International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Dominica
Dominica: International tourism, expenditures for travel items was 6.00 million current US$ in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Dominica, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in current US$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Dominica is 6.00 million current US$, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 72.7% on the previous year and down 53.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Dominica peaked at 26.00 million current US$ in 2014 and was at its lowest, 6.00 million current US$, in 1995.
Dominica ranks 181st of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Dominica, year by year
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 6.00 million current US$ | — |
| 1996 | 7.00 million current US$ | +16.7% |
| 1997 | 7.00 million current US$ | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 8.00 million current US$ | +14.3% |
| 1999 | 9.00 million current US$ | +12.5% |
| 2000 | 9.00 million current US$ | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 9.00 million current US$ | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 9.00 million current US$ | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 9.00 million current US$ | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 9.00 million current US$ | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 10.00 million current US$ | +11.1% |
| 2006 | 10.00 million current US$ | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 11.00 million current US$ | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 11.00 million current US$ | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 13.00 million current US$ | +18.2% |
| 2010 | 13.00 million current US$ | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 12.00 million current US$ | -7.7% |
| 2012 | 12.00 million current US$ | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 13.00 million current US$ | +8.3% |
| 2014 | 26.00 million current US$ | +100.0% |
| 2015 | 22.00 million current US$ | -15.4% |
| 2016 | 23.00 million current US$ | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 19.00 million current US$ | -17.4% |
| 2018 | 20.00 million current US$ | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 22.00 million current US$ | +10.0% |
| 2020 | 6.00 million current US$ | -72.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.40 million current US$ | 6.00 million current US$ | 9.00 million current US$ | 5 |
| 2000s | 10.00 million current US$ | 9.00 million current US$ | 13.00 million current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.20 million current US$ | 12.00 million current US$ | 26.00 million current US$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.00 million current US$ | 6.00 million current US$ | 6.00 million current US$ | 1 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
- 178 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9.00 million current US$ compare
- 179 Naoero 7.10 million current US$ compare
- 180 Tuvalu 6.30 million current US$ compare
- 181 Sudan 6.00 million current US$ compare
- 183 Liberia 5.70 million current US$ compare
- 184 Gambia 5.00 million current US$ compare
- 184 Grenada 5.00 million current US$ compare
More private sector data for Dominica
- Merchandise trade 39.1% (2025)
- Food imports 25.2% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 53.5% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 259.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 41.2% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 57.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 24.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 364.35 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0332 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -17.24 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Dominica?
- International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Dominica was 6.00 million current US$ 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 Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 26.00 million current US$ in 2014.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures for travel items recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.00 million current US$ in 1995.
- How does Dominica rank for international tourism, expenditures for travel items?
- Dominica ranks 181st out of 191 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures for travel items rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominica 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.