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Benchmark

GET/v1/stats/benchmark

A country's yearly total indexed to 2019 = 100, beside the average of the other countries in its region (or a peer list you choose). 45 countries.

Analyst plan and upKey requiredJSON or CSVCached until the next release
Parameters
NameTypeDescription
countryrequiredstring
query
ISO code of a country that carries this statistic (listed at /v1/countries/{iso})
e.g. JP
peersoptionalregion | list
query
The region (default) or your own comma-separated list of ISO codes
e.g. region
Request
# A country against its region, on one index
curl "https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/stats/benchmark?country=JP" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TOURISM_API_KEY"
Ready
Example response
{
    "meta": {
        "request_id": "req_c5f566d177",
        "data_as_of": "2026-10-20T04:48:18Z",
        "count": 11,
        "country": "JP",
        "method": {
            "region": "East Asia & Pacific",
            "peers": [
                "AU",
                "KH",
                "KR",
                "LA",
                "NC",
                "NZ",
                "PH",
                "SG",
                "VN",
                "VU"
            ],
            "basis": "2019 = 100, whole years only"
        }
    },
    "data": [
        {
            "year": "2015",
            "country": 61.9,
            "region": 74.9
        },
        {
            "year": "2016",
            "country": 75.4,
            "region": 84.2
        },
        {
            "year": "2017",
            "country": 90,
            "region": 86.3
        }
    ]
}
Response fields
FieldTypeExample
yearstring2015
countrynumber61.9
regionnumber74.9