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1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
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Australia | 1,712 | 1,928 | 2,555 | 2,409 | 2,383 | 2,627 | 3,061 | 1,988 | 2,291 | 2,620 | 2,503 | 2,757 | 2,637 | 2,368 | 2,966 |
Brunei Darussalam | 20 | 20 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
Cambodia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
China | 5,832 | 25,346 | 93,485 | 2,93,066 | 4,15,829 | 5,35,313 | 7,04,936 | 8,01,135 | 9,68,252 | 12,04,981 | 12,45,709 | 13,93,815 | 12,43,568 | 13,44,817 | 14,26,644 |
Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 5,861 | 8,018 | 7,956 | 8,354 | 8,095 | 7,846 | 7,377 | 6,937 | |||||||
हांगकांग | 21 | 51 | 156 | 133 | 181 | 171 | 226 | 192 | 239 | 233 | 324 | 314 | 346 | 423 | 401 |
Indonesia | 157 | 235 | 508 | 533 | 663 | 702 | 1,058 | 1,101 | 2,271 | 1,407 | 3,093 | 1,309 | 1,397 | ||
Japan | 3,33,230 | 3,87,364 | 3,67,960 | 2,90,081 | 2,87,580 | 2,87,013 | 2,71,731 | 2,65,959 | 2,58,839 | 2,60,244 | 2,60,292 | 2,53,630 | 2,45,372 | 2,27,348 | 2,22,452 |
Republic of Korea | 9,082 | 72,831 | 1,22,188 | 1,31,805 | 1,38,034 | 1,48,136 | 1,59,978 | 1,64,073 | 1,67,275 | 1,63,424 | 1,59,084 | 1,62,561 | 1,71,603 | 1,80,477 | 1,86,245 |
Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
मकाउ | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||
Malaysia | 92 | 206 | 522 | 1,231 | 1,076 | 1,114 | 1,199 | 1,353 | 1,272 | 1,109 | 1,166 | 1,116 | 1,071 | 989 | 883 |
Mongolia | 100 | 110 | 133 | 139 | 109 | 112 | 124 | 82 | 84 | 66 | 109 | ||||
New Zealand | 802 | 1,463 | 1,893 | 1,585 | 1,501 | 1,425 | 1,614 | 1,636 | 1,184 | 1,075 | 1,014 | 1,017 | 324 | 348 | 330 |
Papua New Guinea | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Philippines | 147 | 154 | 210 | 170 | 186 | 162 | 220 | 334 | 375 | 327 | 323 | 529 | 501 | 476 | 490 |
Samoa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
Singapore | 516 | 569 | 895 | 1,056 | 1,081 | 1,143 | 1,303 | 1,469 | 1,601 | 1,609 | 1,575 | 1,727 | 1,778 | 2,024 | |
Thailand | 73 | 561 | 891 | 1,214 | 927 | 1,020 | 1,572 | 1,006 | 1,029 | 1,098 | 979 | 904 | 865 | 863 | 867 |
Viet Nam | 58 | 34 | 180 | 306 | 300 | 382 | 443 | 487 | 582 | 560 | 592 | 646 | 720 | 1,021 | 1,066 |
Albania | 3 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 23 | |||||||
Andorra | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
Armenia | 119 | 206 | 136 | 121 | 137 | 125 | 121 | 113 | 125 | 107 | 101 | 112 | 63 | 40 | |
Austria | 2,025 | 1,961 | 2,270 | 2,424 | 2,154 | 2,258 | 2,162 | 2,092 | 2,205 | 2,078 | 2,073 | 2,039 | 2,066 | 2,124 | 1,872 |
Azerbaijan | 281 | 254 | 193 | 144 | 156 | 168 | 184 | 144 | 204 | 155 | 147 | 90 | 119 | ||
Belarus | 994 | 1,166 | 1,759 | 1,725 | 1,681 | 1,489 | 652 | 543 | 455 | 434 | 453 | 298 | 317 | 276 | |
Belgium | 643 | 577 | 517 | 620 | 636 | 755 | 715 | 889 | 949 | 1,054 | 1,001 | 892 | 876 | 862 | 799 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31 | 66 | 56 | 43 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 60 | 87 | 84 | 45 | 50 | 53 | ||
Bulgaria | 198 | 231 | 261 | 243 | 262 | 245 | 282 | 218 | 280 | 230 | 202 | 180 | 186 | 239 | 165 |
Croatia | 337 | 363 | 257 | 230 | 217 | 230 | 170 | 169 | 175 | 148 | 121 | 195 | 117 | 77 | |
Cyprus | 20 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||
Czech Republic | 555 | 586 | 868 | 783 | 867 | 984 | 910 | 880 | 792 | 794 | 678 | 765 | 673 | 541 | |
Denmark | 1,218 | 1,730 | 1,658 | 1,626 | 1,574 | 1,406 | 1,341 | 1,377 | 1,462 | 1,552 | 1,490 | 1,262 | 1,351 | 1,261 | 1,090 |
Estonia | 13 | 23 | 84 | 62 | 20 | 25 | 44 | 30 | 29 | 37 | 24 | 31 | 21 | 25 | |
Finland | 2,059 | 2,579 | 1,830 | 1,731 | 1,650 | 1,698 | 1,596 | 1,419 | 1,289 | 1,260 | 1,390 | 1,387 | 1,321 | 1,588 | 1,557 |
France | 12,378 | 13,870 | 14,327 | 14,748 | 14,655 | 14,540 | 14,690 | 14,500 | 14,306 | 14,206 | 14,415 | 14,303 | 14,103 | 12,771 | 13,386 |
Georgia | 232 | 225 | 183 | 138 | 139 | 114 | 110 | 99 | 96 | 75 | 103 | 85 | 81 | 90 | |
Germany | 30,724 | 51,736 | 48,367 | 47,047 | 46,986 | 46,620 | 47,353 | 48,154 | 47,384 | 48,480 | 47,785 | 46,617 | 46,632 | 42,260 | 39,822 |
Greece | 241 | 306 | 462 | 728 | 722 | 628 | 698 | 651 | 550 | 606 | 498 | 430 | 356 | 400 | 394 |
Hungary | 2,477 | 810 | 705 | 649 | 662 | 692 | 642 | 546 | 569 | 616 | 496 | 407 | 427 | 428 | 433 |
Iceland | 17 | 51 | 47 | 57 | 50 | 37 | 33 | 51 | 40 | 35 | 36 | 56 | 47 | 44 | 34 |
Ireland | 734 | 79 | 62 | 76 | 58 | 75 | 75 | ||||||||
Italy | 7,877 | 8,877 | 8,794 | 8,439 | 8,307 | 8,601 | 8,848 | 8,643 | 8,921 | 9,229 | 10,061 | 10,281 | |||
Kazakhstan | 1,399 | 1,523 | 1,691 | 1,415 | 1,824 | 1,742 | 1,271 | 993 | 1,055 | 789 | 803 | ||||
Kyrgyzstan | 80 | 134 | 124 | 110 | 111 | 132 | 122 | 84 | 137 | 92 | 63 | 83 | |||
Latvia | 98 | 112 | 178 | 173 | 193 | 225 | 103 | 136 | 95 | 90 | 86 | 82 | 93 | 104 | |
Lithuania | 66 | 68 | 108 | 93 | 109 | 117 | 123 | 101 | 95 | 81 | 81 | 90 | 95 | 81 | |
Luxembourg | 41 | 85 | 24 | 79 | 85 | 109 | 113 | 128 | 128 | 143 | 156 | 152 | 117 | 129 | 112 |
North Macedonia | 71 | 53 | 27 | 37 | 50 | 42 | 47 | 42 | |||||||
Republic of Moldova | 240 | 377 | 139 | 97 | 93 | 67 | 67 | 64 | 91 | 73 | 92 | 85 | 85 | 64 | |
Monaco | 21 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 5 |
Montenegro | 23 | 20 | 37 | 23 | 13 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 5 | |||||
Netherlands | 2,147 | 2,465 | 2,217 | 2,527 | 2,585 | 2,375 | 2,315 | 2,294 | 2,207 | 2,290 | 2,241 | 2,111 | 2,228 | 2,198 | 2,080 |
Norway | 899 | 1,311 | 1,143 | 1,117 | 1,122 | 1,009 | 1,101 | 1,106 | 1,153 | 1,227 | 1,152 | 1,082 | 957 | 880 | 946 |
Poland | 4,106 | 2,404 | 2,028 | 3,203 | 3,879 | 4,410 | 4,237 | 3,941 | 4,676 | 4,261 | 3,924 | 4,207 | 3,887 | 4,010 | 3,377 |
Portugal | 101 | 81 | 158 | 499 | 571 | 621 | 647 | 722 | 925 | 724 | 644 | 661 | 703 | 695 | 711 |
Romania | 2,752 | 1,003 | 916 | 1,382 | 1,424 | 1,022 | 993 | 952 | 975 | 1,005 | 1,098 | 1,100 | 881 | 817 | 772 |
Russian Federation | 23,377 | 23,644 | 28,722 | 26,495 | 28,701 | 28,765 | 24,072 | 29,269 | 26,795 | 22,777 | 24,926 | 23,337 | 23,759 | 19,569 | |
San Marino | 11 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 7 | ||||||
Serbia | 372 | 290 | 180 | 192 | 201 | 202 | 178 | 192 | 171 | 163 | 168 | 138 | 138 | ||
Slovakia | 236 | 155 | 234 | 224 | 168 | 184 | 211 | 228 | 220 | 183 | 217 | 206 | 206 | 146 | |
Slovenia | 307 | 344 | 442 | 470 | 255 | 232 | 222 | ||||||||
Spain | 2,218 | 2,710 | 3,040 | 3,566 | 3,430 | 3,266 | 3,026 | 2,953 | 2,799 | 2,745 | 2,167 | 1,525 | 1,288 | 1,431 | 1,308 |
Sweden | 3,108 | 4,224 | 2,522 | 2,196 | 2,004 | 2,288 | 2,332 | 1,984 | 2,038 | 2,032 | 1,992 | 1,838 | 1,802 | 1,764 | 1,771 |
Switzerland | 2,987 | 2,083 | 1,643 | 1,622 | 1,597 | 1,480 | 1,525 | 1,480 | 1,477 | 1,462 | 1,337 | 1,283 | 1,369 | 1,384 | 1,288 |
Tajikistan | 45 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
Turkey | 138 | 277 | 928 | 3,180 | 3,885 | 4,434 | 4,392 | 4,766 | 5,352 | 6,230 | 8,175 | 7,156 | 7,871 | 7,920 | 8,234 |
Ukraine | 5,620 | 3,538 | 2,556 | 2,649 | 2,491 | 2,856 | 2,457 | 2,271 | 2,233 | 2,283 | 2,107 | 2,097 | 1,361 | 1,302 | |
United Kingdom | 19,310 | 22,050 | 17,833 | 15,490 | 15,343 | 15,370 | 14,972 | 15,196 | 14,867 | 13,876 | 13,301 | 12,865 | 12,061 | 11,990 | 11,592 |
Uzbekistan | 755 | 264 | 370 | 282 | 257 | 299 | 345 | 288 | 353 | 357 | 470 | 374 | 356 | 413 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Argentina | 955 | 1,062 | 1,054 | 552 | 688 | 735 | 643 | 509 | 546 | 884 | 393 | 425 | 442 | 930 | 406 |
Barbados | 3 | 1 | 29 | 73 | |||||||||||
Bolivia | 9 | 12 | 59 | 8 | 5 | ||||||||||
Brazil | 2,389 | 3,179 | 4,054 | 4,228 | 4,695 | 4,798 | 4,959 | 4,659 | 4,641 | 5,200 | 5,480 | 4,980 | 5,464 | 5,280 | 4,666 |
Chile | 169 | 241 | 361 | 328 | 339 | 336 | 340 | 452 | 443 | 386 | 425 | 406 | 438 | 372 | 402 |
Colombia | 75 | 99 | 133 | 183 | 213 | 251 | 260 | 321 | 545 | 595 | 415 | 422 | 369 | 432 | |
Costa Rica | 15 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 15 |
Cuba | 105 | 62 | 38 | 27 | 24 | 32 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 33 | 21 | ||||
Dominican Republic | 5 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 25 | 28 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 7 | |
Ecuador | 10 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 45 | 16 | 34 | 29 | 33 | 35 | |||
El Salvador | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||||||
Guatemala | 27 | 54 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
Guyana | 1 | 1 | 2 | 40 | |||||||||||
Haiti | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Honduras | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 8 | ||||||
Jamaica | 4 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 25 | 22 | 33 | 7 | 19 | 11 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 16 |
Mexico | 661 | 431 | 584 | 951 | 1,065 | 1,294 | 1,210 | 1,246 | 1,364 | 1,310 | 1,334 | 1,555 | 1,305 | 1,132 | 1,117 |
Nicaragua | 14 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
Panama | 15 | 7 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 68 | 33 | 135 | 34 | 22 | 35 | |||
Paraguay | 16 | 11 | 24 | 18 | 34 | 4 | 14 | 10 | |||||||
Peru | 49 | 40 | 27 | 39 | 39 | 54 | 73 | 83 | 67 | 72 | 100 | 89 | 137 | 125 | 94 |
Saint Lucia | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Bahamas | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Uruguay | 44 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 37 | 26 | 23 | |||||||
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 262 | 56 | 121 | 70 | 61 | 65 | 74 | 55 | 47 | 35 | 96 | ||||
Algeria | 6 | 32 | 59 | 76 | 94 | 119 | 118 | 94 | 89 | 106 | 149 | 152 | 113 | 163 | 268 |
Bahrain | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | ||||
Djibouti | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
Egypt | 278 | 534 | 428 | 605 | 618 | 683 | 641 | 752 | 718 | 920 | 1,025 | 997 | 1,027 | 978 | 881 |
Iran | 182 | 410 | 4,051 | 11,108 | 11,529 | 10,622 | 11,305 | 13,683 | 14,930 | 15,264 | 11,908 | 11,569 | 11,396 | 10,210 | |
Iraq | 335 | 613 | 653 | 737 | 635 | ||||||||||
Israel | 1,052 | 1,599 | 1,669 | 1,450 | 1,360 | 1,319 | 1,201 | 1,125 | 1,285 | 1,300 | 1,436 | 1,506 | 1,368 | 1,642 | 1,592 |
Jordan | 71 | 49 | 45 | 40 | 48 | 35 | 40 | 41 | 22 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 36 | 25 | |
Kuwait | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Lebanon | 105 | 80 | 110 | ||||||||||||
Libya | 10 | ||||||||||||||
Malta | 2 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | |
Morocco | 61 | 104 | 140 | 152 | 169 | 197 | 316 | 355 | 224 | 237 | 198 | 187 | 199 | 250 | 254 |
Oman | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 30 | 11 | 30 | ||||||||
Qatar | 3 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 39 | 81 | 47 | |||||||
Saudi Arabia | 16 | 76 | 119 | 288 | 347 | 491 | 652 | 715 | 1,070 | 909 | 1,078 | 1,188 | 1,294 | 1,398 | |
Syrian Arab Republic | 247 | 105 | 198 | 120 | 103 | 121 | 76 | 102 | |||||||
Tunisia | 27 | 47 | 56 | 113 | 137 | 150 | 112 | 142 | 180 | 235 | 172 | 180 | |||
United Arab Emirates | 25 | 33 | 23 | 21 | 29 | 35 | 57 | 63 | 57 | 55 | 39 | 69 | |||
Yemen | 7 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 36 | 43 | 29 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 60 | 60 | 20 | ||
Canada | 2,549 | 4,187 | 5,183 | 4,550 | 4,754 | 4,709 | 4,567 | 4,198 | 4,277 | 4,078 | 4,053 | 4,349 | 4,238 | 4,452 | 4,710 |
United States of America | 90,643 | 1,64,795 | 2,07,867 | 2,41,977 | 2,47,750 | 2,68,782 | 2,87,831 | 2,85,096 | 2,88,335 | 2,95,327 | 2,93,904 | 2,85,095 | 2,85,113 | 2,69,586 | 2,62,244 |
Bangladesh | 32 | 70 | 50 | 66 | 37 | 67 | 60 | 44 | 41 | 77 | 61 | 69 | 68 | 40 | 74 |
Bhutan | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
India | 1,147 | 2,206 | 4,721 | 8,853 | 8,841 | 9,553 | 10,669 | 12,040 | 12,579 | 13,199 | 14,961 | 16,289 | 19,454 | 23,141 | 26,267 |
Nepal | 8 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 20 | ||||||||
Pakistan | 23 | 46 | 143 | 114 | 92 | 96 | 151 | 146 | 209 | 204 | 193 | 306 | 313 | 338 | 426 |
Sri Lanka | 23 | 71 | 149 | 225 | 194 | 328 | 218 | 280 | 277 | 343 | 356 | 353 | 266 | ||
Angola | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||
Botswana | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||
Burkina Faso | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Burundi | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
केप वर्दे | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Côte d'Ivoire | 26 | ||||||||||||||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 44 | 42 | 72 | ||||||||||||
Ethiopia | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 6 | |||||
Ghana | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | |||||||||||
Kenya | 34 | 77 | 135 | 123 | 127 | 132 | 137 | 144 | 135 | 244 | 294 | 341 | 160 | ||
Lesotho | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Madagascar | 7 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | ||
Malawi | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||
Mauritius | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||
Mozambique | 15 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 24 | 15 | 24 | 34 | 23 | 26 | 30 | |||
Namibia | 5 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 21 | 8 | |||||||||
Nigeria | 12 | 64 | 42 | 50 | 85 | 100 | 382 | 439 | 410 | ||||||
Rwanda | 40 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | ||||||||
Seychelles | 3 | ||||||||||||||
South Africa | 1,093 | 895 | 1,003 | 821 | 656 | 608 | 638 | 802 | 889 | 704 | 728 | 657 | 567 | 542 | 1,804 |
Sudan | 6 | 6 | 252 | 249 | 269 | 267 | 284 | 281 | 349 | 238 | 153 | ||||
United Republic of Tanzania | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Uganda | 3 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 14 | |||||
Zambia | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 13 | |
Zimbabwe | 44 | 9 | 8 |