In 2023, the median* percentage of foreign cosmetic surgery patients was highest in Columbia at 30 percent. The average share of foreign patients attending from other countries is even higher for Columbia. This statistic portrays data on medical tourism in the cosmetic surgery industry worldwide.
Median percentage of cosmetic surgery patients attending from other countries in 2023, by country
Survey of physicians who are board-certified (or national equivalent) plastic surgeons
Supplementary notes
*It is important to look at the median rather than the average share of cosmetic surgery tourism because plastic surgeons surveyed (and their clinics) could be overly international and therefore have more international patients than others in the same country.
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ISAPS. (June 3, 2024). Median percentage of cosmetic surgery patients attending from other countries in 2023, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1450254/cosmetic-surgery-medical-tourism-worldwide/
ISAPS. "Median percentage of cosmetic surgery patients attending from other countries in 2023, by country." Chart. June 3, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1450254/cosmetic-surgery-medical-tourism-worldwide/
ISAPS. (2024). Median percentage of cosmetic surgery patients attending from other countries in 2023, by country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1450254/cosmetic-surgery-medical-tourism-worldwide/
ISAPS. "Median Percentage of Cosmetic Surgery Patients Attending from Other Countries in 2023, by Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Jun 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1450254/cosmetic-surgery-medical-tourism-worldwide/
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