Outbound tourism expenditure — all countries

Outbound tourism expenditure — Southern Africa

Outbound tourism expenditure in Southern Africa in 2020 — 2,076,200,005 US$. Since 1995, the indicator has fallen by 21%.

2020 2.08B US$ −68.71% vs 2019
World rank
Period maximum 9.1B US$2011
Period minimum 2.08B US$2020

Trend over time

1995–2020 · US$

Outbound tourism expenditure — Southern Africa, 1995–202002.5B5B7.5B10B1995199820012004200720102013201620191995: 2,629,000,000 US$1996: 2,474,000,000 US$1997: 2,719,000,000 US$1998: 2,714,000,000 US$1999: 2,924,000,000 US$2000: 3,120,000,000 US$2001: 2,778,000,000 US$2002: 2,612,000,000 US$2003: 4,155,000,000 US$2004: 4,849,000,000 US$2005: 5,426,000,000 US$2006: 5,827,000,000 US$2007: 6,725,299,988 US$2008: 7,441,699,997 US$2009: 7,038,399,994 US$2010: 8,844,500,000 US$2011: 9,103,480,011 US$2012: 7,835,000,000 US$2013: 7,060,200,012 US$2014: 6,897,000,000 US$2015: 6,305,399,994 US$2016: 5,968,100,006 US$2017: 6,794,300,003 US$2018: 7,085,299,988 US$2019: 6,634,700,012 US$2020: 2,076,200,005 US$
Change over the period: −553M (−21.03%) Average annual rate: -0.94 %
Outbound tourism expenditure — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2020 2.08B −4.56B −68.71%
2019 6.63B −451M −6.36%
2018 7.09B +291M +4.28%
2017 6.79B +826M +13.84%
2016 5.97B −337M −5.35%
2015 6.31B −592M −8.58%
2014 6.9B −163M −2.31%
2013 7.06B −775M −9.89%
2012 7.84B −1.27B −13.93%
2011 9.1B +259M +2.93%
2010 8.84B +1.81B +25.66%
2009 7.04B −403M −5.42%
2008 7.44B +716M +10.65%
2007 6.73B +898M +15.42%
2006 5.83B +401M +7.39%
2005 5.43B +577M +11.9%
2004 4.85B +694M +16.7%
2003 4.16B +1.54B +59.07%
2002 2.61B −166M −5.98%
2001 2.78B −342M −10.96%
2000 3.12B +196M +6.7%
1999 2.92B +210M +7.74%
1998 2.71B −5M −0.18%
1997 2.72B +245M +9.9%
1996 2.47B −155M −5.9%
1995 2.63B

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.