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United States - Tourism Indicators 45.04M

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

Latest value

45.04M (2020)

Global rank

#n/a of 203 economies

Share of global total

7.3%

Growth since 1995

0.56×

Ranking Race — Tourism Indicators

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9#10199520002005201020152020#3#31998 overtook Poland2006 overtook China
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Real annual global ranks, 1995 - 2020. United States climbed from #3 to #3 (overtook Poland). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for United States ↓

Key Events — United States

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1998
Overtook Poland in global rank auto
2006
Overtook China in global rank auto
2008
Global financial crisis curated

Lehman Brothers collapse sets off the worst recession since the 1930s.

2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Sharpest quarterly GDP contraction on record as the pandemic hits.

Tourism Indicators, 1995-2020

World Bank WDI · · linear scale · ranking in the race above
19952000200520102015202045.04M91.08M137.13M183.18M
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