Comparing the metrics


Iceland 384k 80.6k 4.2%


UK 69.2m 48.6k 236 1.7bn 14.7k 3.2%


Ireland 5.4m 98.4k 364 115m 1.8k


France 68.4m 42.7k 444 5.4bn 27.3k 2.6%


Austria 9.2m 52.6k 639 243m 5.3k


Norway 5.6m 80.0k 394 187m 2.0k


Denmark 6.0m 66.6k


Germany 3.2%


84.7m 50.8k 258 2.3bn 19.7k 3.0% Netherlands 18.0m 63.2k 668 1.1bn


10.8k 2.9%


Switzerland 8.9m 96.6k 86 84.0 m 693 1.3%


Slovenia 2.1m 31.5k 537 64.5m 1.0k


Croatia 3.9m 22.2k


Italy 59m 37.2k Spain


49.1m 32.4k 300 1.3bn 13.3k 3.2% Portugal 10.7m 26.7k


178 126m 1.7k Key Resident population, 2024


Gross domestic product, impact and tickets (€) Total theme park and water park attendance per 1,000 residents Estimated theme park and water park economic impact (monetary €) Estimated theme park and water park employment impact (jobs) Forecast annual GDP growth


Sources: 1. Population = eurostat 2. GDP per capita = IMF WEO April 2025 Edition (exchangerates.org) 3. TP & WP Visits Per 1,000 Residents = LDP database 4. Economic Impact =LDP database for park spend estimates and OECD for respective multipliers 5. Employment Impact = LDP database for park employee estimates and OECD for respective multipliers 6. LDP database for park employee estimates and OECD for respective multipliers


185 895m 9.8k 2.8%


Belgium 11.8m 52.0k


3.1% 2.8% 2.1k 794m 11.2k 3.1%


421 471m 4.5k


2.6%


4.4%


241 63.9m 837 5.4%


4.0%


Malta 5.9bn 72.0k


2k 794m 11k


3.1%


4 THE EXPERIENCE ECONOMIST: EUROPE EDITION 2025 | © LDP


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