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Inbound tourism receipts — South Africa

Inbound tourism receipts in South Africa in 2020 — 2,716,000,000 US$. Ranked 36 in the world out of 129. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 2.3%.

2020 2.72B US$ −70.04% vs 2019
World rank 36of 129
Period maximum 11.2B US$2012
Period minimum 2.65B US$1995

Trend over time

1995–2020 · US$

Inbound tourism receipts — South Africa, 1995–202005B10B15B1995199820012004200720102013201620191995: 2,654,000,000 US$1996: 3,137,000,000 US$1997: 3,422,000,000 US$1998: 3,419,000,000 US$1999: 3,407,000,000 US$2000: 3,338,000,000 US$2001: 3,256,000,000 US$2002: 3,695,000,000 US$2003: 6,674,000,000 US$2004: 7,571,000,000 US$2005: 8,629,000,000 US$2006: 9,211,000,000 US$2007: 10,226,000,000 US$2008: 9,178,000,000 US$2009: 8,684,000,000 US$2010: 10,309,000,000 US$2011: 10,706,000,000 US$2012: 11,202,000,000 US$2013: 10,468,000,000 US$2014: 10,484,000,000 US$2015: 9,140,000,000 US$2016: 8,807,000,000 US$2017: 9,706,000,000 US$2018: 9,789,000,000 US$2019: 9,064,000,000 US$2020: 2,716,000,000 US$
Change over the period: +62M (+2.34%) Average annual rate: 0.09 %

Comparison, 2020

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

South Africa 2.72B US$
Southern Africa computed 3.1B US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 73.45B US$
Inbound tourism receipts — South Africa, by year South Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2020 2.72B −6.35B −70.04%
2019 9.06B −725M −7.41%
2018 9.79B +83M +0.86%
2017 9.71B +899M +10.21%
2016 8.81B −333M −3.64%
2015 9.14B −1.34B −12.82%
2014 10.48B +16M +0.15%
2013 10.47B −734M −6.55%
2012 11.2B +496M +4.63%
2011 10.71B +397M +3.85%
2010 10.31B +1.63B +18.71%
2009 8.68B −494M −5.38%
2008 9.18B −1.05B −10.25%
2007 10.23B +1.02B +11.02%
2006 9.21B +582M +6.74%
2005 8.63B +1.06B +13.97%
2004 7.57B +897M +13.44%
2003 6.67B +2.98B +80.62%
2002 3.7B +439M +13.48%
2001 3.26B −82M −2.46%
2000 3.34B −69M −2.03%
1999 3.41B −12M −0.35%
1998 3.42B −3M −0.09%
1997 3.42B +285M +9.09%
1996 3.14B +483M +18.2%
1995 2.65B — —

Southern Africa, 2020

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

ZA South Africa 2.72B BW Botswana 217M NA Namibia 155M SZ Eswatini 7.3M
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About the indicator

Receipts from inbound tourism in current US dollars — spending by foreign visitors inside the country on accommodation, food, transport, entertainment and shopping, including prepaid tours. International passenger transport is recorded under a separate item of the balance of payments.

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

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