International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: International tourism, expenditures for travel items was 30.00 million current US$ in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Afghanistan, 2008–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in current US$.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 30.00 million current US$ for international tourism, expenditures for travel items in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of down 76.7% on the previous year and down 70.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Afghanistan peaked at 246.00 million current US$ in 2011 and was at its lowest, 30.00 million current US$, in 2020.
Afghanistan ranks 162nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 36.00 million current US$ | — |
| 2009 | 68.00 million current US$ | +88.9% |
| 2010 | 103.00 million current US$ | +51.5% |
| 2011 | 246.00 million current US$ | +138.8% |
| 2012 | 105.00 million current US$ | -57.3% |
| 2013 | 132.00 million current US$ | +25.7% |
| 2014 | 137.00 million current US$ | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 147.00 million current US$ | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 79.00 million current US$ | -46.3% |
| 2017 | 118.00 million current US$ | +49.4% |
| 2018 | 203.00 million current US$ | +72.0% |
| 2019 | 129.00 million current US$ | -36.5% |
| 2020 | 30.00 million current US$ | -76.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 52.00 million current US$ | 36.00 million current US$ | 68.00 million current US$ | 2 |
| 2010s | 139.90 million current US$ | 79.00 million current US$ | 246.00 million current US$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.00 million current US$ | 30.00 million current US$ | 30.00 million current US$ | 1 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 160 Comoros 31.00 million current US$ compare
- 161 Solomon Islands 30.90 million current US$ compare
- 162 Montenegro 30.00 million current US$ compare
- 164 Antigua and Barbuda 27.00 million current US$ compare
- 165 Seychelles 26.00 million current US$ compare
More private sector data for Afghanistan
- Merchandise trade 22.2% (2025)
- Food imports 26.9% (2019)
- Manufactures imports 41.1% (2019)
- Merchandise imports 3.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 63.9% (2019)
- Manufactures exports 4.8% (2019)
- Merchandise exports 926.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 21.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0517 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 0.7617 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Afghanistan?
- International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Afghanistan was 30.00 million current US$ in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures for travel items recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 246.00 million current US$ in 2011.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures for travel items recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.00 million current US$ in 2020.
- How does Afghanistan rank for international tourism, expenditures for travel items?
- Afghanistan ranks 162nd out of 191 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures for travel items rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 70.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan 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 for travel items (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. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.