International tourism, expenditures in Singapore
Singapore: International tourism, expenditures was 4.5% in 2018. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures in Singapore, 1995–2018
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
Singapore recorded 4.5% for international tourism, expenditures in 2018.
That represents a change of down 8.2% on the previous year and up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Singapore peaked at 5.4% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 1998.
That places Singapore 63rd out of 186 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Singapore, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 3.2% | — |
| 1996 | 3.3% | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 2.8% | -13.9% |
| 1998 | 2.6% | -8.1% |
| 1999 | 3.1% | +18.3% |
| 2000 | 2.7% | -12.3% |
| 2001 | 4.4% | +64.7% |
| 2002 | 5.4% | +21.3% |
| 2003 | 4.9% | -8.2% |
| 2004 | 4.3% | -12.4% |
| 2005 | 4.0% | -6.3% |
| 2006 | 3.8% | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 4.1% | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 4.1% | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 4.8% | +19.3% |
| 2010 | 4.5% | -6.0% |
| 2011 | 4.4% | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 4.5% | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 4.6% | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 4.8% | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 5.1% | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 5.4% | +6.8% |
| 2017 | 4.9% | -9.1% |
| 2018 | 4.5% | -8.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.0% | 2.6% | 3.3% | 5 |
| 2000s | 4.3% | 2.7% | 5.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.8% | 4.4% | 5.4% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
- 60 Timor-Leste 4.6% compare
- 61 Kyrgyzstan 4.6% compare
- 62 Angola 4.6% compare
- 64 Kenya 4.5% compare
- 65 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.5% compare
- 66 Barbados 4.4% compare
More private sector data for Singapore
- Merchandise trade 177.6% (2025)
- Food imports 3.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 70.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 505.84 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 2.8% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 74.5% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 566.87 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 92,760 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9387 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 12.11 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Singapore?
- International tourism, expenditures in Singapore was 4.5% 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 Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 5.4% in 2016.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 1998.
- How does Singapore rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Singapore ranks 63rd out of 186 countries with data for 2018.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Singapore 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.