* Spending on "tax free" operations that have completed the entire process from issuance to settlement. The data comes from stores affiliated with Global Blue that, during the reference period and the previous year, had recorded sales to tourists.
Includes transactions under 90.16 euros, the former minimum purchase amount to receive the VAT refund, eliminated in July 2018.
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Tax-free shopping: average spending of non-EU tourists by origin Spain 2018
This statistic presents the average spending on tax-free purchases by non-EU tourists who visited Spain in 2018, by nationality. In that year, tourists from China made an average tax-free purchase of nearly U.S. dollars. In second and third place respectively, Americans and Russians spent on average more than one thousand U.S. dollars.
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ION Comunicación. (March 31, 2019). Average spending on tax-free purchases by non-EU tourists who visited Spain in 2018, by nationality [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 01, 2026, from /statistics/1633228/average-spending-on-tax-free-purchases-by-non-eu-tourists-who-visited-spain/
ION Comunicación. "Average spending on tax-free purchases by non-EU tourists who visited Spain in 2018, by nationality." Chart. March 31, 2019. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed August 01, 2026. /statistics/1633228/average-spending-on-tax-free-purchases-by-non-eu-tourists-who-visited-spain/
ION Comunicación. (2019). Average spending on tax-free purchases by non-EU tourists who visited Spain in 2018, by nationality. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: August 01, 2026. /statistics/1633228/average-spending-on-tax-free-purchases-by-non-eu-tourists-who-visited-spain/
ION Comunicación. "Average Spending on Tax-free Purchases by Non-eu Tourists Who Visited Spain in 2018, by Nationality." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 31 Mar 2019, /statistics/1633228/average-spending-on-tax-free-purchases-by-non-eu-tourists-who-visited-spain/
ION Comunicación, Average spending on tax-free purchases by non-EU tourists who visited Spain in 2018, by nationality ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1633228/average-spending-on-tax-free-purchases-by-non-eu-tourists-who-visited-spain/ (last visited August 01, 2026)
Average spending on tax-free purchases by non-EU tourists who visited Spain in 2018, by nationality [Graph], ION Comunicación, March 31, 2019. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1633228/average-spending-on-tax-free-purchases-by-non-eu-tourists-who-visited-spain/
