Expenditure of international tourism rose 11.8% to USD 1,571 mil in Ghana in 2016, according to Eurostat.
Historically, expenditure of international tourism in Ghana reached an all time high of USD 1,571 mil in 2016 and an all time low of USD 59.0 mil in 1996. When compared to Ghana's main peers, expenditure of international tourism in Benin amounted to USD 87.0 mil, USD 491 mil in Ivory Coast and USD 55.0 mil in Togo in 2016.
Ghana has been ranked 68th within the group of 160 countries we follow in terms of expenditure of international tourism, 15 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| International Tourism, Expenditure (USD) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Benin | USD mil | 54.2 | 141 | 87.0 | 148 | 76.0 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | USD mil | 176 | 160 | 176 | 182 | 191 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ghana | USD mil | 947 | 1,405 | 1,571 | 1,581 | 1,329 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | USD mil | 28.8 | 38.0 | 16.3 | 102 | 412 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | USD mil | 625 | 560 | 491 | 564 | 625 | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | USD mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.20 | 2.50 | 3.51 | 5.97 | 7.70 | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Mali | USD mil | 231 | 207 | 213 | 220 | 255 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Niger | USD mil | 129 | 140 | 110 | 120 | 141 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | USD mil | ... | 9,204 | 9,017 | 4,524 | 8,194 | 13,218 | |||||||||||||||
| Togo | USD mil | 60.0 | 53.0 | 55.0 | 57.0 | 65.0 | ... |
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