Expenditure of international tourism as a percentage of total imports fell 64.3% to 2.02% in South Africa in 2020, according to Eurostat.
Historically, expenditure of international tourism as a percentage of total imports in South Africa reached an all time high of 8.97% in 1999 and an all time low of 2.02% in 2020. When compared to South Africa's main peers, expenditure of international tourism as a percentage of total imports in Botswana amounted to 1.24%, 14.0% in Lesotho, 1.67% in Namibia and 2.16% in Swaziland in 2020.
South Africa has been ranked 88th within the group of 122 countries we follow in terms of expenditure of international tourism as a percentage of total imports, 56 places below 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 |
| Angola | % | 0.943% | 1.02% | 3.21% | 4.30% | 2.94% | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | % | 3.08% | 3.17% | 3.43% | 4.03% | 3.78% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | 8.23% | 8.79% | 13.1% | 13.5% | 14.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.85% | 3.04% | 3.70% | 2.94% | 1.29% | |||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 0.877% | 1.01% | 1.30% | 1.49% | 1.09% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 5.43% | 5.69% | 5.95% | 6.08% | 5.80% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 3.13% | 3.79% | 2.00% | 3.80% | 2.08% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 3.69% | 4.51% | 5.33% | 4.70% | 4.69% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.70% | 7.72% | 6.56% | 5.42% | 3.52% |
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