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Overseas Travel

June - August 2016

     
 Irish Residents' Trips Overseas   Trips to Ireland by Area of Residence
  Trips to Ireland Great Britain Other EuropeNorth America Other Areas
   
Jun - Aug '142,180,700 2,484,000 910,500883,700516,700173,100
Jun - Aug '152,316,700 2,787,700 1,025,200989,500589,900183,100
Jun - Aug '162,357,600 3,088,000 1,132,5001,096,200667,600191,700
Jan - Aug '144,452,700 5,200,700 2,120,5001,837,900915,500326,800
Jan - Aug '154,795,200 5,834,200 2,357,2002,077,0001,043,100356,800
Jan - Aug '165,030,200 6,552,800 2,673,6002,309,0001,203,600366,600

Trips to Ireland increased by 10.8% for the period June - August 2016

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In the period June - August 2016, the total number of trips to Ireland increased by 10.8% to 3,088,000 - an overall increase of 300,300 compared to the same period twelve months earlier.  See tables 1 and 2.

 

Trips by residents of Great Britain increased by 10.5% to 1,132,500 while trips by residents of European Countries other than Great Britain (Other Europe) increased by 10.8% to 1,096,200.  Trips by residents of North America to Ireland increased by 13.2% to 667,600 while trips to Ireland from Other Areas increased by 4.7% to 191,700. See tables 1 and 2.

 

The total number of overseas trips made by Irish residents during the period June – August 2016 increased by 1.8% to 2,357,600.  See tables 1 and 2.

 

The total number of trips (Irish residents’ trips overseas plus trips to Ireland) in the period June – August 2016 increased by 6.7% to 5,445,600 when compared with the same period twelve months earlier.  See tables 1 and 2.

 

In the eight months to the end of August 2016, the total number of trips to Ireland increased by 12.3% when compared with the same period in 2015.  Irish residents' trips overseas during the same period increased by 4.9%.  See tables 3 and 4.

  

Table 1 Overseas Trips for the period June - August, 2013 - 2016
        Trips to Ireland by Area of Residence
    Irish Residents' Trips Overseas       
     Trips to Ireland Great Britain Other EuropeNorth America Other Areas
Period All Trips   
Jun - Aug 2013 4,404,000 2,139,200 2,264,800 879,500794,700437,900152,700
            
Jun - Aug 2014 4,664,700 2,180,700 2,484,000 910,500883,700516,700173,100
            
Jun - Aug 2015 5,104,400 2,316,700 2,787,700 1,025,200989,500589,900183,100
            
Jun - Aug 2016 5,445,600 2,357,600 3,088,000 1,132,5001,096,200667,600191,700
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Table 2 Annual Change in Overseas Trips for the period June - August, 2014 - 2016
        Trips to Ireland by Area of Residence
    Irish Residents' Trips Overseas       
     Trips to Ireland Great Britain Other EuropeNorth America Other Areas
Period All Trips   
Change versus corresponding period of previous year (number)
Jun - Aug 2014 260,700 41,500 219,200 31,00089,00078,80020,400
            
Jun - Aug 2015 439,700 136,000 303,700 114,700105,80073,20010,000
            
Jun - Aug 2016 341,200 40,900 300,300 107,300106,70077,7008,600
            
Change versus corresponding period of previous year (%)
Jun - Aug 2014 5.9 1.9 9.7 3.511.218.013.4
            
Jun - Aug 2015 9.4 6.2 12.2 12.612.014.25.8
            
Jun - Aug 2016 6.7 1.8 10.8 10.510.813.24.7
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Table 3 Overseas Trips for the period January - August, 2013 - 2016
       Trips to Ireland by Area of Residence
   Irish Residents' Trips Overseas       
    Trips to Ireland Great Britain Other EuropeNorth America Other Areas
YearAll Trips   
20139,157,300 4,403,900 4,753,300 1,949,4001,712,000807,000284,900
           
20149,653,300 4,452,700 5,200,700 2,120,5001,837,900915,500326,800
           
201510,629,400 4,795,200 5,834,200 2,357,2002,077,0001,043,100356,800
           
201611,583,100 5,030,200 6,552,800 2,673,6002,309,0001,203,600366,600
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Table 4 Annual Change in Overseas Trips for the period January - August, 2014 - 2016
       Trips to Ireland by Area of Residence
   Irish Residents' Trips Overseas       
    Trips to Ireland Great Britain Other EuropeNorth America Other Areas
YearAll Trips   
   Annual change in year to August total (number)
2014496,000 48,800 447,400 171,100125,900108,50041,900
           
2015976,100 342,500 633,500 236,700239,100127,60030,000
           
2016953,700 235,000 718,600 316,400232,000160,5009,800
           
   Annual change in year to August total (%)
20145.4 1.1 9.4 8.87.413.414.7
           
201510.1 7.7 12.2 11.213.013.99.2
           
20169.0 4.9 12.3 13.411.215.42.7
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Table 5 Overseas Trips to Ireland by Area of Residence for the period June - August, 2013 - 2016
  June - August
Area of Residence1 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total Overseas Trips to Ireland 2,264,800 2,484,000 2,787,700 3,088,000
         
Great Britain 879,500 910,500 1,025,200 1,132,500
Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg  79,500 83,700 91,600 118,100
France 136,900 164,300 170,100 182,500
Germany 169,100 193,200 218,100 222,600
Italy 77,400 95,200 114,500 132,300
Spain 95,700 106,400 120,800 135,700
Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark 63,400 58,500 67,000 63,100
Other Europe2 172,600 182,400 207,300 241,900
USA and Canada 437,900 516,700 589,900 667,600
Australia, New Zealand and Other Oceania2 66,700 73,200 74,100 75,600
Other Areas2 86,000 99,900 109,000 116,100
1Country estimates are subject to high levels of sample variation and therefore should be interpreted with caution. See Background Notes.
2See Background Notes for countries included.
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Table 6 Overseas Trips in each calendar quarter, 2008 - 2016
         Trips to Ireland by Area of Residence
     Irish Residents' Trips Overseas       
      Trips to Ireland Great Britain Other EuropeNorth America Other Areas
YearPeriod All Trips   
2008Quarter 1 3,304,700 1,762,500 1,542,200 849,500480,200155,90056,700
 Quarter 2 4,210,200 2,050,800 2,159,400 1,023,200729,000312,10095,200
 Quarter 3 4,900,700 2,428,300 2,472,400 1,148,900839,900357,200126,400
 Quarter 4 3,300,800 1,635,800 1,665,000 850,900561,200179,40073,500
 Total 15,716,400 7,877,400 7,839,000 3,872,4002,610,3001,004,600351,700
             
2009Quarter 1 2,941,900 1,539,800 1,402,200 722,400488,700142,20048,800
 Quarter 2 3,801,500 1,899,600 1,901,900 858,500658,200305,00080,300
 Quarter 3 4,314,400 2,137,100 2,177,300 956,100757,600356,400107,300
 Quarter 4 2,918,900 1,472,900 1,446,100 720,100477,800176,80071,500
 Total 13,976,900 7,049,300 6,927,500 3,257,0002,382,300980,400307,900
             
2010Quarter 1 2,523,900 1,439,200 1,084,800 526,600366,500137,30054,200
 Quarter 2 3,214,500 1,673,100 1,541,400 701,700500,500264,00075,200
 Quarter 3 4,133,800 2,137,200 1,996,600 852,600700,900332,800110,200
 Quarter 4 2,736,800 1,322,500 1,414,300 657,600477,300201,40078,100
 Total 12,609,100 6,572,000 6,037,100 2,738,5002,045,200935,600317,800
             
2011Quarter 1 2,445,200 1,266,400 1,178,800 550,700407,800154,70065,600
 Quarter 2 3,558,000 1,753,000 1,805,000 760,700647,500303,80092,900
 Quarter 3 4,114,100 1,962,400 2,151,700 911,600763,200352,400124,600
 Quarter 4 2,680,700 1,311,000 1,369,700 655,200464,700176,20073,600
 Total 12,798,000 6,292,800 6,505,200 2,878,1002,283,200987,100356,700
             
2012Quarter 1 2,399,900 1,234,800 1,165,100 562,400392,800144,70065,200
 Quarter 2 3,544,700 1,727,500 1,817,300 735,200672,400305,700104,000
 Quarter 3 4,099,900 2,003,200 2,096,700 830,200776,800365,200124,500
 Quarter 4 2,798,400 1,360,400 1,438,000 646,400505,400201,30085,000
 Total 12,842,900 6,325,800 6,517,200 2,774,2002,347,4001,016,900378,600
             
2013Quarter 1 2,460,600 1,208,900 1,251,700 570,200444,000168,80068,700
 Quarter 2 3,645,400 1,752,400 1,893,000 726,900705,200350,800110,100
 Quarter 3 4,293,500 2,032,600 2,261,000 904,700786,200415,000155,000
Quarter 42,909,400 1,329,300 1,580,100 727,100527,600223,500102,000
 Total 13,309,000 6,323,100 6,985,900 2,928,9002,463,0001,158,100435,900
             
2014Quarter 1 2,496,100 1,153,500 1,342,500 635,500447,400178,90080,700
 Quarter 23,917,400 1,790,800 2,126,600 837,700770,600395,600122,600
Quarter 3 4,552,000 2,111,700 2,440,400 922,600861,100490,000166,700
Quarter 4 3,153,400 1,458,500 1,694,900 768,100559,000264,100103,700
 Total 14,118,900 6,514,500 7,604,400 3,163,9002,638,1001,328,600473,800
2015Quarter 12,837,400 1,306,100 1,531,300 725,800526,000191,20088,300
Quarter 24,272,500 1,927,500 2,344,900 886,200850,900468,100139,700
Quarter 34,957,400 2,186,500 2,770,900 1,050,400987,000550,100183,400
Quarter 43,540,800 1,544,800 1,995,900 884,500679,400304,800127,200
 Total 15,608,000 6,965,000 8,643,100 3,546,9003,043,4001,514,200538,600
2016Quarter 1 3,262,400 1,477,700 1,784,700 851,400599,600238,20095,500
 Quarter 2 4,574,200 1,975,300 2,598,900 1,013,600928,500520,100136,700
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Table 7 Overseas Trips to Ireland by Area of Residence, 2015 - 2016
 2015 2015 2016
Area of Residence1  Quarter 1Quarter 2Quarter 3Quarter 4 Quarter 1Quarter 2
Total Overseas Trips to Ireland8,643,100 1,531,3002,344,9002,770,9001,995,900 1,784,7002,598,900
          
Great Britain3,546,900 725,800886,2001,050,400884,500 851,4001,013,600
Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg 326,000 60,80080,20095,80089,200 79,800100,800
France504,700 87,500159,600156,300101,200 97,500164,700
Germany629,300 86,300196,100213,800133,100 104,200192,300
Italy321,400 59,80080,700115,90065,100 61,60096,000
Spain343,200 62,90089,400122,00068,900 71,300100,100
Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark233,900 35,80068,50069,00060,600 44,60062,000
Other Europe2684,900 133,000176,500214,200161,200 140,500212,600
USA and Canada1,514,200 191,200468,100550,100304,800 238,200520,100
Australia, New Zealand and Other Oceania2207,600 31,10054,90075,70045,900 31,40051,100
Other Areas2331,000 57,30084,800107,70081,300 64,10085,500
1Country estimates are subject to high levels of sample variation and therefore should be interpreted with caution. See Background Notes.
2See Background Notes for countries included.
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Table 8 Overseas Trips in each calendar quarter - Seasonally Adjusted, 2008 - 2016
         Trips to Ireland by Area of Residence
     Irish Residents' Trips Overseas       
      Trips to Ireland Great Britain Other EuropeNorth America Other Areas
YearPeriod All Trips   
2008Quarter 1 4,091,100 2,070,500 1,995,600 1,016,500635,800264,70084,800
 Quarter 2 3,989,800 1,950,400 2,030,400 1,000,400665,300260,90090,900
 Quarter 3 3,855,600 1,941,700 1,896,500 928,900635,900245,40090,000
 Quarter 4 3,795,000 1,938,900 1,922,100 920,200679,700236,90083,500
 Total 15,731,500 7,901,500 7,844,600 3,866,0002,616,7001,007,900349,200
             
2009Quarter 1 3,797,000 1,862,800 1,890,700 899,000660,700243,10073,000
 Quarter 2 3,510,800 1,768,800 1,742,200 820,700594,100255,50075,300
 Quarter 3 3,378,700 1,704,100 1,673,200 782,300572,200245,20076,700
 Quarter 4 3,357,800 1,731,200 1,670,300 772,900575,300235,70081,900
 Total 14,044,300 7,066,900 6,976,400 3,274,9002,402,300979,500306,900
             
2010Quarter 1 3,237,500 1,733,300 1,439,700 651,100506,500236,00079,100
 Quarter 2 2,978,800 1,564,200 1,421,100 674,700449,500212,70070,100
 Quarter 3 3,226,100 1,696,500 1,544,700 699,800523,800229,50079,500
 Quarter 4 3,141,100 1,538,300 1,615,800 699,900573,300263,50089,500
 Total 12,583,500 6,532,300 6,021,300 2,725,5002,053,100941,700318,200
             
2011Quarter 1 3,241,400 1,596,700 1,603,600 684,200567,000266,90096,900
 Quarter 2 3,234,400 1,603,800 1,630,600 729,700571,100252,40087,300
 Quarter 3 3,200,200 1,553,900 1,666,600 752,500577,900242,40089,900
 Quarter 4 3,109,400 1,526,000 1,578,800 700,800563,600233,70083,900
 Total 12,785,400 6,280,400 6,479,600 2,867,2002,279,600995,400358,000
             
2012Quarter 1 3,198,900 1,556,400 1,591,400 700,200549,800248,20095,800
 Quarter 2 3,202,100 1,590,600 1,636,800 704,500587,000252,30099,300
 Quarter 3 3,198,500 1,586,100 1,630,600 687,400588,600254,00090,200
 Quarter 4 3,245,200 1,578,300 1,655,700 689,100610,100265,90096,300
 Total 12,844,700 6,311,400 6,514,500 2,781,2002,335,5001,020,400381,600
             
2013Quarter 1 3,204,700 1,520,400 1,657,500 685,800609,700290,40098,900
 Quarter 2 3,345,800 1,624,000 1,735,200 711,900619,600287,000105,400
 Quarter 3 3,357,800 1,604,700 1,762,600 750,300606,400286,900112,800
Quarter 43,367,700 1,549,700 1,809,200 769,400630,100294,300115,800
 Total 13,276,000 6,298,800 6,964,500 2,917,4002,465,8001,158,600432,900
             
2014Quarter 13,370,200 1,514,300 1,847,000 783,300631,600317,900118,300
 Quarter 23,495,500 1,617,200 1,890,100 797,200661,200315,800114,100
 Quarter 33,575,500 1,666,600 1,909,500 774,500665,500339,400120,200
 Quarter 43,640,700 1,689,900 1,943,700 814,300676,900347,200117,600
 Total 14,081,900 6,488,000 7,590,300 3,169,3002,635,2001,320,300470,200
2015Quarter 13,754,700 1,684,300 2,056,400 881,800720,800340,500127,700
Quarter 23,863,200 1,774,600 2,109,800 843,200736,900376,900135,000
Quarter 33,910,000 1,723,800 2,174,700 887,900773,600381,700133,200
Quarter 44,073,800 1,782,300 2,299,700 941,500809,200404,200142,500
 Total 15,601,700 6,965,000 8,640,600 3,554,4003,040,5001,503,300538,400
2016Quarter 1 4,231,100 1,876,800 2,377,900 1,010,900812,400415,700136,600
 Quarter 2 4,202,200 1,829,400 2,376,900 990,900813,100419,100131,900
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Table 9 Overseas Trips to Ireland by Area of Residence for the years, 2010 - 2015
Area of Residence12010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Total Overseas Trips to Ireland6,037,100 6,505,200 6,517,200 6,985,900 7,604,4008,643,100
           
Great Britain2,738,500 2,878,100 2,774,200 2,928,900 3,163,9003,546,900
France342,500 401,500 396,300 433,700 455,700504,700
Germany377,300 422,900 448,200 482,900 557,200629,300
Italy221,800 220,100 251,700 234,000 257,800321,400
Spain221,300 244,900 253,100 263,000 290,900343,200
Belgium67,000 87,100 86,700 100,400 106,000129,400
Netherlands122,700 138,500 143,000 155,000 158,400183,600
Norway46,500 54,200 51,200 52,700 53,60062,100
Sweden54,500 60,000 74,600 75,900 64,40067,200
Denmark44,400 48,200 44,200 53,200 59,30070,200
Austria42,700 46,200 49,000 54,000 59,20057,000
Poland171,100 170,600 168,900 159,700 149,500172,200
Switzerland55,400 71,400 80,900 76,700 88,900111,400
Other Europe2278,100 317,500 299,600 321,900 337,400391,600
USA 848,300 888,600 904,200 1,035,500 1,169,1001,323,400
Canada87,200 98,500 112,700 122,500 159,500190,700
Australia, New Zealand and Other Oceania2135,300 141,100 155,700 187,700 190,000207,600
Africa236,300 38,600 41,100 39,000 44,70043,600
Central, South and Other Americas235,200 49,500 48,800 55,200 64,50067,500
Asia and Middle East2111,000 127,500 133,000 154,000 174,700 220,000
1Country estimates are subject to high levels of sample variation and therefore should be interpreted with caution. See Background Notes.
2See Background Notes for countries included.
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Background Notes

 

Periodicity

Monthly - rolling three month release.

Scope

Overseas Travel.

Coverage

This release covers Overseas Travel into and out of the Republic of Ireland, however travel by residents of Northern Ireland into or out of the Republic of Ireland or domestic travel within the Republic of Ireland is excluded.

Data Collection

Data from the Country of Residence Survey (CRS) is used in this release.  This survey is conducted at Dublin, Cork, Shannon, Knock and Kerry airports and Rosslare, Ringaskiddy and Dublin seaports.  Residency data is collected from passengers by a Central Statistics Office (CSO) interviewer.  Surveys are also conducted on behalf of the CSO at Holyhead Port by the UK's Office of National Statistics.

Sample Design

A sample of flights and sailings is selected to facilitate proper representation of airport/seaport pairings, day, night, week day and weekend flights/sailings.

On the selected flights/sailings for the CRS, a 1 in 5 (20%) systematic sample of passengers is selected and their country of residence is recorded.

Sample results are grossed to total passenger numbers travelling for each airport or seaport pairing, as provided by the airports and ferry companies.

Where there is no survey coverage in a period for an airport/seaport pairing, results are imputed using the 'nearest neighbour' imputation methodology.

Sample Size

The sample size for the Overseas Travel release in respect of the three month period June - August 2016 was over 147,500 passengers.

Seasonal Adjustment

Seasonally adjusted quarterly data is available in Table 8.  Trip numbers are subject to a high degree of seasonality.  These seasonal fluctuations do not affect annual comparisons but they do affect monthly or quarterly comparisons.  Typically trips are at their highest during the summer months, although there are also clear peaks around Christmas and Easter.  To facilitate interpretation of underlying trends, trip numbers are adjusted to remove these seasonal trends.  Seasonal adjustment is conducted using the direct seasonal adjustment approach.  Under this approach each individual series is independently adjusted each month, e.g. aggregate series are adjusted without reference to the component series.  Seasonal adjustment models are developed for each series based on unadjusted data from January 2000 to the current period.  These models are then applied to the entire series.  Seasonal factors are updated each quarter. 

The adjustments are completed by applying the X-12-ARIMA model, developed by the U.S. Census Bureau to the unadjusted data.  This methodology estimates seasonal factors while also taking into consideration factors that impact on the quality of the seasonal adjustment such as:

  • Calendar effects, e.g. the timing of Easter (see definition (5)).
  • Outliers, temporary changes and level shifts in the series.

Rounding

Individual figures have been rounded independently and the sum of the component items may therefore not necessarily add to the totals shown.

Reliability of Results 

Estimation of survey results using the above sampling design introduces a statistical variability which would not be present if all passengers from every flight/sailing had been sampled.  This means that the survey results are best estimates based on the information collected for the sample.

This variability is expressed by the standard error calculation.  The standard error gives the relative size of the 'sampling error' (variability) present in an estimate compared with the estimate itself.  In general, estimates can be said to have a relative precision of twice their standard error.

The effect of sampling error is greater for small estimates and may, in particular, make it more difficult to compare figures for different time periods.  Standard error estimates in respect of the major Area of Residence categories for Quarter 1 2016 to Quarter 2 2016 calendar quarters are presented in the following tables.

                                                                            

 

 

 

Overseas Trips to Ireland by Area of Residence             

 

Q1 2016

Irish Residents' Trips OverseasGreat BritainOther EuropeNorth AmericaOther Areas
Total Trips 1,477,658 851,374 599,582 238,245 95,516
Standard Error 5,295 3,937 3,662 2,453 1,660

Standard Error as % of estimate

 0.36 0.46 0.61 1.03 1.74

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overseas Trips to Ireland by Area of Residence             

 

Q2 2016

Irish Residents' Trips OverseasGreat BritainOther EuropeNorth AmericaOther Areas
Total Trips 1,975,304 1,013,618 928,501 520,137 136,666
Standard Error 6,502 4,714 4,585 3,763 2,130

Standard Error as % of estimate

 0.33 0.47 0.49 0.72 1.56

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In general, the more detailed the classification provided the greater the standard error of the estimates.  In the derivation of the results, the assumption was made that non-respondents had similar characteristics and activity levels to those respondents in the same stratification cell.  This assumption, which is usual in surveys such as this, may introduce some slight bias into the results.  Moreover, although every effort was made to ensure that the information collected is correct, it is possible that some minor non-sampling errors remain undetected.

Airport Pairings

The CSO "Airport Pairings" database contains information on every direct flight in and out of the nine Irish airports on a monthly basis.  August 2016 passenger figures will be added to the database from early November 2016.  For details please go to http://cso.ie/shorturl.aspx/15

Definitions

(1) Trips

The data presented in this report is in terms of trip numbers.  A trip is defined as a journey (usually including the return) from one place to another.

(2) Visitor

The definition of Visitor used in these surveys is based on that agreed with Eurostat, the European Statistical Office.  A Visitor is defined as 'any person travelling to a place other than that of his/her usual environment for less than twelve months and whose main purpose is other than the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited'.  However, as the CRS does not establish the reason for an individual's trip or length of stay, those travelling for reason of remuneration or for more than one year to a country cannot be excluded.  Therefore, trips may include those travelling for paid work.  Commercial Drivers travelling on sea routes are excluded.

(3) Country of Residence

Country of Residence is defined as the country in which the person has resided during the past year.

(4) Transit/Transfer Passengers

Transit passengers are defined as those who make a stop at an airport without any particular purpose other than being en route to another destination.  These passengers generally do not disembark from their aircraft and are not covered by the Country of Residence Survey.

Transfer passengers or 'connecting passengers' are also defined as those who make a stop at an airport without any particular purpose other than being en route to another destination.  However, unlike transits, transfer passengers disembark the aircraft and pass through the airport en route to their connecting flight. Such passengers are included in the estimates of trips for Overseas Travel release and are treated in the same manner as same-day visits. They are surveyed for the Country of Residence Survey.

(5) Timing of Easter

Easter falls each year on a Sunday between March 22nd and April 25th, inclusively.  In 2016 Easter Sunday fell on March 27th, while in 2015 it fell on April 5th.  Trip numbers each year are greatly influenced by when Easter falls.

Dates for Easter Sunday

2016 – 27th March

2015 – 5th April

2014 – 20th April

2013 – 31st March

2012 - 8th April

2011 - 24th April

 

Other Europe

Tables 1-4, 6 and 8

Includes the following countries:

  
Aland Islands Gibraltar Netherlands 
Albania Greece Norway
Andorra Guernsey Poland
Austria Hungary Portugal
Belarus Iceland Romania
Belgium Isle of Man Russian Federation
Bosnia and Herzegovina Italy San Marino
Bulgaria Jersey Serbia
Croatia Latvia Slovakia
Cyprus Liechtenstein Slovenia
Czech Republic Lithuania Spain
Denmark Luxembourg Sweden
Estonia Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Switzerland
Faroe Islands Malta Turkey
Finland Moldova, Republic of Ukraine
France Monaco  Vatican City
Germany Montenegro  

 

 

North America

Tables 1-4, 6 and 8

Includes the following countries:

Canada
United States

 

Other Areas

Tables 1-4, 6 and 8

Includes the following countries:

Africa (see below for breakdown of countries)
Australia, New Zealand and Other Oceania  (see below for breakdown of countries)
Central, South and Other Americas  (see below for breakdown of countries)
Eastern Asia, Middle East and Other Asia  (see below for breakdown of countries)

 

Other Europe

Tables 5 and 7

Includes the following countries:

  
Aland Islands Greece Montenegro
Albania Guernsey Poland
Andorra Hungary Portugal
Austria Iceland Romania
Belarus Isle of Man Russian Federation
Bosnia and Herzegovina Jersey San Marino
Bulgaria Latvia Serbia
Croatia Liechtenstein Slovakia
Cyprus Lithuania Slovenia
Czech Republic Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Switzerland
Estonia Malta Turkey
Faroe Islands Moldova, Republic of Ukraine
Gibraltar Monaco Vatican City

 

Other Europe

Table 9

Includes the following countries:

  
Aland Islands Greece Monaco
Albania Guernsey Montenegro
Andorra Hungary Portugal
Belarus Iceland Romania
Bosnia and Herzegovina Isle of Man Russian Federation
Bulgaria Jersey San Marino
Croatia Latvia Serbia
Cyprus Liechtenstein Slovakia
Czech Republic Lithuania Slovenia
Estonia Luxembourg Turkey
Faroe Islands Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Ukraine
Finland Malta Vatican City
Gibraltar Moldova, Republic of  

 

 

Australia, New Zealand and Other Oceania

Tables 5, 7 and 9

Includes the following countries:

  
American Samoa Kiribati Pitcairn
Australia Marshall Islands Samoa
Antarctica Micronesia, Federated States of Solomon Islands
Christmas Island Nauru South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Cocos (Keeling) Islands New Caledonia Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Cook Islands New Zealand Tokelau
Fiji Niue Tonga
French Polynesia Norfolk Island Tuvalu
French Southern Territories Northern Mariana Islands United States Minor Outlying Islands
Guam Palau Vanuatu
Heard Island and McDonald Islands Papua New Guinea Wallis and Futuna

 

Other Areas

Tables 5 and 7

Includes the following group of countries:

Central, South and Other Americas (See below for country breakdowns)

Africa (See below for country breakdowns)

Eastern Asia, Middle East and Other Asia (See below for country breakdowns)

 

Central, South and Other Americas

Table 9

Includes the following countries:

  
Anguilla Dominican Republic Nicaragua
Antigua and Barbuda Ecuador Panama
Argentina El Salvador Paraguay
Aruba Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Peru
Bahamas French Guiana Puerto Rico
Barbados Greenland Saint Kitts and Nevis
Belize Grenada Saint Lucia
Bermuda Guadeloupe Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Bolivia Guatemala Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Brazil Guyana Suriname
Cayman Islands Haiti Trinidad and Tobago
Chile Honduras Turks and Caicos Islands
Colombia Jamaica Uruguay
Costa Rica Martinique Venezuela
Cuba Mexico Virgin Islands, British
Dominica Montserrat Virgin Islands, US

 

 

Africa

Table 9

Includes the following countries:

  
Algeria Gambia Rwanda
Angola Ghana Saint Helena
Benin Guinea Sao Tome and Principe
Botswana Guinea-Bissau Senegal
Burkina Faso Kenya Seychelles
Burundi Lesotho Sierra Leone
Cameroon Liberia Somalia
Cape Verde Libya South Africa
Central African Republic Madagascar South Sudan
Chad Malawi Sudan
Comoros Mali Swaziland
Congo Mauritania Tanzania, United Republic of
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Mauritius Togo
Cote d'Ivoire Mayotte Tunisia
Djibouti Morocco Uganda
Egypt Mozambique Western Sahara
Equatorial Guinea Namibia Zambia
Eritrea Niger Zimbabwe
Ethiopia Nigeria  
Gabon Reunion  

 

Eastern Asia

Table 9

Includes the following countries:

  
China Korea, Republic of Taiwan, Province of China
Hong Kong Korea, Democratic People's Republic of  
Japan Mongolia  

 

Middle East

Table 9

Includes the following countries:

  
Afghanistan Jordan Qatar
Bahrain Kuwait Saudi Arabia
Iran, Islamic Republic of Lebanon Syrian Arab Republic
Iraq Oman United Arab Emirates
Israel Palestinian Territory, Occupied Yemen

 

 

Other Asia

Table 9

Includes the following countries:

  
Armenia Kazakhstan Singapore
Azerbaijan Kyrgyzstan Sri Lanka
Bangladesh Lao People's Democratic Republic Tajikistan
Bhutan Macao Thailand
British Indian Ocean Territory Malaysia Timor Leste
Brunei Darussalam Maldives Turkmenistan
Cambodia Myanmar Uzbekistan
Georgia Nepal Vietnam
India Pakistan  
Indonesia Philippines  

 

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