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France - Tourism Indicators 117.11M

World Bank WDI · updated 2026-10-15 · 203 economies tracked

Latest value

117.11M (2020)

Global rank

##1 of 203 economies

Share of global total

18.9%

Growth since 1996

0.79×

Ranking Race — Tourism Indicators

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

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Real annual global ranks, 1995 - 2020. France climbed from #1 to #1. Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for France ↓

Key Events — France

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1999
Euro adoption curated

France adopts the single currency as a founding member.

2009
Global crisis recession curated

GDP contracts as the financial crisis spreads to Europe.

2018
Yellow vest protests curated

Widespread protests over living costs and tax policy.

Tourism Indicators, 1996-2020

World Bank WDI · · linear scale · ranking in the race above
19962006201120162020117.11M150.70M184.29M217.88M
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