The international association meetings market - ICCA

9. Estimated total number of
participants per continent
31
Absolute figures:
Continent 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Europe 1,654,573 1,661,731 2,100,131 1,907,119 2,091,245 2,087,054 2,295,096 2,234,202 2,515,522 2,327,115
Asia 505,173 449,530 532,817 528,065 678,369 517,078 776,954 669,800 866,706 756,309
North America 800,699 661,086 963,085 752,516 778,995 645,412 925,066 1,058,806 800,136 587,532
Latin America 214,279 269,965 408,295 231,915 272,680 369,050 322,404 365,819 356,471 326,118
Australia 83,895 111,995 177,785 130,615 118,677 172,786 123,845 109,067 117,314 122,746
Africa 66,897 72,162 87,160 88,048 72,905 113,134 231,441 131,741 153,148 117,806
Totals 3,325,516 3,226,470 4,269,274 3,638,278 4,012,871 3,904,514 4,674,806 4,569,435 4,809,297 4,237,626
Relative figures:
Continent 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Europe 49.8% 51.5% 49.2% 52.4% 52.1% 53.5% 49.1% 48.9% 52.3% 54.9%
Asia 15.2% 13.9% 12.5% 14.5% 16.9% 13.2% 16.6% 14.7% 18.0% 17.8%
North America 24.1% 20.5% 22.6% 20.7% 19.4% 16.5% 19.8% 23.2% 16.6% 13.9%
Latin America 6.4% 8.4% 9.6% 6.4% 6.8% 9.5% 6.9% 8.0% 7.4% 7.7%
Australia 2.5% 3.5% 4.2% 3.6% 3.0% 4.4% 2.6% 2.4% 2.4% 2.9%
Africa 2.0% 2.2% 2.0% 2.4% 1.8% 2.9% 5.0% 2.9% 3.2% 2.8%
Totals 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
The International Association Meetings Market 1998-2007
Graph 4. Estimated total number of participants per continent per year
The estimated total number of participants to international meetings per continent is calculated
by multiplying the total number of meetings in a specific continent with the average number of
participants per meeting in the same continent. This formula enables events where no accurate
figures are known to be included in the estimated total.
The estimated total number of participants to all meetings in the ICCA Association Database is
over 4.2 billion.