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Rankings

GET/v1/rank

Every reporting country ranked on one measure for one period.

Developer plan and upKey requiredJSON or CSVCached until the next release
Parameters
NameTypeDescription
measurerequiredstring
query
arrivals, nights, spend, departures, occupancy or capacity
e.g. arrivals
periodoptionalperiod
query
One period; defaults to the latest finished one
e.g. 2026-08
limitoptionalinteger
query
Rows per page, 1 to 1000
e.g. 100
Request
# Countries ranked on any measure and period
curl "https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/rank?measure=arrivals&period=2026-08" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TOURISM_API_KEY"
Ready
Example response
{
    "meta": {
        "request_id": "req_9c3babe112",
        "data_as_of": "2026-11-07T04:51:46Z",
        "count": 50,
        "measure": "arrivals",
        "period": "2026-08",
        "note": "Each country's own headline series; units can differ (arrivals at hotels, at the border, or visitors)."
    },
    "data": [
        {
            "rank": 1,
            "country": "FR",
            "name": "France",
            "series": "sr_fea62wdk",
            "unit": "Number",
            "period": "2026-08",
            "value": 26741423,
            "year_before": 27088143,
            "yoy_pct": -1.3
        },
        {
            "rank": 2,
            "country": "IT",
            "name": "Italy",
            "series": "sr_wcgzphp5",
            "unit": "Number",
            "period": "2026-08",
            "value": 22358898,
            "year_before": 22281550,
            "yoy_pct": 0.3
        },
        {
            "rank": 3,
            "country": "DE",
            "name": "Germany",
            "series": "sr_wjq538vh",
            "unit": "Number",
            "period": "2026-08",
            "value": 20158287,
            "year_before": 20207897,
            "yoy_pct": -0.2
        }
    ]
}
Response fields
FieldTypeExample
ranknumber1
countrystringFR
namestringFrance
seriesstringsr_fea62wdk
unitstringNumber
periodstring2026-08
valuenumber26741423
year_beforenumber27088143
yoy_pctnumber-1.3