International tourism, expenditures in Cyprus
Cyprus: International tourism, expenditures was 4.2% in 2020. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Cyprus, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
Cyprus recorded 4.2% for international tourism, expenditures in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 47.9% on the previous year and down 51.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Cyprus peaked at 13.3% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 4.2%, in 2020.
Cyprus ranks 72nd of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 10.2% | — |
| 1996 | 10.0% | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 10.8% | +7.8% |
| 1998 | 10.7% | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 11.5% | +7.0% |
| 2000 | 10.6% | -8.2% |
| 2001 | 11.0% | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 10.6% | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 11.0% | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 11.5% | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 11.8% | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 11.1% | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 13.3% | +19.3% |
| 2008 | 11.2% | -15.6% |
| 2009 | 12.4% | +10.5% |
| 2010 | 8.7% | -29.3% |
| 2011 | 8.6% | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 9.2% | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 8.8% | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 8.9% | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 10.9% | +21.7% |
| 2016 | 10.8% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 8.1% | -25.5% |
| 2018 | 8.4% | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 8.2% | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 4.2% | -47.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.7% | 10.0% | 11.5% | 5 |
| 2000s | 11.4% | 10.6% | 13.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.1% | 8.1% | 10.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.2% | 4.2% | 4.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
More private sector data for Cyprus
- Merchandise trade 52.1% (2025)
- Food imports 15.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 15.29 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 22.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 22.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 6.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,513 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1501 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.94 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Cyprus?
- International tourism, expenditures in Cyprus was 4.2% 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 Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 13.3% in 2007.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.2% in 2020.
- How does Cyprus rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Cyprus ranks 72nd out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cyprus 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.