International tourism, expenditures (current US$) in Yemen
Yemen: International tourism, expenditures (current US$) was 56.00 million current US$ in 2016. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Yemen, 1998–2016
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in current US$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for international tourism, expenditures in Yemen is 56.00 million current US$, measured in 2016. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of down 29.1% on the previous year and down 75.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Yemen peaked at 277.00 million current US$ in 2009 and was at its lowest, 56.00 million current US$, in 2016.
Yemen ranks 158th of 192 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures (current US$) in Yemen, year by year
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 160.00 million current US$ | — |
| 1999 | 164.00 million current US$ | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 127.00 million current US$ | -22.6% |
| 2001 | 136.00 million current US$ | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 135.00 million current US$ | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 134.00 million current US$ | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 183.00 million current US$ | +36.6% |
| 2005 | 224.00 million current US$ | +22.4% |
| 2006 | 225.00 million current US$ | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 247.00 million current US$ | +9.8% |
| 2008 | 246.00 million current US$ | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 277.00 million current US$ | +12.6% |
| 2010 | 252.00 million current US$ | -9.0% |
| 2011 | 258.00 million current US$ | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 148.00 million current US$ | -42.6% |
| 2013 | 161.00 million current US$ | +8.8% |
| 2014 | 158.00 million current US$ | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 79.00 million current US$ | -50.0% |
| 2016 | 56.00 million current US$ | -29.1% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 56.00 million current US$ is below the median for low income countries, which is 96.00 million current US$, 58% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 56.00 million current US$ is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.51 billion current US$, 4% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 162.00 million current US$ | 160.00 million current US$ | 164.00 million current US$ | 2 |
| 2000s | 193.40 million current US$ | 127.00 million current US$ | 277.00 million current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 158.86 million current US$ | 56.00 million current US$ | 258.00 million current US$ | 7 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 155 East Timor 61.00 million current US$ compare
- 155 Togo 61.00 million current US$ compare
- 157 Cape Verde 59.00 million current US$ compare
- 159 Liberia 51.00 million current US$ compare
- 160 Bhutan 50.00 million current US$ compare
- 161 Afghanistan 49.00 million current US$ compare
- 161 Burundi 49.00 million current US$ compare
More private sector data for Yemen
- Merchandise trade 24.7% (2025)
- Food imports 39.1% (2019)
- Manufactures imports 31.4% (2019)
- Merchandise imports 4.65 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 99.3% (2019)
- Manufactures exports 0.6% (2019)
- Merchandise exports 196.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4.69 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0264 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -14.41 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Yemen?
- International tourism, expenditures in Yemen was 56.00 million current US$ in 2016, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 277.00 million current US$ in 2009.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.00 million current US$ in 2016.
- How does Yemen rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Yemen ranks 158th out of 192 countries with data for 2016.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 75.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as part of International tourism, expenditures (current US$). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.