International tourism, expenditures in Egypt
Egypt: International tourism, expenditures was 3.6% in 2020. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Egypt, 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 Egypt stood at 3.6%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 24.5% on the previous year and down 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Egypt peaked at 8.0% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 3.4%, in 2017.
Egypt ranks 91st 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 Egypt, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 8.0% | — |
| 1996 | 7.6% | -5.3% |
| 1997 | 6.8% | -9.7% |
| 1998 | 6.0% | -11.9% |
| 1999 | 5.6% | -6.4% |
| 2000 | 5.3% | -6.5% |
| 2001 | 5.9% | +12.8% |
| 2002 | 6.7% | +12.9% |
| 2003 | 7.5% | +11.0% |
| 2004 | 5.7% | -23.1% |
| 2005 | 5.6% | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 5.3% | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 5.4% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 5.0% | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 5.5% | +8.3% |
| 2010 | 4.5% | -17.5% |
| 2011 | 4.2% | -6.9% |
| 2012 | 4.4% | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 5.0% | +13.1% |
| 2014 | 4.7% | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 5.4% | +13.6% |
| 2016 | 6.4% | +19.0% |
| 2017 | 3.4% | -45.9% |
| 2018 | 3.8% | +10.2% |
| 2019 | 4.7% | +24.1% |
| 2020 | 3.6% | -24.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.8% | 5.6% | 8.0% | 5 |
| 2000s | 5.8% | 5.0% | 7.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.6% | 3.4% | 6.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.6% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More private sector data for Egypt
- Merchandise trade 40.8% (2025)
- Food imports 20.4% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 52.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 97.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 51.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 51.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 434.27 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1407 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 21.67 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Egypt?
- International tourism, expenditures in Egypt was 3.6% 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 8.0% in 1995.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.4% in 2017.
- How does Egypt rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Egypt ranks 91st out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt 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.