International tourism, expenditures in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina: International tourism, expenditures was 1.7% in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1998–2020
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina stood at 1.7%. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 52.4% on the previous year and down 40.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Bosnia and Herzegovina peaked at 3.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1.7%, in 2020.
That places Bosnia and Herzegovina 156th out of 186 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Bosnia and Herzegovina, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 2.4% | — |
| 1999 | 2.3% | -4.5% |
| 2000 | 2.2% | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 2.2% | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 2.4% | +7.0% |
| 2003 | 2.4% | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 2.3% | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 2.0% | -12.4% |
| 2006 | 2.6% | +28.7% |
| 2007 | 2.9% | +14.4% |
| 2008 | 3.0% | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 3.3% | +9.2% |
| 2010 | 2.8% | -15.0% |
| 2011 | 2.1% | -26.8% |
| 2012 | 2.0% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 2.0% | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 2.0% | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 3.2% | +63.4% |
| 2016 | 3.2% | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 3.3% | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 3.3% | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 3.5% | +7.7% |
| 2020 | 1.7% | -52.4% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina compared with similar countries
- Bosnia and Herzegovina's 1.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3.1%, 55% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina's 1.7% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3.1%, 55% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where International tourism, expenditures in Bosnia and Herzegovina changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +63.4% | 2.0% | 3.2% |
| 2020 | -52.4% | 3.5% | 1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 2.5% | 2.0% | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.7% | 2.0% | 3.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bosnia and Herzegovina
More private sector data for Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Merchandise trade 83.3% (2025)
- Food imports 18.2% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 63.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 17.33 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 7.4% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 72.2% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 9.81 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,125 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.301 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 10.38 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- International tourism, expenditures in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 1.7% 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- The highest recorded value was 3.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7% in 2020.
- How does Bosnia and Herzegovina rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 156th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bosnia and Herzegovina 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.