Philippines: International tourism, number of departures

Key figures

Over five years it is down 71.01% from 5.12 million in 2015 (21.93% a year on average, compounded). Since 1995 it is down 8.17% from 1.62 million in 1995 (0.34% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 7 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 46.6% in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 9% in 1997. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

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

How it compares

In 2020, Philippines had the 34th highest value of the 70 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 Philippines in the 2020 ranking

• Oman — 31st of 70: 1.66 million
• Lithuania — 32nd of 70: 1.64 million
• Singapore — 33rd of 70: 1.54 million
• Luxembourg — 35th of 70: 1.46 million
• Algeria — 36th of 70: 1.39 million
• Colombia — 37th of 70: 1.28 million

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 19 values

International tourism, number of departures in nearby economies

• Australia — 2.83 million (2020)
• Cambodia — 326,000 (2020)
• China — 20.33 million (2020)
• Fiji — 174,000 (2019)
• French Polynesia — 12,000 (2020)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 8.26 million (2020)
• Indonesia — 2.92 million (2020)
• Japan — 3.17 million (2020)
• Korea, Rep. — 4.28 million (2020)
• Lao PDR — 707,000 (2020)

More private sector & trade data for Philippines

• Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 46.18% (2025)
• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$141.2 billion (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$83.72 billion (2025)
• Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) — 4.22% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 48.04% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 4.43% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) — 47.53% (2023)

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Questions people ask

What is Philippines's international tourism, number of departures?

1.48 million in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1995?

It is down 8.17% from 1.62 million in 1995 (0.34% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 5.7 million in 2016 and the lowest 1.48 million in 2020.

How does Philippines rank?

34th highest of 70 economies with data for 2020.

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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