International tourism, expenditures in Namibia
Namibia: International tourism, expenditures was 1.6% in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures in Namibia, 2009–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 1.6% for international tourism, expenditures in 2020.
The figure is down 22.4% on the previous year and up 122.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Namibia peaked at 2.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2013.
Namibia ranks 159th of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Namibia, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0.8% | — |
| 2010 | 0.7% | -11.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9% | +24.6% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | -14.9% |
| 2013 | 0.7% | -8.7% |
| 2014 | 0.9% | +27.7% |
| 2015 | 1.0% | +15.2% |
| 2016 | 1.3% | +28.9% |
| 2017 | 1.5% | +14.5% |
| 2018 | 1.1% | -27.1% |
| 2019 | 2.0% | +86.9% |
| 2020 | 1.6% | -22.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 0.7% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More private sector data for Namibia
- Merchandise trade 102.4% (2025)
- Food imports 13.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 8.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 28.0% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 18.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 7.02 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,271 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4658 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Namibia?
- International tourism, expenditures in Namibia was 1.6% 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2013.
- How does Namibia rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Namibia ranks 159th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 122.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.