Kuwait vs Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries): International tourism, expenditures

Kuwait
6.70 billion current US$
in 2020
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
38.07 billion current US$
in 2019
Kuwait rank
23rd
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank
25th

International tourism, expenditures over time

  • Kuwait
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
010.0B20.0B30.0B40.0B199520072020

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) currently reports 38.07 billion current US$ against 6.70 billion current US$ in Kuwait, a difference of 31.38 billion current US$.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)'s figure about 5.7 times Kuwait's.

Across all 15 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) has been ahead every year.

Kuwait ranks 23rd and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 25th of 192 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kuwait Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) Difference Ahead
2000s 6.70 billion current US$ 22.32 billion current US$ 15.63 billion current US$ Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
2010s 11.92 billion current US$ 30.23 billion current US$ 18.31 billion current US$ Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher international tourism, expenditures, Kuwait or Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), at 38.07 billion current US$ against 6.70 billion current US$ in Kuwait as of 2019.
What is the difference in international tourism, expenditures between Kuwait and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
31.38 billion current US$, with Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
15 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2019.
How do Kuwait and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank globally for international tourism, expenditures?
Kuwait ranks 23rd and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 25th of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as International tourism, expenditures (current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
International tourism, expenditures (current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
231 places, 4,778 data points, 1995–2020
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International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.