Receipts of international tourism as a percentage of total exports fell 66.3% to 2.89% in South Africa in 2020, according to Eurostat.
Historically, receipts of international tourism as a percentage of total exports in South Africa reached an all time high of 14.1% in 2003 and an all time low of 2.89% in 2020.
South Africa has been ranked 64th within the group of 113 countries we follow in terms of receipts of international tourism as a percentage of total exports, 5 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| International Tourism, Receipts (As % of Total Exports) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Angola | % | 2.62% | 3.40% | 2.22% | 2.48% | 1.35% | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | % | 5.58% | 7.44% | 6.14% | 7.85% | 7.76% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | 1.77% | 3.49% | 5.10% | 2.17% | 1.91% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.85% | 4.88% | 3.02% | 3.05% | 5.54% | |||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 11.4% | 13.2% | 7.90% | 10.0% | 9.85% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 9.49% | 9.49% | 9.63% | 9.32% | 8.79% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 0.805% | 0.814% | 0.779% | 0.689% | 0.863% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 5.80% | 8.03% | 9.20% | 7.19% | 7.43% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.60% | 4.82% | 4.78% | 3.41% | 3.69% |
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