Expenditure of international tourism as a percentage of total imports fell 34.9% to 1.30% in Montenegro in 2020, according to Eurostat.
Historically, expenditure of international tourism as a percentage of total imports in Montenegro reached an all time high of 3.29% in 2016 and an all time low of 1.30% in 2020. When compared to Montenegro's main peers, expenditure of international tourism as a percentage of total imports in Albania amounted to 14.2%, 1.68% in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2.82% in Croatia and 3.91% in Serbia in 2020.
Montenegro has been ranked 104th within the group of 122 countries we follow in terms of expenditure of international tourism as a percentage of total imports, 26 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| International Tourism, Expenditure (As % of Total Imports) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Albania | % | 27.1% | 25.9% | 24.6% | 24.1% | 25.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | % | 1.95% | 3.19% | 3.24% | 3.34% | 3.27% | ||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | % | 3.43% | 3.37% | 3.97% | 5.14% | 5.56% | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | 4.88% | 5.54% | 5.50% | 4.61% | 4.56% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | 2.38% | 2.47% | 2.74% | 2.69% | 2.54% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 5.09% | 6.18% | 6.26% | 6.37% | 6.22% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kosovo | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Macedonia | % | 2.52% | 2.89% | 2.89% | 2.98% | 3.06% | ||||||||||||||||
| Montenegro | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.87% | 2.80% | 3.29% | 2.89% | 1.99% | |||||||||
| Romania | % | 3.28% | 3.37% | 3.61% | 5.24% | 5.59% | ||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.66% | 6.06% | 6.23% | 6.12% | 6.17% | |||||||||
| Slovenia | % | 4.78% | 4.61% | 4.80% | 4.55% | 4.51% |
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