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EU countries by tourism direct share of GDP

Croatia had the highest tourism direct share of GDP of 13 EU countries in 2019, at 11.8% of GDP. Luxembourg had the lowest, at 1.2% of GDP. The median was 3% of GDP. Source: the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

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Highest11.8Croatia
Lowest1.2Luxembourg
Median313 EU countries

Map of EU countries, 2019

Austria: 4.4 % of GDPBelgium: 1.7 % of GDPCzechia: 2.9 % of GDPDenmark: 2.1 % of GDPFrance: 4.1 % of GDPCroatia: 11.8 % of GDPHungary: 4 % of GDPIreland: 4.4 % of GDPLuxembourg: 1.2 % of GDPRomania: 3 % of GDPSweden: 2.9 % of GDPSlovenia: 5.4 % of GDPSlovakia: 2.8 % of GDP
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% of GDP, 2019. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: OECD, OECD Key tourism economic indicators: tourism direct GDP, percentage of GDP (DSD_TOURISM_KEY@DF_KEY_IND_PC, GDP_SH). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2019

Croatia: 11.8 % of GDPCroatia11.8Slovenia: 5.4 % of GDPSlovenia5.4Austria: 4.4 % of GDPAustria4.4Ireland: 4.4 % of GDPIreland4.4France: 4.1 % of GDPFrance4.1Hungary: 4 % of GDPHungary4Romania: 3 % of GDPRomania3Czechia: 2.9 % of GDPCzechia2.9Sweden: 2.9 % of GDPSweden2.9Slovakia: 2.8 % of GDPSlovakia2.8Denmark: 2.1 % of GDPDenmark2.1Belgium: 1.7 % of GDPBelgium1.7Luxembourg: 1.2 % of GDPLuxembourg1.2Croatia: 11.8 % of GDPCroatia11.8Slovenia: 5.4 % of GDPSlovenia5.4Austria: 4.4 % of GDPAustria4.4Ireland: 4.4 % of GDPIreland4.4France: 4.1 % of GDPFrance4.1Hungary: 4 % of GDPHungary4Romania: 3 % of GDPRomania3Czechia: 2.9 % of GDPCzechia2.9Sweden: 2.9 % of GDPSweden2.9Slovakia: 2.8 % of GDPSlovakia2.8Denmark: 2.1 % of GDPDenmark2.1Belgium: 1.7 % of GDPBelgium1.7Luxembourg: 1.2 % of GDPLuxembourg1.2
% of GDP. Source: OECD, OECD Key tourism economic indicators: tourism direct GDP, percentage of GDP (DSD_TOURISM_KEY@DF_KEY_IND_PC, GDP_SH). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2019
% of GDP		Change on 2018
1Croatia11.8n/a
2Slovenia5.4n/a
3Austria4.40 pts
3Ireland4.4n/a
5France4.1n/a
6Hungary4+0.2 pts
7Romania3+0.1 pts
8Czechia2.90 pts
8Sweden2.9+0.3 pts
10Slovakia2.8+0.1 pts
11Denmark2.1n/a
12Belgium1.7n/a
13Luxembourg1.2-0.1 pts

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Tourism direct GDP as a percentage of GDP: the part of GDP generated by industries in direct contact with visitors (hotels, restaurants, transport, travel agencies and others) as they serve visitors, measured with the country's tourism satellite account and reported to the OECD.

Value added by suppliers of the industries serving visitors is not included, so national headline figures that count it are higher: INE puts tourism at 12.6% of Spain's GDP in 2024, measured through all tourism final demand, while the direct share here is 6.0% for 2023. Spain's values before 2020 and France's before 2019 measured something else (the total contribution and tourism consumption) and are not served. Countries compile their accounts in different years, and Austria's series falls by a point in 2018 without a break flag.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. 6 EU countries with data in other periods have no value for 2019 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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OECD. OECD Key tourism economic indicators: tourism direct GDP, percentage of GDP (DSD_TOURISM_KEY@DF_KEY_IND_PC, GDP_SH). https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_TOURISM_KEY%40DF_KEY_IND_PC&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 Key tourism economic indicators: tourism direct GDP, percentage of GDP (DSD_TOURISM_KEY@DF_KEY_IND_PC, GDP_SH) (EU countries by tourism direct share of GDP, 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_TOURISM_KEY%40DF_KEY_IND_PC&df[ag]=OECD.CFE.TOU

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OECD Key tourism economic indicators: tourism direct GDP, percentage of GDP (DSD_TOURISM_KEY@DF_KEY_IND_PC, GDP_SH), EU countries by tourism direct share of GDP, 2019. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 12 Oct. 2026, https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_TOURISM_KEY%40DF_KEY_IND_PC&df[ag]=OECD.CFE.TOU. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/tourism-share-of-gdp/eu-countries?period=2019. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which EU country has the highest tourism direct share of GDP?

Croatia, with 11.8% of GDP in 2019, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Which EU country has the lowest tourism direct share of GDP?

Luxembourg, with 1.2% of GDP in 2019.

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 Key tourism economic indicators: tourism direct GDP, percentage of GDP (DSD_TOURISM_KEY@DF_KEY_IND_PC, GDP_SH). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 6 EU countries have no value for 2019 and are not ranked.

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