International tourism, expenditures in Tanzania, United Republic of
Tanzania, United Republic of: International tourism, expenditures was 7.1% in 2019. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Tanzania, United Republic of, 1997–2019
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
In 2019, international tourism, expenditures in Tanzania, United Republic of stood at 7.1%. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is down 9.4% on the previous year and down 33.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Tanzania, United Republic of peaked at 22.1% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 7.1%, in 2019.
Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 36th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Tanzania, United Republic of, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 21.6% | — |
| 1998 | 22.1% | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 18.2% | -17.6% |
| 2000 | 18.0% | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 16.4% | -8.7% |
| 2002 | 16.8% | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 14.1% | -16.3% |
| 2004 | 13.6% | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 13.7% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 11.2% | -18.6% |
| 2007 | 9.8% | -12.1% |
| 2008 | 8.6% | -12.4% |
| 2009 | 10.7% | +24.0% |
| 2010 | 9.5% | -10.9% |
| 2011 | 7.7% | -18.9% |
| 2012 | 7.9% | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 8.1% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 8.7% | +7.2% |
| 2015 | 12.2% | +39.6% |
| 2016 | 11.1% | -9.2% |
| 2017 | 9.4% | -15.2% |
| 2018 | 7.8% | -16.6% |
| 2019 | 7.1% | -9.4% |
Tanzania, United Republic of compared with similar countries
- Tanzania, United Republic of's 7.1% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3.9%, 1.8× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Tanzania, United Republic of's 7.1% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3.6%, 2.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20.7% | 18.2% | 22.1% | 3 |
| 2000s | 13.3% | 8.6% | 18.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.0% | 7.1% | 12.2% | 10 |
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More private sector data for Tanzania, United Republic of
- Merchandise trade 27.5% (2025)
- Food imports 9.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 68.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 14.81 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 37.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 10.8% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 9.96 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 141.13 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1104 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 14.41 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- International tourism, expenditures in Tanzania, United Republic of was 7.1% 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 Tanzania, United Republic of?
- The highest recorded value was 22.1% in 1998.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.1% in 2019.
- How does Tanzania, United Republic of rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 36th out of 186 countries with data for 2019.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tanzania, United Republic of 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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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.