International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Bahamas
Bahamas: International tourism, expenditures for travel items was 110.00 million current US$ in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Bahamas, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in current US$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Bahamas is 110.00 million current US$, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 67.2% on the previous year and down 51.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Bahamas peaked at 385.00 million current US$ in 2006 and was at its lowest, 110.00 million current US$, in 2020.
That places Bahamas 128th out of 191 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Bahamas, year by year
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 213.00 million current US$ | — |
| 1996 | 235.00 million current US$ | +10.3% |
| 1997 | 250.00 million current US$ | +6.4% |
| 1998 | 256.00 million current US$ | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 276.00 million current US$ | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 261.00 million current US$ | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 256.00 million current US$ | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 244.00 million current US$ | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 305.00 million current US$ | +25.0% |
| 2004 | 316.00 million current US$ | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 344.00 million current US$ | +8.9% |
| 2006 | 385.00 million current US$ | +11.9% |
| 2007 | 377.00 million current US$ | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 305.00 million current US$ | -19.1% |
| 2009 | 240.00 million current US$ | -21.3% |
| 2010 | 228.00 million current US$ | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 246.00 million current US$ | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 286.00 million current US$ | +16.3% |
| 2013 | 262.00 million current US$ | -8.4% |
| 2014 | 212.00 million current US$ | -19.1% |
| 2015 | 238.00 million current US$ | +12.3% |
| 2016 | 329.00 million current US$ | +38.2% |
| 2017 | 371.00 million current US$ | +12.8% |
| 2018 | 332.00 million current US$ | -10.5% |
| 2019 | 335.00 million current US$ | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 110.00 million current US$ | -67.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 246.00 million current US$ | 213.00 million current US$ | 276.00 million current US$ | 5 |
| 2000s | 303.30 million current US$ | 240.00 million current US$ | 385.00 million current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 283.90 million current US$ | 212.00 million current US$ | 371.00 million current US$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 110.00 million current US$ | 110.00 million current US$ | 110.00 million current US$ | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
- 125 Burkina Faso 114.60 million current US$ compare
- 126 Papua New Guinea 113.00 million current US$ compare
- 127 Bosnia and Herzegovina 112.00 million current US$ compare
- 128 Uganda 110.00 million current US$ compare
- 130 Ghana 105.00 million current US$ compare
- 131 Rwanda 104.00 million current US$ compare
More private sector data for Bahamas
- Merchandise trade 35.6% (2024)
- Food imports 20.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 61.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 5.52 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 52.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 31.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 711.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,764 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0435 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 3.19 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Bahamas?
- International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Bahamas was 110.00 million current US$ 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 Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 385.00 million current US$ in 2006.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures for travel items recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 110.00 million current US$ in 2020.
- How does Bahamas rank for international tourism, expenditures for travel items?
- Bahamas ranks 128th out of 191 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures for travel items rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahamas 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.