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Countries by international tourist arrivals

France had the highest international tourist arrivals of 33 countries in 2021, at 48.4 million. Chile had the lowest, at 190,022. The median was 3.06 million. Source: the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

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Highest48,395,210France
Lowest190,022Chile
Median3,062,24433 countries

Map of countries, 2021

Argentina: 297,477 countBrazil: 745,871 countCanada: 3,062,244 countChile: 190,022 countCosta Rica: 1,347,055 countCzechia: 3,767,826 countDenmark: 7,556,005 countEstonia: 808,203 countEgypt: 7,966,949 countSpain: 31,180,802 countFrance: 48,395,210 countUnited Kingdom: 6,287,000 countHungary: 6,972,873 countIndonesia: 1,546,333 countIsrael: 396,500 countIceland: 698,070 countItaly: 26,888,009 countLithuania: 947,600 countLatvia: 477,648 countMorocco: 3,721,702 countMexico: 31,860,392 countNew Zealand: 204,882 countPeru: 444,331 countPoland: 9,722,000 countPortugal: 9,616,700 countSaudi Arabia: 3,477,216 countSweden: 10,259,767 countSlovakia: 1,725,216 countThailand: 510,767 countTürkiye: 29,925,441 countUnited States: 22,280,100 countSouth Africa: 2,256,000 count
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count, 2021. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: OECD, OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident overnight visitors (tourists), tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All countries, 2021

France: 48,395,210 countFrance48,395,210Mexico: 31,860,392 countMexico31,860,392Spain: 31,180,802 countSpain31,180,802Türkiye: 29,925,441 countTürkiye29,925,441Italy: 26,888,009 countItaly26,888,009United States: 22,280,100 countUnited States22,280,100Sweden: 10,259,767 countSweden10,259,767Poland: 9,722,000 countPoland9,722,000Portugal: 9,616,700 countPortugal9,616,700Egypt: 7,966,949 countEgypt7,966,949Denmark: 7,556,005 countDenmark7,556,005Hungary: 6,972,873 countHungary6,972,873United Kingdom: 6,287,000 countUnited Kingdom6,287,000Czechia: 3,767,826 countCzechia3,767,826Morocco: 3,721,702 countMorocco3,721,702Saudi Arabia: 3,477,216 countSaudi Arabia3,477,216Canada: 3,062,244 countCanada3,062,244South Africa: 2,256,000 countSouth Africa2,256,000Slovakia: 1,725,216 countSlovakia1,725,216Indonesia: 1,546,333 countIndonesia1,546,333Costa Rica: 1,347,055 countCosta Rica1,347,055Malta: 968,136 countMalta968,136Lithuania: 947,600 countLithuania947,600Estonia: 808,203 countEstonia808,203Brazil: 745,871 countBrazil745,871Iceland: 698,070 countIceland698,070Thailand: 510,767 countThailand510,767Latvia: 477,648 countLatvia477,648Peru: 444,331 countPeru444,331Israel: 396,500 countIsrael396,500Argentina: 297,477 countArgentina297,477New Zealand: 204,882 countNew Zealand204,882Chile: 190,022 countChile190,022France: 48,395,210 countFrance48,395,210Mexico: 31,860,392 countMexico31,860,392Spain: 31,180,802 countSpain31,180,802Türkiye: 29,925,441 countTürkiye29,925,441Italy: 26,888,009 countItaly26,888,009United States: 22,280,100 countUnited States22,280,100Sweden: 10,259,767 countSweden10,259,767Poland: 9,722,000 countPoland9,722,000Portugal: 9,616,700 countPortugal9,616,700Egypt: 7,966,949 countEgypt7,966,949Denmark: 7,556,005 countDenmark7,556,005Hungary: 6,972,873 countHungary6,972,873United Kingdom: 6,287,000 countUnited Kingdom6,287,000Czechia: 3,767,826 countCzechia3,767,826Morocco: 3,721,702 countMorocco3,721,702Saudi Arabia: 3,477,216 countSaudi Arabia3,477,216Canada: 3,062,244 countCanada3,062,244South Africa: 2,256,000 countSouth Africa2,256,000Slovakia: 1,725,216 countSlovakia1,725,216Indonesia: 1,546,333 countIndonesia1,546,333Costa Rica: 1,347,055 countCosta Rica1,347,055Malta: 968,136 countMalta968,136Lithuania: 947,600 countLithuania947,600Estonia: 808,203 countEstonia808,203Brazil: 745,871 countBrazil745,871Iceland: 698,070 countIceland698,070Thailand: 510,767 countThailand510,767Latvia: 477,648 countLatvia477,648Peru: 444,331 countPeru444,331Israel: 396,500 countIsrael396,500Argentina: 297,477 countArgentina297,477New Zealand: 204,882 countNew Zealand204,882Chile: 190,022 countChile190,022
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.

Full ranking

RankCountries2021
count		Change on 2020
1France48,395,210+16.1%
2Mexico31,860,392+31.2%
3Spain31,180,802+64.7%
4Türkiye29,925,441+88.3%
5Italy26,888,009+6.7%
6United States22,280,100+16%
7Sweden10,259,767n/a
8Poland9,722,000+15.5%
9Portugal9,616,700+48.4%
10Egypt7,966,949+120.2%
11Denmark7,556,005+20.7%
12Hungary6,972,873+5.3%
13United Kingdom6,287,000n/a
14Czechia Provisional3,767,826-3.9%
15Morocco3,721,702+34%
16Saudi Arabia3,477,216-16%
17Canada3,062,244+3.5%
18South Africa2,256,000-19.5%
19Slovakia1,725,216-21%
20Indonesia1,546,333-61.2%
21Costa Rica1,347,055+33.1%
22Malta968,136+47%
23Lithuania947,600+1.2%
24Estonia808,203-21%
25Brazil745,871-65.3%
26Iceland698,070+42.5%
27Thailand510,767-92.4%
28Latvia477,648-24.9%
29Peru444,331-50.4%
30Israel396,500-52.3%
31Argentina297,477-85.8%
32New Zealand204,882-78.4%
33Chile190,022-83.1%

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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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 2 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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) (Countries by international tourist arrivals, 2021) [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), Countries by international tourist arrivals, 2021. 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/rankings/international-tourists/countries?period=2021. 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). Countries by international tourist arrivals, 2021. 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/rankings/international-tourists/countries?period=2021.

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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), Countries by international tourist arrivals, 2021 [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/rankings/international-tourists/countries?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which country has the highest international tourist arrivals?

France, with 48.4 million in 2021, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Which country has the lowest international tourist arrivals?

Chile, with 190,022 in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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 2026-10-12. 2 countries have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.

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