International tourism, expenditures in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: International tourism, expenditures was 5.9% in 2020. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Cape Verde, 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 Cape Verde stood at 5.9%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 29.6% on the previous year and down 52.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Cape Verde peaked at 16.5% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 5.9%, in 2020.
That places Cape Verde 44th out of 186 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Cape Verde, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 6.8% | — |
| 1996 | 8.6% | +27.2% |
| 1997 | 8.7% | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 10.5% | +21.1% |
| 1999 | 13.4% | +27.4% |
| 2000 | 12.6% | -6.6% |
| 2001 | 16.0% | +27.4% |
| 2002 | 15.3% | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 16.5% | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 14.7% | -10.6% |
| 2005 | 12.8% | -13.2% |
| 2006 | 13.2% | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 11.9% | -9.7% |
| 2008 | 12.1% | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 13.5% | +11.7% |
| 2010 | 12.4% | -8.3% |
| 2011 | 10.3% | -16.6% |
| 2012 | 11.3% | +9.0% |
| 2013 | 11.0% | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 9.3% | -15.0% |
| 2015 | 12.0% | +29.3% |
| 2016 | 7.9% | -34.4% |
| 2017 | 8.5% | +7.4% |
| 2018 | 8.4% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 8.3% | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 5.9% | -29.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.6% | 6.8% | 13.4% | 5 |
| 2000s | 13.9% | 11.9% | 16.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.9% | 7.9% | 12.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.9% | 5.9% | 5.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Cape Verde
More private sector data for Cape Verde
- Merchandise trade 70.0% (2025)
- Food imports 32.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 50.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 86.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 13.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 96.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 182.05 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0314 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 23.08 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Cape Verde?
- International tourism, expenditures in Cape Verde was 5.9% 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 Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 16.5% in 2003.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.9% in 2020.
- How does Cape Verde rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Cape Verde ranks 44th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cape Verde 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.