Puerto Rico (US)'s international tourism, number of departures was 792,000 in 2017, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 45.04% from 1.44 million in 2007 (5.81% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 792,000 | 2017 |
| Five years earlier | 876,000 | 2012 |
| Ten years earlier | 1.44 million | 2007 |
| Highest | 1.47 million | 2006 |
| Lowest | 746,000 | 2015 |
| Average since 2008 | 929,300 | 2008–2017 |
| First recorded | 1.24 million |
What the numbers say
In 2017, Puerto Rico (US)'s international tourism, number of departures rose 0.4% on 2016 (from 789,000 to 792,000).
Across the 21 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2016), the average change was −1.8% and a typical year strayed about 7.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above 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 11% in 2000 and the biggest yearly fall was 22.4% in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2008 to 2017 the straight-line trend is downward, about 58,806 a year. A straight line explains 72% 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Puerto Rico (US) | 792,000 | 2017 |
| World | 2.03 billion | 2019 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 140.81 million | 2019 |
| High income | 1.04 billion | 2019 |
Closest to Puerto Rico (US) in the 2017 ranking
- Nepal — 1st of 3: 1.2 million
- Venezuela, RB — 2nd of 3: 1.08 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 23 values
| Year | International tourism, number of departures |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 792,000 |
| 2016 | 789,000 |
| 2015 | 746,000 |
| 2014 | 793,000 |
| 2013 | 839,000 |
| 2012 | 876,000 |
| 2011 | 924,000 |
| 2010 | 980,000 |
| 2009 | 1,116,000 |
| 2008 | 1,438,000 |
| 2007 |
International tourism, number of departures in nearby economies
- Argentina — 15.35 million (2019)
- Bolivia — 432,000 (2020)
- Brazil — 10.63 million (2018)
- 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)
More private sector & trade data for Puerto Rico (US)
- International tourism, number of arrivals — 3.88 million (2020)
- International tourism, receipts (current US$) — US$2.92 billion (2020)
- International tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$) — US$301 million (2018)
- International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) — US$592 million (2018)
- International tourism, expenditures (current US$) — US$893 million (2018)
Every indicator for Puerto Rico (US) is on the Puerto Rico (US) data page.
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Puerto Rico (US)'s international tourism, number of departures?
- 792,000 in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is down 35.97% from 1.24 million in 1995 (2.01% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1.47 million in 2006 and the lowest 746,000 in 2015.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, number of departures unusual for Puerto Rico (US)?
- In 2017, Puerto Rico (US)'s international tourism, number of departures rose 0.4% on 2016 (from 789,000 to 792,000). Across the 21 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2016), the average change was −1.8% and a typical year strayed about 7.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above 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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