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France has the highest Tourist Arrivals (UN) in 2022 (93.2M), followed by Spain (71.7M) and United States (50.9M). Palau has the lowest (10K).
CultureTravel204 countries · 4 metricsUpdated Dec 27, 2025Original page
8 sources
- Tourism Dashboard - United Nations
- Most Visited Countries in the World 2024: Statistics - WP Travel
- Global and regional tourism performance - UN Tourism
- International tourism, number of arrivals - World Bank
- International Tourist Arrivals - NationMaster
- UNWTO Tourism Data Dashboard - United Nations World Tourism Organization
- Trending in Travel - World Travel & Tourism Council
- Economic Impact Reports - World Travel & Tourism Council
155 of 235 countries
Tourist Arrivals (UN), 2022
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Ranking
Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 155 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
1.5M
Middle half 430K – 4M
Average
5.8M
155 countries
Highest
93.2M
France
Lowest
10K
Palau
Over time · 2019–2024
The top 5 in 2022, against the median.
- Median of all countries
- France
- Spain
- United States
- Turkey
- Italy
Data
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191 countries · # = rank by Tourist Arrivals (UN)
| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  France | 93.2M | 93.2M | $59.67B | — |
| 2 |  Spain | 71.7M | 71.7M | $72.87B | $1,017 |
| 3 |  United States | 50.9M | 50.9M | $142.91B | $2,809 |
| 4 |  Turkey | 50.5M | 50.5M | $45.83B | $908 |
| 5 |  Italy | 48.9M | 49.8M | $46.6B | — |
| 6 |  Mexico | 38.3M | 38.3M | $28.02B | $731 |
| 7 |  United Kingdom | 30.7M | 30.7M | $68.04B | $2,213 |
| 8 |  Germany | 28.5M | 28.5M | $31.86B | $1,119 |
| 9 |  Greece | 27.8M | 27.8M | $18.61B | — |
| 10 |  Austria | 26.2M | 26.2M | $19.71B | $752 |
| 11 |  United Arab Emirates | 22.7M | 22.7M | $49.31B | — |
| 12 |  Portugal | 22.3M | 22.3M | $22.34B | $1,004 |
| 13 |  Saudi Arabia | 16.6M | 16.7M | $25.2B | $1,515 |
| 13 |  Netherlands | 16.6M | 16.1M | $16.55B | $998 |
| 15 |  Poland | 16M | 16M | $14.41B | $903 |
| 16 |  Croatia | 15.3M | 15.3M | $13.45B | $877 |
| 17 |  India | 14.3M | — | $21.36B | — |
| 18 |  Denmark | 14.2M | — | $8.5B | $599 |
| 19 |  Canada | 12.8M | 12.8M | $31.98B | $2,494 |
| 20 |  Hungary | 12.6M | 12.7M | $5.68B | $449 |
| 21 |  Egypt | 11.7M | 11.7M | $12.25B | $1,050 |
| 22 |  Thailand | 11.1M | — | $14.87B | — |
| 23 |  Morocco | 10.9M | — | $9.22B | $848 |
| 24 |  Switzerland | 9.2M | — | $15.8B | $1,724 |
| 25 |  Belgium | 8.2M | — | $8.51B | $1,035 |
| 26 |  Dominican Republic | 7.2M | — | $8.4B | $1,172 |
| 26 |  Albania | 7.2M | — | $2.99B | $417 |
| 28 |  Kyrgyzstan | 6.9M | — | $755.5M | $109 |
| 29 |  Bulgaria | 6.7M | — | $3.5B | $520 |
| 30 |  Sweden | 6.6M | — | $9.04B | $1,364 |
| 31 |  Tunisia | 6.4M | — | $2.03B | $315 |
| 32 |  South Africa | 5.7M | — | $4.77B | $838 |
| 33 |  Singapore | 5.3M | — | $11.4B | $2,134 |
| 34 |  Uzbekistan | 5.2M | — | $1.44B | $275 |
| 35 |  Norway | 5M | — | $5.71B | $1,147 |
| 36 |  Colombia | 4.6M | — | $6.22B | $1,367 |
| 37 |  Jordan | 4.3M | — | $5.81B | $1,358 |
| 38 |  Puerto Rico | 4.2M | — | $4.57B | $1,079 |
| 39 |  Iran | 4.1M | — | — | — |
| 40 |  Argentina | 3.9M | — | $3.47B | $893 |
| 40 |  Slovenia | 3.9M | — | $3.13B | $795 |
| 42 |  Japan | 3.8M | — | $9.24B | $2,411 |
| 43 |  Vietnam | 3.7M | — | $3.84B | $1,049 |
| 43 |  Australia | 3.7M | — | $24.65B | $6,672 |
| 43 |  Georgia | 3.7M | — | $3.52B | $963 |
| 43 |  Bahrain | 3.7M | — | $2.77B | $747 |
| 47 |  Brazil | 3.6M | — | $4.95B | $1,364 |
| 47 |  Andorra | 3.6M | — | $2.19B | $615 |
| 49 |  South Korea | 3.2M | — | $12.46B | $3,897 |
| 49 |  Cyprus | 3.2M | — | — | — |
| 51 |  Philippines | 2.7M | — | $4.17B | $1,573 |
| 51 |  Israel | 2.7M | — | $4.74B | $1,771 |
| 53 |  Qatar | 2.6M | — | $7.26B | $2,837 |
| 54 |  Uruguay | 2.5M | — | $1.65B | — |
| 54 |  Jamaica | 2.5M | — | $3.62B | — |
| 54 |  Macau | 2.5M | — | $6.35B | — |
| 57 |  Cambodia | 2.3M | — | $1.42B | $623 |
| 57 |  Costa Rica | 2.3M | — | $3.91B | $1,665 |
| 57 |  Malta | 2.3M | — | $1.62B | — |
| 60 |  Ukraine | 2.2M | — | $774M | $356 |
| 60 |  Lithuania | 2.2M | — | $1.19B | $547 |
| 60 |  Estonia | 2.2M | — | $1.24B | $572 |
| 63 |  Oman | 2.1M | — | $1.44B | $684 |
| 63 |  Finland | 2.1M | — | $3.43B | — |
| 65 |  Peru | 2M | — | $2.23B | $1,108 |
| 65 |  Chile | 2M | — | $1.1B | $544 |
| 65 |  Montenegro | 2M | — | $1.11B | — |
| 68 |  Pakistan | 1.9M | — | $738.03M | — |
| 68 |  El Salvador | 1.9M | — | $1.86B | $986 |
| 70 |  Syria | 1.8M | — | — | — |
| 70 |  Serbia | 1.8M | — | $2.58B | $1,453 |
| 72 |  Romania | 1.7M | 12.7M | $4.93B | $2,945 |
| 72 |  Armenia | 1.7M | — | $2.42B | $1,452 |
| 72 |  Maldives | 1.7M | — | $4.5B | $2,685 |
| 72 |  Iceland | 1.7M | — | $2.49B | — |
| 76 |  Cuba | 1.6M | — | $1.15B | $715 |
| 77 |  Tanzania | 1.5M | — | $2.53B | $1,737 |
| 77 |  Kenya | 1.5M | — | $1.11B | — |
| 77 |  Guatemala | 1.5M | — | $991.88M | $664 |
| 77 |  Azerbaijan | 1.5M | — | $823.26M | $546 |
| 77 |  Belarus | 1.5M | — | — | — |
| 77 |  Lebanon | 1.5M | — | $5.32B | $3,628 |
| 77 |  Panama | 1.5M | — | $4.72B | $3,165 |
| 77 |  Bahamas | 1.5M | — | $4.22B | $2,907 |
| 85 |  Algeria | 1.4M | — | $176.2M | $126 |
| 85 |  New Zealand | 1.4M | — | $3.6B | — |
| 87 |  Ecuador | 1.3M | — | $1.79B | $1,418 |
| 88 |  Laos | 1.2M | — | $264.51M | — |
| 89 |  Zambia | 1.1M | — | $828.51M | — |
| 89 |  Aruba | 1.1M | — | $2.31B | — |
| 91 |  Zimbabwe | 1M | — | $828.51M | $252 |
| 91 |  Tajikistan | 1M | — | $18.08M | — |
| 91 |  Mauritania | 1M | — | $10.35M | — |
| 91 |  Luxembourg | 1M | — | $6.18B | $6,105 |
| 95 |  Ghana | 920K | — | $830.24M | $907 |
| 95 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 920K | — | $1.46B | $1,598 |
| 97 |  Ethiopia | 900K | — | $1.17B | $1,309 |
| 97 |  Taiwan | 900K | — | $1.78B | $1,989 |
| 99 |  Honduras | 840K | — | $539.69M | $639 |
| 100 |  Nicaragua | 820K | — | $595.6M | $728 |
| 101 |  Uganda | 810K | — | $1.07B | — |
| 102 |  Cape Verde | 790K | — | $403.56M | $514 |
| 103 |  Malaysia | 740K | — | $6.52B | $647 |
| 104 |  Sri Lanka | 720K | — | $1.14B | $1,578 |
| 104 |  Bolivia | 720K | — | $530.3M | $732 |
| 106 |  Venezuela | 680K | — | $271.21M | — |
| 107 |  Fiji | 640K | — | $789.27M | $1,613 |
| 108 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 620K | — | — | — |
| 109 |  Nepal | 610K | — | $378.84M | $616 |
| 110 |  Paraguay | 580K | — | — | — |
| 111 |  Hong Kong | 570K | — | $3.13B | $5,520 |
| 111 |  Gambia | 570K | — | $154.35M | $271 |
| 113 |  Martinique | 560K | — | — | — |
| 114 |  Barbados | 540K | — | $935.2M | $1,733 |
| 115 |  Nigeria | 530K | — | $1.13B | $2,133 |
| 116 |  Namibia | 460K | — | $280.76M | $609 |
| 117 |  United States Virgin Islands | 400K | — | — | — |
| 118 |  Eswatini | 390K | — | $11.39M | $28.99 |
| 119 |  Belize | 370K | — | $600.52M | $1,612 |
| 120 |  Palestine | 360K | — | $677.44M | $1,871 |
| 120 |  Saint Lucia | 360K | — | $1.09B | — |
| 122 |  Guam | 330K | — | — | — |
| 122 |  Seychelles | 330K | — | $936.43M | $2,820 |
| 122 |  Monaco | 330K | — | — | — |
| 125 |  Mongolia | 290K | — | $250.89M | $876 |
| 125 |  Guyana | 290K | — | $50.73M | $176 |
| 127 |  Cayman Islands | 280K | — | $644.68M | $2,268 |
| 128 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 270K | — | $695.24M | — |
| 129 |  Myanmar | 230K | — | — | — |
| 129 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 230K | — | $324.32M | $538 |
| 131 |  French Polynesia | 220K | — | — | — |
| 132 |  British Virgin Islands | 170K | — | — | — |
| 133 |  Moldova | 160K | — | $746.32M | — |
| 134 |  Grenada | 150K | — | $322.17M | — |
| 134 |  Bermuda | 150K | — | $342M | $2,344 |
| 136 |  Angola | 130K | — | $19.66M | $151 |
| 136 |  Madagascar | 130K | — | $367.02M | — |
| 138 |  Burkina Faso | 120K | — | $75.55M | $652 |
| 139 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 100K | — | — | — |
| 139 |  Liechtenstein | 100K | — | — | — |
| 141 |  New Caledonia | 80K | — | — | — |
| 141 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 80K | — | $116.43M | — |
| 143 |  Papua New Guinea | 70K | — | — | $16.33 |
| 143 |  Sierra Leone | 70K | — | $20.32M | — |
| 143 |  Anguilla | 70K | — | $140.16M | — |
| 146 |  Central African Republic | 60K | — | — | — |
| 146 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 60K | — | $148.79M | $2,521 |
| 146 |  Dominica | 60K | — | $60.4M | $990 |
| 149 |  Samoa | 50K | — | $58.51M | $1,184 |
| 150 |  Brunei | 40K | — | $13.75M | — |
| 151 |  Vanuatu | 30K | — | $39.05M | $1,286 |
| 152 |  Bhutan | 20K | — | — | $11.39 |
| 152 |  Tonga | 20K | — | $9.92M | $538 |
| 154 |  Solomon Islands | 10K | — | $5.27M | — |
| 154 |  Palau | 10K | — | $24.97M | — |
| — |  China | — | — | $13.47B | — |
| — |  Indonesia | — | — | $6.78B | $1,176 |
| — |  Bangladesh | — | — | $421.07M | — |
| — |  Russia | — | — | $5.6B | — |
| — |  Sudan | — | — | $1.06B | — |
| — |  Iraq | — | — | $4.74B | — |
| — |  Mozambique | — | — | $200.33M | — |
| — |  Ivory Coast | — | — | $335.03M | — |
| — |  Cameroon | — | — | $541.13M | — |
| — |  Niger | — | — | $120.81M | — |
| — |  Mali | — | — | $142.37M | — |
| — |  Malawi | — | — | $39.97M | — |
| — |  Kazakhstan | — | — | $1.49B | $222 |
| — |  Senegal | — | — | $537.46M | — |
| — |  Guinea | — | — | $10.52M | — |
| — |  Benin | — | — | $240.6M | — |
| — |  Rwanda | — | — | $400.25M | — |
| — |  Haiti | — | — | $73.19M | — |
| — |  Czechia | — | — | $5.56B | — |
| — |  Slovakia | — | — | $1.36B | — |
| — |  Ireland | — | — | $7.16B | — |
| — |  Kuwait | — | — | $1.09B | $27,515 |
| — |  Botswana | — | — | $460.14M | — |
| — |  Lesotho | — | — | $10.6M | — |
| — |  Guinea-Bissau | — | — | $18.32M | — |
| — |  Latvia | — | — | $1.08B | — |
| — |  North Macedonia | — | — | $480.51M | $4,607 |
| — |  Timor-Leste | — | — | $42.7M | — |
| — |  Mauritius | — | — | $1.47B | $1,472 |
| — |  Djibouti | — | — | $45.48M | — |
| — |  Comoros | — | — | $84.08M | — |
| — |  Suriname | — | — | $26.35M | — |
| — |  Sao Tome and Principe | — | — | $44.62M | — |
| — |  Kiribati | — | — | — | $971 |
| — |  San Marino | — | — | $368.81M | — |
| — |  Tuvalu | — | — | — | $3,356 |
What correlates with Tourist Arrivals (UN) (2022)?
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Tourist Arrivals (UN)?
- France has the highest Tourist Arrivals (UN) in 2022, at 93.2M, followed by Spain (71.7M) and United States (50.9M).
- Which country has the lowest Tourist Arrivals (UN)?
- Palau has the lowest Tourist Arrivals (UN) in 2022, at 10K.
- What is the median Tourist Arrivals (UN) across countries?
- The median is 1.5M across the 155 countries with data in 2022.
- Where does this most visited countries data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Tourism Dashboard - United Nations; Most Visited Countries in the World 2024: Statistics - WP Travel; Global and regional tourism performance - UN Tourism; International tourism, number of arrivals - World Bank.