International tourism, receipts in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): International tourism, receipts was 8.6% in 2019. ▼ Falling
International tourism, receipts in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1995–2019
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total exports.
Analysis
In 2019, international tourism, receipts in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) stood at 8.6%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 19.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, receipts in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 10.9% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 5.7%, in 2011.
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 21st of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
International tourism, receipts in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of total exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 8.1% | — |
| 1996 | 8.3% | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 9.4% | +13.7% |
| 1998 | 10.9% | +15.6% |
| 1999 | 9.3% | -14.9% |
| 2000 | 7.1% | -23.2% |
| 2001 | 8.1% | +13.6% |
| 2002 | 8.7% | +8.1% |
| 2003 | 9.9% | +13.0% |
| 2004 | 9.0% | -9.0% |
| 2005 | 7.7% | -14.3% |
| 2006 | 7.6% | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 7.1% | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 5.9% | -17.4% |
| 2009 | 7.2% | +22.2% |
| 2010 | 6.3% | -12.8% |
| 2011 | 5.7% | -9.1% |
| 2012 | 6.3% | +10.1% |
| 2013 | 6.3% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 6.9% | +9.5% |
| 2015 | 8.1% | +18.1% |
| 2016 | 8.9% | +9.4% |
| 2017 | 8.8% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 8.4% | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 8.6% | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.2% | 8.1% | 10.9% | 5 |
| 2000s | 7.8% | 5.9% | 9.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.4% | 5.7% | 8.9% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- 18 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 46.0% compare
- 19 Barbados 44.4% compare
- 20 Tuvalu 43.4% compare
- 21 Cape Verde 39.9% compare
- 22 Dominican Republic 37.7% compare
- 23 Eritrea 36.8% compare
- 24 Albania 35.9% compare
More private sector data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Merchandise trade 44.5% (2025)
- Food imports 12.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 56.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 499.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 14.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 19.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 486.25 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 367.94 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2201 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.25 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, receipts in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- International tourism, receipts in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 8.6% in 2019, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, receipts recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 10.9% in 1998.
- What is the lowest international tourism, receipts recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.7% in 2011.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for international tourism, receipts?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 21st out of 47 groups with data for 2019.
- Is international tourism, receipts rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 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, receipts (% of total exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Their share in exports is calculated as a ratio to exports 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 residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.