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International tourist arrivals in Costa Rica

International tourist arrivals in Costa Rica was 2.92 million in 2024, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. That is up 6.1% from 2023.

2024, count2,919,483
Change on 2023+6.1%
Series high3,139,0082019
Series low1,011,9122020

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International tourist arrivals in Costa Rica, 2008 to 2024

1M1.5M2M2.5M3M3.5M2008201120142017202020242008: 2,089,174 count2009: 1,922,579 count2010: 2,099,829 count2011: 2,192,059 count2012: 2,343,213 count2013: 2,427,941 count2014: 2,526,817 count2015: 2,660,257 count2016: 2,925,128 count2017: 2,959,869 count2018: 3,016,667 count2019: 3,139,008 count2020: 1,011,912 count2021: 1,347,055 count2022: 2,349,537 count2023: 2,751,134 count2024: 2,919,483 count1M2M3M4M2008201420242008: 2,089,174 count2009: 1,922,579 count2010: 2,099,829 count2011: 2,192,059 count2012: 2,343,213 count2013: 2,427,941 count2014: 2,526,817 count2015: 2,660,257 count2016: 2,925,128 count2017: 2,959,869 count2018: 3,016,667 count2019: 3,139,008 count2020: 1,011,912 count2021: 1,347,055 count2022: 2,349,537 count2023: 2,751,134 count2024: 2,919,483 count
count. Source: OECD, OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident overnight visitors (tourists), tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-12.
All 17 values
Periodcount
20242,919,483
20232,751,134
20222,349,537
20211,347,055
20201,011,912
20193,139,008
20183,016,667
20172,959,869
20162,925,128
20152,660,257
20142,526,817
20132,427,941
20122,343,213
20112,192,059
20102,099,829
20091,922,579
20082,089,174

Costa Rica compared with nearby places

Argentina: 6,603,877 countBrazil: 6,773,619 countCanada: 19,912,926 countChile: 5,239,233 countCosta Rica: 2,919,483 countDenmark: 14,999,739 countEstonia: 2,656,590 countEgypt: 15,723,790 countSpain: 93,759,297 countFinland: 4,475,000 countUnited Kingdom: 38,229,000 countHungary: 12,344,754 countIndonesia: 13,603,000 countIreland: 6,591,600 countIsrael: 961,300 countIceland: 2,279,865 countItaly: 57,725,148 countLithuania: 2,383,300 countMorocco: 17,411,949 countMexico: 45,038,754 countNew Zealand: 3,175,839 countPeru: 3,256,693 countPoland: 19,723,000 countPortugal: 28,969,900 countSaudi Arabia: 29,727,443 countThailand: 35,545,714 countTürkiye: 60,575,773 countUnited States: 72,296,865 countSouth Africa: 8,919,000 count
  • Under 3.2M
  • 3.2M to 7.2M
  • 7.2M to 17M
  • 17M to 37M
  • 37M and over
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International tourist arrivals, 2024, count. Costa Rica is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Non-resident visitors who stay at least one night (tourists) arriving in the country. Spain and its regions: INE FRONTUR, by main destination region. Other countries, yearly: OECD inbound tourism table, from frontier statistics or visitor surveys.

Same-day visitors are not included; overnight and same-day visitors together are international_visitor_arrivals. The OECD series for Spain repeats FRONTUR. Countries count arrivals in different ways, so gaps between countries partly reflect method.

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OECD. OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident overnight visitors (tourists), tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND). https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_TOURISM_INTER%40DF_INBOUND&df[ag]=OECD.CFE.TOU. Accessed 2026-10-12. Data reuse terms and downstream attribution: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2026). OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident overnight visitors (tourists), tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND) (International tourist arrivals, Costa Rica, 2008 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_TOURISM_INTER%40DF_INBOUND&df[ag]=OECD.CFE.TOU

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OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident overnight visitors (tourists), tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND), International tourist arrivals, Costa Rica, 2008 to 2024. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 12 Oct. 2026, https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_TOURISM_INTER%40DF_INBOUND&df[ag]=OECD.CFE.TOU. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/international-tourists/costa-rica. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2026. OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident overnight visitors (tourists), tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND). International tourist arrivals, Costa Rica, 2008 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_TOURISM_INTER%40DF_INBOUND&df[ag]=OECD.CFE.TOU. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/international-tourists/costa-rica.

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2026) OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident overnight visitors (tourists), tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND), International tourist arrivals, Costa Rica, 2008 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_TOURISM_INTER%40DF_INBOUND&df[ag]=OECD.CFE.TOU, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/international-tourists/costa-rica (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{organisation_international_tourist_arrivals_costa_2024,
  author = {{Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development}},
  title = {{OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident overnight visitors (tourists), tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD\_TOURISM\_INTER@DF\_INBOUND): International tourist arrivals, Costa Rica, 2008 to 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/international-tourists/costa-rica. Publisher attribution: OECD. OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident overnight visitors (tourists), tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD\_TOURISM\_INTER@DF\_INBOUND). https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ\&df[id]=DSD\_TOURISM\_INTER\%40DF\_INBOUND\&df[ag]=OECD.CFE.TOU. Accessed 2026-10-12. Data reuse terms and downstream attribution: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html.},
}
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What is the international tourist arrivals in Costa Rica?

International tourist arrivals in Costa Rica was 2.92 million in 2024, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. That is up 6.1% from 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident overnight visitors (tourists), tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest international tourist arrivals in Costa Rica?

3.14 million in 2019, the highest value since 2008 in this series.

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