International tourism, expenditures in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: International tourism, expenditures was 0.7% in 2020. ▬ Flat
International tourism, expenditures in Afghanistan, 2008–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
In 2020, international tourism, expenditures in Afghanistan stood at 0.7%. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of down 69.2% on the previous year and down 61.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Afghanistan peaked at 3.5% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2020.
Afghanistan ranks 178th of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
International tourism, expenditures in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 1.0% | — |
| 2009 | 1.7% | +69.0% |
| 2010 | 1.8% | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 3.5% | +92.6% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | -68.2% |
| 2013 | 1.4% | +21.9% |
| 2014 | 1.7% | +23.7% |
| 2015 | 1.8% | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 1.2% | -31.9% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | +34.5% |
| 2018 | 2.8% | +73.2% |
| 2019 | 2.3% | -19.4% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | -69.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.4% | 1.0% | 1.7% | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.9% | 1.1% | 3.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
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 in Afghanistan?
- International tourism, expenditures in Afghanistan was 0.7% in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 3.5% in 2011.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2020.
- How does Afghanistan rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Afghanistan ranks 178th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 (% of total imports). 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. Their share in imports is calculated as a ratio to imports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.