This statistic presents the percentage distribution of non-EU tourists who made tax free purchases in Spain in 2018, by nationality. That year, tourists from China who made tax free purchases accounted for almost 15 percent of the total, which represented the highest figure of the study for a single nationality, followed by tourist from Argentina with 13.5 percent of the total purchases and Russians with 7.8 percent.
Percentage distribution of non-EU tourists who made tax free purchases in Spain in 2018, by nationality
* Tourists who spend on tax free operations that have completed the entire process from issuance to settlement. The data comes from stores affiliated with Global Blue that in the reference period and the previous year had registered sales to tourists.
Transactions of less than 90.16 euros are excluded, in order to facilitate the comparability of the data. 90.16 euros is the former minimum purchase amount to receive the VAT refund, and it was eliminated in July 2018.
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ION Comunicación. (March 31, 2019). Percentage distribution of non-EU tourists who made tax free purchases in Spain in 2018, by nationality [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1183941/tax-free-purchases-of-non-eu-tourists-distributed-by-nationality-spain/
ION Comunicación. "Percentage distribution of non-EU tourists who made tax free purchases in Spain in 2018, by nationality." Chart. March 31, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1183941/tax-free-purchases-of-non-eu-tourists-distributed-by-nationality-spain/
ION Comunicación. (2019). Percentage distribution of non-EU tourists who made tax free purchases in Spain in 2018, by nationality. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1183941/tax-free-purchases-of-non-eu-tourists-distributed-by-nationality-spain/
ION Comunicación. "Percentage Distribution of Non-eu Tourists Who Made Tax Free Purchases in Spain in 2018, by Nationality." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1183941/tax-free-purchases-of-non-eu-tourists-distributed-by-nationality-spain/
ION Comunicación, Percentage distribution of non-EU tourists who made tax free purchases in Spain in 2018, by nationality Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1183941/tax-free-purchases-of-non-eu-tourists-distributed-by-nationality-spain/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Percentage distribution of non-EU tourists who made tax free purchases in Spain in 2018, by nationality [Graph], ION Comunicación, March 31, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1183941/tax-free-purchases-of-non-eu-tourists-distributed-by-nationality-spain/
