International tourism, expenditures in Belarus
Belarus: International tourism, expenditures was 1.4% in 2020. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Belarus, 1995–2020
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 Belarus stood at 1.4%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 53.1% on the previous year and down 33.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Belarus peaked at 5.8% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 1.4%, in 2020.
Belarus ranks 162nd of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Belarus, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1.8% | — |
| 1996 | 2.0% | +11.2% |
| 1997 | 1.4% | -28.1% |
| 1998 | 1.7% | +21.1% |
| 1999 | 2.0% | +17.5% |
| 2000 | 3.2% | +62.3% |
| 2001 | 5.7% | +77.0% |
| 2002 | 5.8% | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 3.8% | -35.1% |
| 2004 | 3.0% | -19.4% |
| 2005 | 3.0% | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 2.9% | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 2.4% | -16.7% |
| 2008 | 2.1% | -13.8% |
| 2009 | 2.5% | +19.4% |
| 2010 | 2.0% | -19.1% |
| 2011 | 1.5% | -24.9% |
| 2012 | 1.9% | +26.6% |
| 2013 | 2.9% | +48.7% |
| 2014 | 3.0% | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 3.0% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 3.0% | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 3.0% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 2.8% | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 2.9% | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 1.4% | -53.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.8% | 1.4% | 2.0% | 5 |
| 2000s | 3.5% | 2.1% | 5.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.6% | 1.5% | 3.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1 |
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More private sector data for Belarus
- Merchandise trade 96.1% (2025)
- Food imports 10.3% (2021)
- Manufactures imports 49.4% (2021)
- Merchandise imports 48.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 16.6% (2021)
- Manufactures exports 38.4% (2021)
- Merchandise exports 41.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,556 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4432 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 2.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Belarus?
- International tourism, expenditures in Belarus was 1.4% 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 Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 5.8% in 2002.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4% in 2020.
- How does Belarus rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Belarus ranks 162nd out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belarus 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.