International tourism, expenditures in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: International tourism, expenditures was 2.2% in 2018. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures in Papua New Guinea, 2003–2018
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 2.2% for international tourism, expenditures in 2018.
The figure is down 29.8% on the previous year and up 45.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Papua New Guinea peaked at 3.3% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 2006.
Papua New Guinea ranks 136th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 2.5% | — |
| 2004 | 2.9% | +15.7% |
| 2005 | 2.1% | -28.6% |
| 2006 | 1.2% | -40.7% |
| 2007 | 1.8% | +46.8% |
| 2008 | 1.5% | -15.7% |
| 2009 | 2.8% | +82.4% |
| 2010 | 2.2% | -21.5% |
| 2011 | 2.6% | +17.3% |
| 2012 | 2.4% | -7.1% |
| 2013 | 2.3% | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 2.8% | +22.5% |
| 2015 | 2.8% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 3.3% | +18.6% |
| 2017 | 3.2% | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 2.2% | -29.8% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 2.2% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3.9%, 57% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 2.2% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4.6%, 49% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.1% | 1.2% | 2.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 2.6% | 2.2% | 3.3% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More private sector data for Papua New Guinea
- Merchandise trade 62.0% (2025)
- Food imports 16.5% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 64.7% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 4.62 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 19.7% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 1.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 15.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,444 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4782 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.21 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Papua New Guinea?
- International tourism, expenditures in Papua New Guinea was 2.2% in 2018, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 3.3% in 2016.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2006.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 136th out of 186 countries with data for 2018.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.