International tourism, expenditures in Malawi
Malawi: International tourism, expenditures was 3.5% in 2020. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Malawi, 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 Malawi stood at 3.5%.
That represents a change of down 40.9% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Malawi peaked at 10.8% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 2013.
Malawi ranks 95th 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 Malawi, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 8.0% | — |
| 1996 | 8.3% | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 8.8% | +6.6% |
| 1998 | 7.4% | -16.1% |
| 1999 | 6.8% | -7.5% |
| 2000 | 8.4% | +23.1% |
| 2001 | 8.1% | -4.1% |
| 2002 | 10.8% | +33.9% |
| 2003 | 7.7% | -29.0% |
| 2004 | 6.6% | -13.6% |
| 2005 | 6.4% | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 6.4% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 5.1% | -20.2% |
| 2008 | 4.3% | -16.6% |
| 2009 | 4.1% | -5.1% |
| 2010 | 3.4% | -16.3% |
| 2011 | 3.2% | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 3.8% | +17.7% |
| 2013 | 3.0% | -19.0% |
| 2014 | 3.5% | +15.6% |
| 2015 | 4.8% | +36.9% |
| 2016 | 4.2% | -13.7% |
| 2017 | 4.2% | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 5.8% | +38.0% |
| 2019 | 6.0% | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 3.5% | -40.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.9% | 6.8% | 8.8% | 5 |
| 2000s | 6.8% | 4.1% | 10.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.2% | 3.0% | 6.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.5% | 3.5% | 3.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More private sector data for Malawi
- Merchandise trade 30.9% (2025)
- Food imports 11.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 68.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.66 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 90.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 8.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 947.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 42.63 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0635 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -1.15 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Malawi?
- International tourism, expenditures in Malawi was 3.5% 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 10.8% in 2002.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 2013.
- How does Malawi rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Malawi ranks 95th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi 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.