Based on a comparison of 162 countries in 2018, Albania ranked the highest in expenditure of international tourism as a percentage of total imports with 25.5% followed by Armenia and Kuwait. On the other end of the scale was Sudan with 0.158%, Djibouti with 0.532% and Liberia with 0.618%.
Average expenditure of international tourism as a percentage of total imports reached 6.41% in 2018 in the World according to Eurostat. This is 2.44 % less than in the previous year and 18.4 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, average expenditure of international tourism as a percentage of total imports reached an all time high of 7.52% in 1996 and an all time low of 5.06% in 2011. The average annual growth amounted to -0.527 % since 1995.
Data for more countries are available at International Tourism, Expenditure (As % of Total Imports) indicator page.
International Tourism, Expenditure (As % of Total Imports) | Unit | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
Albania | % | 23.5% | 26.1% | 27.1% | 25.9% | 24.6% | ||||||||||||||||
Argentina | % | 10.2% | 9.33% | 9.68% | 12.2% | 16.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Armenia | % | 17.0% | 18.4% | 20.1% | 23.9% | 25.0% | ||||||||||||||||
Australia | % | 10.6% | 11.2% | 11.6% | 12.6% | 13.7% | ||||||||||||||||
Azerbaijan | % | 15.0% | 15.6% | 16.0% | 14.9% | 15.7% | ||||||||||||||||
Bahrain | % | 3.79% | 3.53% | 2.86% | 22.1% | 9.11% | ||||||||||||||||
Guinea Bissau | % | ... | ... | ... | 9.64% | 10.1% | 16.0% | 15.7% | 15.1% | |||||||||||||
Iceland | % | 10.8% | 11.6% | 12.0% | 12.8% | 14.8% | ||||||||||||||||
Iraq | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.72% | 6.77% | 8.91% | 13.6% | 17.3% | |||||||||
Kuwait | % | 22.2% | 22.7% | 24.0% | 25.7% | 25.0% | ||||||||||||||||
Lebanon | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.1% | 14.1% | 15.6% | 16.8% | 16.9% | ||||||||||||
Lesotho | % | 9.31% | 9.38% | 8.23% | 8.79% | 12.6% | ||||||||||||||||
Nigeria | % | ... | 11.4% | 11.9% | 10.6% | 12.5% | 9.63% | |||||||||||||||
Qatar | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19.6% | 19.9% | 20.1% | 19.6% | 20.7% | |||
South Sudan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.55% | 23.0% | 15.6% |