International tourism, expenditures in Yemen
Yemen: International tourism, expenditures was 0.7% in 2016. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Yemen, 2005–2016
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for international tourism, expenditures in Yemen is 0.7%, measured in 2016. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is down 33.9% on the previous year and down 76.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Yemen peaked at 3.8% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2016.
Yemen ranks 179th of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Yemen, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3.8% | — |
| 2006 | 2.9% | -23.1% |
| 2007 | 2.6% | -8.7% |
| 2008 | 2.1% | -20.2% |
| 2009 | 2.8% | +31.7% |
| 2010 | 2.4% | -14.5% |
| 2011 | 2.4% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | -55.2% |
| 2013 | 1.2% | +14.4% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | -16.1% |
| 2015 | 1.0% | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | -33.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.8% | 2.1% | 3.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 0.7% | 2.4% | 7 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 176 Gambia 0.8% compare
- 177 Türkiye 0.7% compare
- 178 Afghanistan 0.7% compare
- 180 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.6% compare
- 181 Algeria 0.6% compare
- 182 Trinidad and Tobago 0.6% compare
More private sector data for Yemen
- Merchandise trade 24.7% (2025)
- Food imports 39.1% (2019)
- Manufactures imports 31.4% (2019)
- Merchandise imports 4.65 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 99.3% (2019)
- Manufactures exports 0.6% (2019)
- Merchandise exports 196.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4.69 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0264 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -14.41 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Yemen?
- International tourism, expenditures in Yemen was 0.7% in 2016, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 3.8% in 2005.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2016.
- How does Yemen rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Yemen ranks 179th out of 186 countries with data for 2016.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 76.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Yemen 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.