International tourism, expenditures in Nepal
Nepal: International tourism, expenditures was 2.5% in 2020. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Nepal, 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 Nepal stood at 2.5%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 51.6% on the previous year and down 72.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Nepal peaked at 12.5% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2020.
Nepal ranks 128th 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 Nepal, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 10.3% | — |
| 1996 | 8.9% | -13.2% |
| 1997 | 7.4% | -17.5% |
| 1998 | 7.5% | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 6.8% | -8.8% |
| 2000 | 6.1% | -10.4% |
| 2001 | 7.5% | +23.6% |
| 2002 | 6.5% | -13.7% |
| 2003 | 6.2% | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 8.9% | +45.2% |
| 2005 | 8.2% | -8.8% |
| 2006 | 8.9% | +9.1% |
| 2007 | 11.0% | +23.6% |
| 2008 | 12.5% | +13.4% |
| 2009 | 11.2% | -10.1% |
| 2010 | 9.0% | -19.9% |
| 2011 | 6.5% | -27.5% |
| 2012 | 8.2% | +26.0% |
| 2013 | 8.0% | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 7.7% | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 8.7% | +12.0% |
| 2016 | 6.3% | -27.0% |
| 2017 | 7.5% | +18.4% |
| 2018 | 6.3% | -16.6% |
| 2019 | 5.2% | -17.6% |
| 2020 | 2.5% | -51.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.2% | 6.8% | 10.3% | 5 |
| 2000s | 8.7% | 6.1% | 12.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.3% | 5.2% | 9.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More private sector data for Nepal
- Merchandise trade 36.7% (2025)
- Food imports 18.0% (2022)
- Manufactures imports 52.5% (2022)
- Merchandise imports 14.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 49.4% (2022)
- Manufactures exports 47.5% (2022)
- Merchandise exports 2.31 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 78.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0508 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 75.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Nepal?
- International tourism, expenditures in Nepal was 2.5% 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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 12.5% in 2008.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2020.
- How does Nepal rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Nepal ranks 128th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 72.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nepal 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.