International tourism, expenditures in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: International tourism, expenditures was 2.2% in 2020. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Dominican Republic, 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 Dominican Republic is 2.2%, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 49.4% on the previous year and down 41.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Dominican Republic peaked at 6.8% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 2020.
That places Dominican Republic 142nd out of 186 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 6.5% | — |
| 1996 | 6.7% | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 6.3% | -5.0% |
| 1998 | 6.1% | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 6.1% | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 5.6% | -6.7% |
| 2001 | 5.9% | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 5.7% | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 6.5% | +13.7% |
| 2004 | 6.8% | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 5.8% | -15.1% |
| 2006 | 4.4% | -23.1% |
| 2007 | 4.1% | -7.1% |
| 2008 | 3.4% | -17.1% |
| 2009 | 4.4% | +29.5% |
| 2010 | 3.7% | -16.1% |
| 2011 | 3.4% | -8.3% |
| 2012 | 3.3% | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 3.5% | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 3.5% | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 4.0% | +12.9% |
| 2016 | 4.2% | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 4.5% | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 4.2% | -6.6% |
| 2019 | 4.3% | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 2.2% | -49.4% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 2.2% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3.1%, 71% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 2.2% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3.4%, 64% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.3% | 6.1% | 6.7% | 5 |
| 2000s | 5.3% | 3.4% | 6.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.9% | 3.3% | 4.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
More private sector data for Dominican Republic
- Merchandise trade 35.6% (2025)
- Food imports 17.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 63.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 29.75 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 25.0% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 58.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 15.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,352 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1223 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 12.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Dominican Republic?
- International tourism, expenditures in Dominican Republic was 2.2% 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 Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 6.8% in 2004.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 2020.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Dominican Republic ranks 142nd out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominican Republic 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.