International tourism, expenditures in Cameroon
Cameroon: International tourism, expenditures was 9.7% in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures in Cameroon, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 9.7% for international tourism, expenditures in 2020.
That represents a change of down 10.8% on the previous year and up 132.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Cameroon peaked at 11.6% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 4.2%, in 2010.
Cameroon ranks 24th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 8.7% | — |
| 1996 | 6.8% | -22.1% |
| 1997 | 7.3% | +7.8% |
| 1998 | 9.0% | +23.6% |
| 1999 | 9.4% | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 9.6% | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 6.8% | -29.3% |
| 2002 | 6.6% | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 7.9% | +19.9% |
| 2004 | 9.9% | +25.6% |
| 2005 | 11.0% | +11.3% |
| 2006 | 11.2% | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 7.8% | -30.5% |
| 2008 | 7.0% | -10.3% |
| 2009 | 7.6% | +9.1% |
| 2010 | 4.2% | -45.4% |
| 2011 | 7.6% | +82.0% |
| 2012 | 8.2% | +8.3% |
| 2013 | 9.0% | +9.8% |
| 2014 | 8.6% | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 9.5% | +11.1% |
| 2016 | 11.6% | +21.3% |
| 2017 | 11.6% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 10.9% | -6.5% |
| 2019 | 10.8% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 9.7% | -10.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.2% | 6.8% | 9.4% | 5 |
| 2000s | 8.5% | 6.6% | 11.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.2% | 4.2% | 11.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.7% | 9.7% | 9.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More private sector data for Cameroon
- Merchandise trade 24.6% (2025)
- Food imports 21.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 51.6% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 9.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 22.8% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 6.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 5.10 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 170.69 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0865 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -4.92 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Cameroon?
- International tourism, expenditures in Cameroon was 9.7% 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 Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 11.6% in 2017.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.2% in 2010.
- How does Cameroon rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Cameroon ranks 24th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 132.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon 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.