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Outbound tourism expenditure — Nigeria

Outbound tourism expenditure in Nigeria in 2020 — 6,613,000,000 US$. Ranked 16 in the world out of 138. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 605%.

2020 6.61B US$ −59.69% vs 2019
World rank 16of 138
Period maximum 16.41B US$2019
Period minimum 501M US$2005

Trend over time

1995–2020 · US$

Outbound tourism expenditure — Nigeria, 1995–202005B10B15B20B1995199820012004200720102013201620191995: 938,000,000 US$1996: 1,318,000,000 US$1997: 1,840,000,000 US$1998: 1,589,000,000 US$1999: 640,000,000 US$2000: 610,000,000 US$2001: 858,000,000 US$2002: 910,000,000 US$2003: 2,076,000,000 US$2005: 501,000,000 US$2006: 3,536,000,000 US$2007: 6,665,000,000 US$2008: 11,007,000,000 US$2009: 6,236,000,000 US$2010: 8,348,000,000 US$2011: 9,533,000,000 US$2012: 9,240,000,000 US$2013: 9,152,000,000 US$2014: 9,204,000,000 US$2015: 9,017,000,000 US$2016: 4,524,000,000 US$2017: 8,194,000,000 US$2018: 13,218,000,000 US$2019: 16,406,000,000 US$2020: 6,613,000,000 US$
Change over the period: +5.68B (+605.01%) Average annual rate: 8.13 %

Comparison, 2020

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Nigeria

Nigeria 6.61B US$
Lower-middle-income countries computed 54.68B US$
Outbound tourism expenditure — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2020 6.61B −9.79B −59.69%
2019 16.41B +3.19B +24.12%
2018 13.22B +5.02B +61.31%
2017 8.19B +3.67B +81.12%
2016 4.52B −4.49B −49.83%
2015 9.02B −187M −2.03%
2014 9.2B +52M +0.57%
2013 9.15B −88M −0.95%
2012 9.24B −293M −3.07%
2011 9.53B +1.19B +14.2%
2010 8.35B +2.11B +33.87%
2009 6.24B −4.77B −43.35%
2008 11.01B +4.34B +65.15%
2007 6.67B +3.13B +88.49%
2006 3.54B +3.04B +605.79%
2005 501M — —
2003 2.08B +1.17B +128.13%
2002 910M +52M +6.06%
2001 858M +248M +40.66%
2000 610M −30M −4.69%
1999 640M −949M −59.72%
1998 1.59B −251M −13.64%
1997 1.84B +522M +39.61%
1996 1.32B +380M +40.51%
1995 938M — —

Western Africa, 2020

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

NG Nigeria 6.61B GN Guinea 1.08B GH Ghana 946M CI Côte d'Ivoire 315M CV Cabo Verde 59M MR Mauritania 35M GM Gambia 5.2M
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About the indicator

Spending by residents of the country abroad in current US dollars: accommodation, food, transport inside the country visited, and shopping. Together with receipts from inbound tourism it forms the tourism balance of the country — an important part of the services account of the balance of payments.

Source: Tourism Statistics (UN Tourism / UNWTO), license UN Tourism terms of use.

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