International tourism, expenditures in Botswana
Botswana: International tourism, expenditures was 1.2% in 2020. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Botswana, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for international tourism, expenditures in Botswana is 1.2%, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 68.3% on the previous year and down 73.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Botswana peaked at 10.4% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 2020.
Botswana ranks 166th 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 Botswana, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 7.5% | — |
| 1996 | 5.1% | -32.0% |
| 1997 | 4.4% | -13.4% |
| 1998 | 5.5% | +25.3% |
| 1999 | 6.5% | +17.7% |
| 2000 | 9.0% | +39.0% |
| 2001 | 10.4% | +15.5% |
| 2002 | 9.5% | -9.0% |
| 2003 | 8.7% | -8.5% |
| 2004 | 7.7% | -10.6% |
| 2005 | 8.2% | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 8.3% | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 6.0% | -28.3% |
| 2008 | 4.0% | -32.9% |
| 2009 | 4.3% | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 4.5% | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 3.8% | -14.9% |
| 2012 | 3.7% | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 2.9% | -23.8% |
| 2014 | 3.1% | +7.8% |
| 2015 | 3.2% | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 3.4% | +8.2% |
| 2017 | 4.0% | +17.6% |
| 2018 | 3.8% | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 3.8% | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 1.2% | -68.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.8% | 4.4% | 7.5% | 5 |
| 2000s | 7.6% | 4.0% | 10.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.6% | 2.9% | 4.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 163 Montenegro 1.3% compare
- 164 Indonesia 1.2% compare
- 165 Myanmar 1.2% compare
- 167 Bangladesh 1.2% compare
- 168 Netherlands 1.1% compare
- 169 Hungary 1.1% compare
More private sector data for Botswana
- Merchandise trade 57.8% (2025)
- Food imports 16.2% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 61.8% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 6.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 1.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 86.3% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 5.12 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,998 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2569 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 9.73 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Botswana?
- International tourism, expenditures in Botswana was 1.2% 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 Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 10.4% in 2001.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2020.
- How does Botswana rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Botswana ranks 166th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 73.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Botswana 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.