* 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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Tax free purchases of non-EU tourists distributed by nationality Spain 2018
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 ** percent of the total, which represented the highest figure of the study for a single nationality, followed by tourist from Argentina with **** percent of the total purchases and Russians with *** percent.
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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 ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 05, 2026, from /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. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed August 05, 2026. /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. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: August 05, 2026. /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." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 31 Mar 2019, /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 ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1183941/tax-free-purchases-of-non-eu-tourists-distributed-by-nationality-spain/ (last visited August 05, 2026)
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: /statistics/1183941/tax-free-purchases-of-non-eu-tourists-distributed-by-nationality-spain/
