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International visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day) in Iceland

International visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day) in Iceland was 3.33 million in 2024, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. That is up 8.3% from 2023.

2024, count3,330,282
Change on 2023+8.3%
Series high3,330,2822024
Series low492,2222020

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International visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day) in Iceland, 2009 to 2024

01M2M3M4M2009201220152018202120242009: 651,324 count2010: 652,465 count2011: 717,882 count2012: 885,004 count2013: 1,034,169 count2014: 1,219,923 count2015: 1,552,110 count2016: 2,095,891 count2017: 2,625,317 count2018: 2,793,658 count2019: 2,570,522 count2020: 492,222 count2021: 813,215 count2022: 2,201,590 count2023: 3,073,973 count2024: 3,330,282 count01M2M3M4M2009201520242009: 651,324 count2010: 652,465 count2011: 717,882 count2012: 885,004 count2013: 1,034,169 count2014: 1,219,923 count2015: 1,552,110 count2016: 2,095,891 count2017: 2,625,317 count2018: 2,793,658 count2019: 2,570,522 count2020: 492,222 count2021: 813,215 count2022: 2,201,590 count2023: 3,073,973 count2024: 3,330,282 count
count. Source: OECD, OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident visitors, overnight and same-day, tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-12.
All 16 values
Periodcount
20243,330,282
20233,073,973
20222,201,590
2021813,215
2020492,222
20192,570,522
20182,793,658
20172,625,317
20162,095,891
20151,552,110
20141,219,923
20131,034,169
2012885,004
2011717,882
2010652,465
2009651,324

Iceland compared with nearby places

Argentina: 11,358,793 countAustralia: 8,270,925 countBulgaria: 13,249,456 countCanada: 29,818,152 countChile: 5,838,209 countColombia: 7,071,459 countCosta Rica: 3,290,144 countDenmark: 20,929,799 countEstonia: 4,360,374 countEgypt: 15,780,631 countSpain: 137,640,110 countFinland: 4,960,000 countUnited Kingdom: 39,031,000 countGreece: 40,693,879 countHungary: 47,710,885 countIndonesia: 13,886,678 countIsrael: 974,400 countIceland: 3,330,282 countItaly: 88,263,909 countJapan: 36,870,148 countSouth Korea: 16,369,629 countLithuania: 5,034,500 countMexico: 86,412,484 countNew Zealand: 3,313,802 countPeru: 3,993,638 countPoland: 76,905,000 countRomania: 13,352,940 countSaudi Arabia: 33,479,096 countTürkiye: 62,269,890 countSouth Africa: 11,422,000 count
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International visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day), 2024, count. Iceland 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

Arrivals of non-resident visitors in the country in the year: tourists who stay at least one night and same-day visitors together, from frontier statistics or visitor surveys reported to the OECD. Each arrival counts, so a visitor who comes twice counts twice.

Overnight visitors alone are international_tourists. Countries count arrivals in different ways, at the border or from visitor surveys, and by country of residence or by nationality. Use the series to follow one country over time; gaps between countries partly reflect method. Only demand-side counts (frontier statistics and visitor surveys) are served; the OECD also lists guests registered at accommodation, which are a different measure.

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OECD. OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident visitors, overnight and same-day, 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 visitors, overnight and same-day, tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND) (International visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day), Iceland, 2009 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 visitors, overnight and same-day, tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND), International visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day), Iceland, 2009 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-visitor-arrivals/iceland. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2026. OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident visitors, overnight and same-day, tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND). International visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day), Iceland, 2009 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-visitor-arrivals/iceland.

Harvard

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2026) OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident visitors, overnight and same-day, tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND), International visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day), Iceland, 2009 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-visitor-arrivals/iceland (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  author = {{Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development}},
  title = {{OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident visitors, overnight and same-day, tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD\_TOURISM\_INTER@DF\_INBOUND): International visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day), Iceland, 2009 to 2024}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/international-visitor-arrivals/iceland. Publisher attribution: OECD. OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident visitors, overnight and same-day, 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 visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day) in Iceland?

International visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day) in Iceland was 3.33 million in 2024, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. That is up 8.3% from 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

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

What was the highest international visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day) in Iceland?

3.33 million in 2024, the highest value since 2009 in this series.

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