Global Tipping Dataset (2026)
Version 2026.9.3 (September 15, 2026) — 212 destinations, 848 data rows.
Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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One row per destination–situation pair (restaurant, taxi, hotel staff, tour guides), plus destination-level sources and overall tipping context.
What's in the dataset
Coverage matches the versioned World Tipping Index snapshot used by the World Tipping Guide and World Tipping Map. This page is the canonical landing and citation page for the dataset.
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| destination_slug | URL slug for the destination page |
| destination_name | Display name |
| iso_alpha2 | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code when available |
| region | Editorial region label |
| overall_tipping_context | Destination-level tipping culture label (not a single tip %) |
| country_research_confidence | Editorial confidence in the destination research (high, medium, or low) — not a statistical confidence score |
| situation_key | One of: restaurant, taxi, hotel_staff, tour_guides |
| primary_guidance_type | Normalized guidance family for analysis and grouping (percentage, round_up, fixed_amount, etc.) |
| display_value | Human-readable guidance shown on the site |
| norm_type | More specific structured rule type used to produce the displayed guidance (for example percent_range or round_up) |
| publication_status | Publication state; all rows in this public snapshot are published |
| percent_min | Lower bound when guidance is a percentage range |
| percent_max | Upper bound when guidance is a percentage range |
| last_verified_at | Last editorial verification date for the destination |
| source_1 | Primary research source URL (destination-level) |
| source_2 | Secondary source URL when present |
| source_3 | Tertiary source URL when present |
| country_page_url | Canonical Tipping Rules destination page |
| public_version | Public dataset / Index snapshot version (YYYY.M, or YYYY.M.patch for same-month republish) |
| snapshot_date | Date of this versioned snapshot |
How to use and cite
Reuse is permitted under CC BY 4.0. Please credit Tipping Rules, link to this page where practical, and indicate if you made changes. Website content and design remain subject to the site terms.
When referring to the dataset in prose: “according to Tipping Rules’ Global Tipping Dataset (Version 2026.9.3, September 15, 2026).”
Describe it as editorial tipping guidance — not survey results, traveler tip rates, or a ranking of destinations.
Methodology
We compare multiple current sources for each destination, prioritising local and official guidance where available. Sources support the destination research as a whole and may not independently document every service shown. This is a versioned snapshot — catalog edits do not automatically change this file until we republish the Index.
How we review tipping guidance
Public versions use a YYYY.M label (example: 2026.9.3). Versioned CSV files remain fixed after publication.
Explore the data
- World Tipping Guide — browse the full table
- World Tipping Map — visual overview
- How we review — research process
- MCP for AI agents — query programmatically