Who travels abroad?
How many people actually travel abroad each year?
In 2024, the share of residents taking at least one overnight trip abroad for personal purposes varied substantially:
- Luxembourg: 82.5%
- Switzerland: 80.2%
- Norway: 69.5%
- Germany: 61.0%
- France: 29.5%
- Spain: 27.1%
- Italy: 13.2%
Across the EU, the figure was approximately 34.8%.
How to read it
These percentages count people, not journeys. Someone travelling abroad ten times is counted once.
International travel also depends on geography: crossing a border means something different in Luxembourg than in a large country with extensive domestic destinations.
About the data
The map covers 29 countries. Figures refer to residents aged 15+, exclude business travel and same-day visits, and combine people travelling only abroad with those travelling both domestically and abroad.
Cyprus is estimated; one Swedish component carries a low-reliability flag.
The figures from the chart
| Country | Share of residents |
|---|---|
| Luxembourg | 82.5% |
| Switzerland | 80.2% |
| Norway | 69.5% |
| Ireland | 67.8% |
| Netherlands | 67.3% |
| Austria | 61.7% |
| Germany | 61.0% |
| Belgium | 60.6% |
| Sweden† | 55.5% |
| Slovenia | 53.0% |
| Malta | 49.2% |
| Finland | 46.4% |
| Cyprus* | 45.8% |
| Czechia | 45.8% |
| Latvia | 43.0% |
| Estonia | 40.5% |
| Slovakia | 38.6% |
| Denmark | 36.2% |
| France | 29.5% |
| Spain | 27.1% |
| Lithuania | 27.0% |
| Croatia | 24.4% |
| Hungary | 24.2% |
| Poland | 22.3% |
| Portugal | 16.5% |
| Italy | 13.2% |
| Greece | 8.7% |
| Bulgaria | 7.8% |
| Romania | 3.0% |
* Cyprus: estimated. † Sweden: low reliability in one component.
Countries in this post
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