International tourism, expenditures in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): International tourism, expenditures was 7.8% in 2019. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 1995–2019
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) recorded 7.8% for international tourism, expenditures in 2019.
The figure is up 13.8% on the previous year and up 52.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) peaked at 9.5% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 4.5%, in 2011.
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 10th of 47 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 4.9% | — |
| 1996 | 4.9% | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 4.9% | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 5.0% | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 5.5% | +12.0% |
| 2000 | 5.1% | -7.4% |
| 2001 | 5.9% | +15.3% |
| 2002 | 6.0% | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 9.5% | +58.5% |
| 2004 | 8.1% | -14.5% |
| 2005 | 5.9% | -27.1% |
| 2006 | 5.7% | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 5.4% | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 4.6% | -14.2% |
| 2009 | 5.1% | +9.6% |
| 2010 | 5.3% | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 4.5% | -14.8% |
| 2012 | 4.6% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 4.9% | +7.4% |
| 2014 | 5.1% | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 6.6% | +27.5% |
| 2016 | 7.1% | +7.8% |
| 2017 | 7.0% | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 6.8% | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 7.8% | +13.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.1% | 4.9% | 5.5% | 5 |
| 2000s | 6.1% | 4.6% | 9.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.0% | 4.5% | 7.8% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
More private sector data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
- Merchandise trade 49.0% (2025)
- Food imports 18.8% (2019)
- Manufactures imports 57.7% (2019)
- Merchandise imports 582.51 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.4% (2017)
- Manufactures exports 37.1% (2017)
- Merchandise exports 468.21 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 621.05 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2195 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- International tourism, expenditures in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) was 7.8% in 2019, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 9.5% in 2003.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.5% in 2011.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 10th out of 47 groups with data for 2019.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high 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.