Tourism Indicator
Tourism Employment Share
Share of national employment directly supported by tourism.
Countries Ranked
25
Latest Displayed Year
2025
Category
Tourism Statistics
Unit
Reported value
At a Glance
Understanding tourism employment share
- • This indicator belongs to the Tourism Statistics category.
- • Values are presented in reported value.
- • Rankings use the best verified or published record currently available for each country.
- • Reporting years and official datasets may differ between countries.
Definition
What does this indicator measure?
Share of national employment directly supported by tourism.
Significance
Why does it matter?
This indicator helps explain differences in tourism demand, activity, capacity, or economic performance between destinations. It is most useful when interpreted alongside related tourism indicators and the reporting context for each country.
Interpretation
How should it be interpreted?
Higher or lower values do not automatically indicate better tourism performance. Country size, reporting year, source coverage, measurement methods, and destination strategy may all affect the result.
Global Ranking
Countries ranked by tourism employment share
Only verified or published records with usable values are included. Reporting years and source datasets may differ between countries.
Malta
OECD · OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
Iceland
OECD · OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
Greece
OECD · OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
Spain
OECD · OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
Philippines
OECD · OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
Portugal
OECD · OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
Ireland
OECD · OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
Hungary
OECD · OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
Japan
OECD · OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
Latvia
OECD · OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
Italy
OECD · OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
Indonesia
OECD · OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
Luxembourg
OECD · OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
Costa Rica
OECD · OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
France
OECD · OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
Slovenia
OECD · OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
Mexico
OECD · OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
Belgium
OECD · OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
Croatia
OECD · OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
Slovak Republic
OECD · OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
Serbia
OECD · OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
Chile
OECD · OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
New Zealand
OECD · OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
Norway
OECD · OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
South Africa
OECD · OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
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Malta
19.1% · 2024
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Iceland
15.8% · 2024
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Greece
14.4% · 2024
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Spain
13.4% · 2025
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Philippines
12.8% · 2016
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Portugal
12.1% · 2023
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Methodology & Data Notes
Transparent by design
TCTI rankings use the best currently available verified or published observation for each country.
The selected records may come from different reporting years or official datasets, so this ranking should not be treated as a perfectly synchronized comparison for one universal year.
The most frequently represented source in this ranking is OECD. Individual country records may use other official sources.
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