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Employment in tourism-related industries per 1,000 people by country

Number of people working in tourism-related industries per 1,000 people in the country's population.

Countries reporting
78
Highest
293 persons per 1,000 people
Monaco
Lowest
0.0272 persons per 1,000 people
Cameroon
Median
31.21 persons per 1,000 people
Years covered
16
2008–2023
Data points
972

What the numbers show

Employment in tourism-related industries per 1,000 people is currently reported for 78 countries. The highest value is 293 persons per 1,000 people in Monaco; the lowest is 0.0272 persons per 1,000 people in Cameroon.

The median across all reporting countries is 31.21 persons per 1,000 people, and the mean is 41.85 persons per 1,000 people.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10,774.

Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Botswana (up 158.1%), and the largest decrease in Cameroon (down 98.2%).

Employment in tourism-related industries per 1,000 people: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Monaco 293 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 6.0% flat
2 Macau, China 178.31 persons per 1,000 people 2023 down 28.1% falling
3 Maldives 155.91 persons per 1,000 people 2022 up 31.2% volatile
4 Malaysia 103.99 persons per 1,000 people 2022 up 20.2% rising
5 Malta 89.74 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 41.3% rising
6 Guam 75.89 persons per 1,000 people 2021 down 7.9% flat
7 Peru 74.06 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 10.4% rising
8 Bahrain 73.73 persons per 1,000 people 2022 up 71.3% rising
9 Dominican Republic 69.14 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 10.3% rising
10 Seychelles 68.16 persons per 1,000 people 2020 down 40.4% falling
11 Fiji 68.07 persons per 1,000 people 2019 up 145.2% rising
12 Portugal 62.43 persons per 1,000 people 2022 up 56.1% rising
13 New Zealand 61.38 persons per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.0% falling
14 Luxembourg 59.81 persons per 1,000 people 2021 up 103.2% rising
15 Spain 57.64 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 29.7% rising
16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 56.15 persons per 1,000 people 2021 up 13.7% rising
17 Greece 55.28 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 45.3% rising
18 Australia 54.5 persons per 1,000 people 2021 down 2.8% flat
19 Philippines 54.09 persons per 1,000 people 2023 down 5.9% flat
20 Ecuador 52.6 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 22.7% rising
21 Canada 51.52 persons per 1,000 people 2023 — flat
22 Austria 47.65 persons per 1,000 people 2023 down 2.8% falling
23 Latvia 44.52 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 5.7% rising
24 Brunei Darussalam 43.31 persons per 1,000 people 2022 up 29.0% rising
25 Japan 42.98 persons per 1,000 people 2021 up 0.8% rising
26 Costa Rica 42.53 persons per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.4% falling
27 Cyprus 40.22 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 21.3% flat
28 Croatia 40.03 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 10.9% rising
29 Brazil 38.8 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 21.6% rising
30 Italy 38.56 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 19.5% rising
31 Bulgaria 38.27 persons per 1,000 people 2022 up 7.7% rising
32 Hungary 37.87 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 19.9% rising
33 Viet Nam 37.32 persons per 1,000 people 2022 up 7.6% rising
34 Uruguay 36.69 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 9.8% rising
35 Denmark 36.38 persons per 1,000 people 2022 up 27.3% rising
36 Israel 35.31 persons per 1,000 people 2022 down 1.5% falling
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina 35.04 persons per 1,000 people 2022 up 125.5% rising
38 Georgia 31.95 persons per 1,000 people 2022 up 14.0% rising
39 Chile 31.54 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 32.5% rising
40 Slovenia 30.87 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 18.3% rising
41 Armenia 30.71 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 31.5% rising
42 Belgium 30.38 persons per 1,000 people 2022 up 8.0% rising
43 Albania 30.36 persons per 1,000 people 2022 up 71.0% rising
44 Saudi Arabia 27.82 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 68.1% rising
45 Bhutan 27.07 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 13.7% volatile
46 Türkiye 27.02 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 22.3% rising
47 France 26.58 persons per 1,000 people 2022 down 10.2% flat
48 Serbia 26.36 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 39.7% rising
49 Honduras 26.2 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 14.4% rising
50 Myanmar 26.06 persons per 1,000 people 2020 up 53.0% rising
51 Tunisia 26.01 persons per 1,000 people 2023 — rising
52 Slovakia 25.79 persons per 1,000 people 2021 up 17.8% rising
53 Bangladesh 25.75 persons per 1,000 people 2022 up 76.7% rising
54 Finland 25.25 persons per 1,000 people 2022 up 0.1% flat
55 Poland 24.88 persons per 1,000 people 2023 down 1.0% rising
56 Barbados 23.97 persons per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.2% falling
57 Romania 23.46 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 6.1% rising
58 Sweden 22.8 persons per 1,000 people 2021 down 16.8% falling
59 Mauritius 22 persons per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.5% flat
60 Mexico 21.89 persons per 1,000 people 2022 up 2.4% falling
61 Botswana 21.56 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 158.1% rising
62 India 19.16 persons per 1,000 people 2022 up 43.9% rising
63 Pakistan 18.33 persons per 1,000 people 2021 up 38.6% rising
64 Lithuania 16.71 persons per 1,000 people 2022 up 24.4% rising
65 Switzerland 15.1 persons per 1,000 people 2022 down 4.1% falling
66 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 14.72 persons per 1,000 people 2022 up 54.4% rising
67 North Macedonia 14.6 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 22.6% rising
68 Czechia 14.49 persons per 1,000 people 2022 down 6.6% falling
69 Argentina 12.43 persons per 1,000 people 2023 down 44.7% falling
70 Republic of Moldova 9.78 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 5.2% falling
71 South Africa 9.47 persons per 1,000 people 2022 down 4.1% falling
72 Algeria 7.39 persons per 1,000 people 2019 up 32.5% rising
73 Micronesia, Federated States of 7.22 persons per 1,000 people 2018 down 7.4% falling
74 Uzbekistan 6.89 persons per 1,000 people 2023 up 3.2% rising
75 Mali 4.51 persons per 1,000 people 2020 down 14.0% flat
76 Hong Kong, China 3.96 persons per 1,000 people 2022 down 88.6% falling
77 Mozambique 2.26 persons per 1,000 people 2016 up 60.4% rising
78 Cameroon 0.0272 persons per 1,000 people 2021 down 98.2% falling

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Indicator
Employment in tourism-related industries per 1,000 people
Unit
persons per 1,000 people
Source
UN Tourism (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
78 places, 972 data points, 2008–2023
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Number of people working in tourism-related industries per 1,000 people in the country's population.