International tourism, expenditures in Benin
Benin: International tourism, expenditures was 3.0% in 2019. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Benin, 1995–2019
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
Benin recorded 3.0% for international tourism, expenditures in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 85.4% on the previous year and down 23.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Benin peaked at 7.4% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 2013.
Benin ranks 109th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Benin, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 5.4% | — |
| 1996 | 6.9% | +27.8% |
| 1997 | 4.5% | -33.8% |
| 1998 | 4.2% | -7.7% |
| 1999 | 7.4% | +76.8% |
| 2000 | 7.0% | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 6.4% | -8.6% |
| 2002 | 5.5% | -14.7% |
| 2003 | 4.9% | -10.3% |
| 2004 | 5.2% | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 5.1% | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 5.1% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 5.1% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 4.2% | -16.7% |
| 2009 | 3.9% | -7.3% |
| 2010 | 4.0% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 3.5% | -11.6% |
| 2012 | 3.7% | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 1.2% | -68.3% |
| 2014 | 1.3% | +10.6% |
| 2015 | 4.0% | +210.1% |
| 2016 | 2.3% | -42.0% |
| 2017 | 3.7% | +57.3% |
| 2018 | 1.6% | -55.8% |
| 2019 | 3.0% | +85.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.7% | 4.2% | 7.4% | 5 |
| 2000s | 5.3% | 3.9% | 7.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.8% | 1.2% | 4.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Benin
More private sector data for Benin
- Merchandise trade 36.4% (2025)
- Food imports 33.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 50.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 4.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 39.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 7.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.99 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 269.2 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -0.8946 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Benin?
- International tourism, expenditures in Benin was 3.0% in 2019, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 7.4% in 1999.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2013.
- How does Benin rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Benin ranks 109th out of 186 countries with data for 2019.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin 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.