Country Statistics
So far, I have visited 64 countries (at least for a few hours):
| # | Country | Nights | Multi-day trips | Day trips | Trips thru | Transit | First visit | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Austria 
|
13815 | 08/1981 | 03/2024 | ||||
| 2 |
Greece 
|
318 | 17 | 07/1984 | 10/2017 | |||
| 3 |
United States of America 
|
246 | 8 | 1 | 08/2003 | 10/2023 | ||
| 4 |
New Zealand 
|
197 | 3 | 11/2008 | 01/2024 | |||
| 5 |
Italy 
|
78 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 07/1982 | 06/2022 | |
| 6 |
United Kingdom 
|
76 | 7 | 4 | 08/1994 | 06/2023 | ||
| 7 |
Spain 
|
49 | 2 | 2 | 04/2012 | 11/2022 | ||
| 8 |
Costa Rica 
|
44 | 1 | 03/2009 | 04/2009 | |||
| 9 |
Canada 
|
41 | 3 | 08/2005 | 05/2009 | |||
| 10 |
Australia 
|
38 | 2 | 2 | 06/2004 | 10/2008 | ||
| 11 |
South Africa 
|
38 | 2 | 10/2018 | 11/2019 | |||
| 12 |
Nicaragua 
|
37 | 1 | 02/2009 | 03/2009 | |||
| International Airspace | 32 | 32 | 12/2003 | 02/2024 | ||||
| 13 |
Georgia 
|
29 | 2 | 09/2014 | 09/2015 | |||
| 14 |
Croatia 
|
24 | 3 | 09/2010 | 09/2013 | |||
| 15 |
Norway 
|
24 | 2 | 05/2005 | 07/2011 | |||
| 16 |
Guatemala 
|
22 | 1 | 02/2016 | 03/2016 | |||
| 17 |
Ecuador 
|
20 | 1 | 04/2018 | 05/2018 | |||
Vietnam 
|
20 | 1 | 03/2019 | 03/2019 | ||||
| Ground Travel with Border Crossing | 19 | 19 | 05/1996 | 06/2019 | ||||
| 19 |
Poland 
|
19 | 3 | 06/1998 | 06/2012 | |||
| 20 |
Thailand 
|
19 | 1 | 2 | 01/2024 | 02/2024 | ||
| 21 |
Iceland 
|
19 | 1 | 07/2014 | 08/2014 | |||
Nepal 
|
19 | 1 | 03/2015 | 04/2015 | ||||
China 
|
19 | 1 | 10/2016 | 10/2016 | ||||
French Polynesia 
|
19 | 1 | 10/2023 | 10/2023 | ||||
| 24 |
Argentina 
|
18 | 1 | 12/2007 | 01/2008 | |||
Taiwan 
|
18 | 1 | 09/2008 | 10/2008 | ||||
| 26 |
Mexico 
|
17 | 1 | 01/2016 | 02/2016 | |||
| 27 |
Montenegro 
|
16 | 2 | 09/2010 | 06/2011 | |||
| 28 |
Cook Islands 
|
16 | 1 | 01/2009 | 01/2009 | |||
| 29 |
Germany 
|
15 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 08/1993 | 05/2006 |
| 30 |
Ireland 
|
14 | 1 | 1 | 06/2007 | 06/2007 | ||
| 31 |
France 
|
12 | 3 | 1 | 08/1996 | 05/2023 | ||
| 32 |
Fiji 
|
12 | 1 | 10/2008 | 11/2008 | |||
Laos 
|
12 | 1 | 01/2024 | 01/2024 | ||||
| 34 |
Belize 
|
11 | 1 | 02/2016 | 02/2016 | |||
| 35 |
Slovenia 
|
10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 08/1995 | 06/2022 | |
| 36 |
Chile 
|
10 | 1 | 01/2008 | 01/2008 | |||
| 37 |
Romania 
|
9 | 1 | 07/1999 | 07/1999 | |||
| 38 |
Lithuania 
|
8 | 1 | 06/2012 | 06/2012 | |||
| 39 |
Egypt 
|
7 | 1 | 12/1999 | 12/1999 | |||
Latvia 
|
7 | 1 | 06/2012 | 06/2012 | ||||
Sweden 
|
7 | 1 | 02/2014 | 03/2014 | ||||
| 42 |
Switzerland 
|
6 | 2 | 1 | 05/2006 | 06/2014 | ||
| 43 |
El Salvador 
|
6 | 1 | 03/2016 | 03/2016 | |||
| 44 |
Singapore 
|
5 | 2 | 3 | 10/2008 | 01/2024 | ||
| 45 |
Estonia 
|
5 | 1 | 06/2012 | 07/2012 | |||
Cambodia 
|
5 | 1 | 01/2024 | 01/2024 | ||||
| 47 |
Panama 
|
4 | 1 | 2 | 04/2009 | 04/2009 | ||
| 48 |
Luxembourg 
|
4 | 1 | 09/2018 | 09/2018 | |||
Lesotho 
|
4 | 1 | 10/2018 | 10/2018 | ||||
| 50 |
Netherlands 
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 05/2019 | 06/2019 | ||
| 51 |
Belgium 
|
3 | 1 | 06/2017 | 06/2017 | |||
| 52 |
Czech Republic 
|
2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 09/1993 | 06/2015 | |
| 53 |
Turkey 
|
2 | 1 | 7 | 04/2015 | 04/2015 | ||
| 54 |
Denmark 
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 08/1993 | 09/1993 | ||
| 55 |
Armenia 
|
2 | 1 | 10/2014 | 10/2014 | |||
Honduras 
|
2 | 1 | 03/2016 | 03/2016 | ||||
| 57 |
Slovakia 
|
1 | 1 | 7 | 05/1993 | 05/2015 | ||
| 58 |
Hungary 
|
1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 06/1994 | 07/2007 | |
| International Date Line | 0 | 2 | 01/2009 | 10/2023 | ||||
| 59 |
San Marino 
|
0 | 1 | 2 | 10/2017 | 10/2017 | ||
| 60 |
Serbia 
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 06/2011 | 06/2011 | ||
Liechtenstein 
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 09/2021 | 09/2021 | |||
| 62 |
Vatican City 
|
0 | 1 | 03/1997 | 03/1997 | |||
Uruguay 
|
0 | 1 | 12/2007 | 12/2007 | ||||
Brazil 
|
0 | 1 | 01/2008 | 01/2008 | ||||
| 65 |
United Arab Emirates 
|
0 | 2 | 01/2013 | 03/2013 | |||
| 66 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina 
|
0 | 1 | 06/2011 | 06/2011 | |||
| Total | 15557 | |||||||
| of that outside of Austria | 1742 | 83 | 22 | 13 | 49 | |||
| Data as at March 17, 2024 | ||||||||
Grouping by world regions results in the following statistics:
| # | Country | Nights | Multi-day trips | Day trips | Trips thru | Transit | First visit | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Europe (excluding Austria) | 693 | 61 | 14 | 3 | 22 | 07/1982 | 06/2023 |
| 2 | North America | 287 | 8 | 1 | 08/2003 | 10/2023 | ||
| 3 | Oceania | 283 | 4 | 06/2004 | 01/2024 | |||
| 4 | Central America | 143 | 2 | 2 | 02/2009 | 03/2016 | ||
| 5 | Southeast Asia | 61 | 3 | 3 | 10/2008 | 02/2024 | ||
| 6 | Africa | 49 | 3 | 12/1999 | 11/2019 | |||
| 7 | South America | 48 | 2 | 12/2007 | 05/2018 | |||
| 8 | Atlantic Islands | 42 | 1 | 10/2022 | 11/2022 | |||
| 9 | East Asia | 37 | 2 | 09/2008 | 10/2016 | |||
| 10 | Caucasus | 32 | 2 | 09/2014 | 09/2015 | |||
| Interregional Airspace | 20 | 20 | 06/2004 | 11/2018 | ||||
| 11 | South Asia | 19 | 1 | 03/2015 | 04/2015 | |||
| Ground Travel with Border Crossing from/to Austria | 15 | 15 | 05/1996 | 06/2019 | ||||
| European Airspace from/to Austria | 11 | 11 | 12/2003 | 02/2024 | ||||
| 12 | Western Asia | 2 | 1 | 9 | 04/2015 | 04/2015 | ||
| International Date Line | 0 | 2 | 01/2009 | 10/2023 | ||||
| Total | 1742 | |||||||
| Data as at March 17, 2024 | ||||||||
The time period I needed for visiting ten new countries is shown in the table below:
| Time period | Duration | Countries visited for the first time |
|---|---|---|
| August 13, 1981 – August 17, 1995 | 14 years 4 days | |
| August 17, 1995 – May 25, 2006 | 10 years 281 days | |
| May 25, 2006 – January 8, 2009 | 2 years 228 days | |
| January 8, 2009 – June 26, 2012 | 3 years 170 days | |
| June 26, 2012 – March 3, 2016 | 3 years 251 days | |
| March 3, 2016 – May 30, 2019 | 3 years 88 days | |
| May 30, 2019 – today | 4 years 292 days | |
Trip Statistics
My longest stays abroad (i.e. outside of Austria) were the following:
| Trip | Duration | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| RTW Trip 2008/09 | 235 days | September 25, 2008 | May 18, 2009 |
| Auslandssemester in New York |
144 days | August 5, 2003 | December 27, 2003 |
| RTW Trip 2023/24 | 142 days | October 1, 2023 | February 20, 2024 |
| Central America 2016 |
60 days | January 28, 2016 | March 28, 2016 |
| New Zealand 2013 |
59 days | January 28, 2013 | March 28, 2013 |
Yearly Travel Statistics
As can be seen below, I tend to spend quite a few days abroad every year:
| Year | Countries | Nights | Multi-day trips | Day trips | Trips thru | Transit | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 |
|
144 | 1 | |||||
| 2009 |
|
137 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2008 |
|
124 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 2023 |
|
124 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 2016 |
|
81 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 2013 |
|
78 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 2005 |
|
70 | 7 | 1 | ||||
| 2022 |
|
64 | 2 | |||||
| 2004 |
|
58 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 2019 |
|
55 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 2017 |
|
51 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 2018 |
|
51 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 2024 |
|
50 | 1 | |||||
| 2014 |
|
46 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 1997 |
|
41 | 3 | |||||
| Data as at March 17, 2024 | ||||||||
Geographic Records
I would also like to mentioned my "geographic records": What are the most northerly, southerly, easterly and westerly points on Earth I have ever been to (while not flying in an airplane)?
| Type | Date | Location | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North | Feb 27, 2014 | Going ice climbing in Abisko, Sweden |
68° 23' 11,52'' North | 18° 43' 38,82'' East |
| South | Jan 20, 2008 | Beagle Channel, Argentina |
54° 52' 22,08'' South | 68° 5' 38,23'' West |
| East | Nov 09, 2023 | East Cape, New Zealand |
37° 41' 32'' South | 178° 32' 40'' East |
| West | Jan 11, 2009 | Aitutaki, Cook Islands |
18° 54' 45'' South | 159° 49' 40'' West |
And what about my altitude records?
| Type | Date | Location | Altitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highest Elevation | Mar 29, 2015 | Above Annapurna Base Camp, Nepal |
13,615 Feet |
| Lowest Elevation | Aug 16, 2003 | Badwater Basin, Death Valley, CA, United States of America |
-282 Feet |
| Highest Overnight Stay | Mar 29/30, 2015 | Annapurna Base Camp, Nepal |
13,550 Feet |
| Deepest Dive | Nov 01, 2008 | Coral reef at Wayalailai, Fiji |
-69 Feet |
Finally, I would like to show my longest (non-stop) trips on land, on water, and in the air (measured as the crow flies).
| Farthest Distance ... |
Date | Start | End | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| By Train | May 9 – 10, 2017 | Chicago, IL, United States of America |
Grand Junction, CO, United States of America |
1,113 mi |
| By Sea | January 7 – 10, 2008 | Puerto Montt, Chile |
Puerto Natales, Chile |
710 mi |
| By Air | January 29 – 30, 2013 | DXB, United Arab Emirates |
SYD, Australia |
7,493 mi |