International tourism, expenditures in Ecuador
Ecuador: International tourism, expenditures was 2.6% in 2020. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Ecuador, 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 Ecuador stood at 2.6%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 58.1% on the previous year and down 31.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Ecuador peaked at 9.1% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 2020.
That places Ecuador 125th out of 186 countries with data for 2020, putting it 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 Ecuador, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 5.8% | — |
| 1996 | 6.1% | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 5.4% | -11.2% |
| 1998 | 4.9% | -10.6% |
| 1999 | 9.1% | +88.6% |
| 2000 | 8.4% | -7.7% |
| 2001 | 7.0% | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 6.5% | -7.1% |
| 2003 | 6.3% | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 6.0% | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 5.4% | -9.1% |
| 2006 | 5.1% | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 4.7% | -8.6% |
| 2008 | 3.8% | -19.6% |
| 2009 | 4.8% | +26.4% |
| 2010 | 3.8% | -20.1% |
| 2011 | 3.5% | -9.4% |
| 2012 | 3.4% | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 3.3% | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 3.3% | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 4.2% | +26.8% |
| 2016 | 7.4% | +77.0% |
| 2017 | 6.3% | -14.4% |
| 2018 | 5.7% | -9.5% |
| 2019 | 6.3% | +10.0% |
| 2020 | 2.6% | -58.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.3% | 4.9% | 9.1% | 5 |
| 2000s | 5.8% | 3.8% | 8.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.7% | 3.3% | 7.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More private sector data for Ecuador
- Merchandise trade 53.6% (2025)
- Food imports 12.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 32.65 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 53.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 4.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 37.15 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,031 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2851 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.93 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Ecuador?
- International tourism, expenditures in Ecuador was 2.6% 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 Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 9.1% in 1999.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 2020.
- How does Ecuador rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Ecuador ranks 125th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador 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.