International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) - Country Ranking - Africa
Definition: International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Source: World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 5,548,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 2 | Egypt | 2,509,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 3 | Libya | 2,042,000,000.00 | 2018 |
| 4 | Morocco | 1,113,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 5 | South Africa | 928,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 6 | Tanzania | 651,100,000.00 | 2019 |
| 7 | Angola | 615,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 8 | Cameroon | 553,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 9 | Tunisia | 369,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 322,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 11 | Lesotho | 276,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 12 | Congo | 251,000,000.00 | 2016 |
| 13 | Algeria | 234,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 13 | Zambia | 234,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 15 | Gabon | 232,000,000.00 | 2015 |
| 16 | Côte d'Ivoire | 205,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 16 | Mauritius | 205,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 18 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 204,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 19 | Kenya | 196,000,000.00 | 2019 |
| 20 | Mali | 179,000,000.00 | 2018 |
| 21 | Senegal | 171,000,000.00 | 2018 |
| 22 | Zimbabwe | 135,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 23 | Burkina Faso | 114,600,000.00 | 2019 |
| 24 | Uganda | 110,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 25 | Ghana | 105,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 26 | Rwanda | 104,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 27 | Niger | 102,500,000.00 | 2019 |
| 28 | Benin | 94,000,000.00 | 2019 |
| 29 | Mozambique | 90,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 30 | Botswana | 89,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 31 | Guinea-Bissau | 87,100,000.00 | 2019 |
| 32 | Malawi | 83,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 33 | Madagascar | 79,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 34 | Sierra Leone | 77,000,000.00 | 2019 |
| 35 | Namibia | 72,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 36 | Cabo Verde | 52,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 37 | Central African Republic | 50,400,000.00 | 2013 |
| 38 | Togo | 43,000,000.00 | 2019 |
| 39 | Eswatini | 36,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 40 | Comoros | 31,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 41 | Seychelles | 26,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 42 | Burundi | 23,000,000.00 | 2018 |
| 43 | Mauritania | 18,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 44 | Djibouti | 14,900,000.00 | 2020 |
| 45 | São Tomé and Principe | 9,500,000.00 | 2020 |
| 46 | Sudan | 6,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 47 | Liberia | 5,700,000.00 | 2019 |
| 48 | The Gambia | 5,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 49 | Guinea | 4,200,000.00 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Gap-filled total
Periodicity: Annual
