Ukraine's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) was US$4.69 billion in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 25.36% from US$3.74 billion in 2010 (2.29% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$4.69 billion | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | US$5.1 billion | 2015 |
| Ten years earlier | US$3.74 billion | 2010 |
| Highest | US$8.52 billion | 2019 |
| Lowest | US$210 million | 1995 |
| Average since 2011 | US$5.97 billion | 2011–2020 |
| First recorded | US$210 million |
What the numbers say
In 2020, Ukraine's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) fell 44.9% on 2019 (from US$8.52 billion to US$4.69 billion).
Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +20.9% and a typical year strayed about 42.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 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 212.2% in 2004 and the biggest yearly fall was 44.9% 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$264.79 million a year. A straight line explains 32% 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
In 2020, Ukraine had the 29th highest value of the 155 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | US$4.69 billion | 2020 |
| World | US$1.4 trillion | 2019 |
| Europe & Central Asia | US$513.62 billion | 2019 |
| Upper middle income | US$417.2 billion | 2019 |
Closest to Ukraine in the 2020 ranking
What this measures
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 26 values
| Year | International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 4,691,000,000 |
| 2019 | 8,517,000,000 |
| 2018 | 7,899,000,000 |
| 2017 | 7,121,000,000 |
| 2016 | 5,970,000,000 |
| 2015 | 5,101,000,000 |
| 2014 | 5,061,000,000 |
| 2013 | 5,763,000,000 |
| 2012 | 5,104,000,000 |
| 2011 | 4,461,000,000 |
International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) in nearby economies
- Albania — US$763 million (2020)
- Armenia — US$307 million (2020)
- Austria — US$4.9 billion (2020)
- Azerbaijan — US$412 million (2020)
- Belarus — US$445 million (2020)
- Belgium — US$13.04 billion (2020)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — US$112 million (2020)
- Bulgaria — US$1.05 billion (2020)
- Croatia
More private sector & trade data for Ukraine
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 57.85% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$83.57 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$40.37 billion (2025)
- Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports) — 3.93% (2025)
- Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) — 1.81% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 64.98% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 25.09% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
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Questions people ask
- What is Ukraine's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$)?
- US$4.69 billion in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is up 2,134% from US$210 million in 1995 (13.23% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$8.52 billion in 2019 and the lowest US$210 million in 1995.
- How does Ukraine rank?
- 29th highest of 155 economies with data for 2020.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) unusual for Ukraine?
- In 2020, Ukraine's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) fell 44.9% on 2019 (from US$8.52 billion to US$4.69 billion). Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +20.9% and a typical year strayed about 42.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 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.TVLX.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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