Expenditure of international tourism as a percentage of total imports fell 45.6% to 2.93% in Seychelles in 2020, according to Eurostat.
Historically, expenditure of international tourism as a percentage of total imports in Seychelles reached an all time high of 10.7% in 1995 and an all time low of 2.93% in 2020. When compared to Seychelles's main peers, expenditure of international tourism as a percentage of total imports in Comoros amounted to 12.5%, 2.61% in Madagascar, 4.33% in Maldives and 4.29% in Mauritius in 2020.
Seychelles has been ranked 60th within the group of 122 countries we follow in terms of expenditure of international tourism as a percentage of total imports, 9 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 |
| Comoros | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.9% | 12.7% | 14.2% | 13.8% | 13.5% | ||||||||||||
| India | % | 3.16% | 3.60% | 4.06% | 3.89% | 4.01% | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | % | 5.08% | 5.90% | 6.22% | 5.99% | 6.02% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | % | 1.02% | 1.23% | 0.897% | 1.37% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Madagascar | % | 7.89% | 6.84% | 8.41% | 7.10% | 6.41% | ||||||||||||||||
| Maldives | % | 9.84% | 11.2% | 10.8% | 10.5% | 10.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritius | % | 6.73% | 9.38% | 10.6% | 10.3% | 8.81% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.85% | 3.04% | 3.70% | 2.94% | 1.29% | |||||||||||
| Seychelles | % | 4.10% | 3.80% | 5.68% | 5.08% | 4.90% | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | % | 4.81% | 5.08% | 5.42% | 4.94% | 4.55% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 5.43% | 5.69% | 5.95% | 6.08% | 5.80% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | % | 8.31% | 9.35% | 9.79% | 9.48% | 9.27% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 3.13% | 3.79% | 2.00% | 3.80% | 2.08% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 8.74% | 10.3% | 9.32% | 9.10% | 7.87% | ... |
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