International tourism, expenditures in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: International tourism, expenditures was 4.5% in 2012. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Low & middle income, 1997–2012
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
In 2012, international tourism, expenditures in Low & middle income stood at 4.5%. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of down 25.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Low & middle income peaked at 6.3% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 4.5%, in 2012.
That places Low & middle income 42nd out of 47 groups with data for 2012, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 6.3% | — |
| 1998 | 6.3% | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 6.1% | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 5.8% | -4.9% |
| 2001 | 6.1% | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 6.1% | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 5.3% | -13.7% |
| 2004 | 4.9% | -6.0% |
| 2005 | 4.9% | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 4.8% | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 4.8% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 4.5% | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 4.5% | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.2% | 6.1% | 6.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 5.2% | 4.5% | 6.1% | 9 |
| 2010s | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More private sector data for Low & middle income
- Merchandise trade 41.5% (2025)
- Food imports 8.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 58.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 8.33 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 72.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 8.84 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,301 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.213 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.48 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Low & middle income?
- International tourism, expenditures in Low & middle income was 4.5% in 2012, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 6.3% in 1997.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.5% in 2012.
- How does Low & middle income rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Low & middle income ranks 42nd out of 47 groups with data for 2012.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Low & middle income 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.