport services (% of commercial service imports) — 25.59% (2025)
- Commercial service exports (current US$) — US$1.92 billion (2025)
- Travel services (% of commercial service imports) — 36.25% (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Mongolia's international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$)?
- US$29 million in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is up 38.1% from US$21 million in 1995 (1.3% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$513 million in 2019 and the lowest US$10 million in 1996.
- How does Mongolia rank?
- 144th highest of 158 economies with data for 2020.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) unusual for Mongolia?
- In 2020, Mongolia's international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) fell 94.3% on 2019 (from US$513 million to US$29 million). Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +23.5% and a typical year strayed about 59.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.TVLR.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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