Bangladesh's international tourism, receipts (current US$) was US$217.9 million in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 111.55% from US$103 million in 2010 (7.78% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$217.9 million | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | US$150.3 million | 2015 |
| Ten years earlier | US$103 million | 2010 |
| Highest | US$391 million | 2019 |
| Lowest | US$59 million | 2002 |
| Average since 2011 | US$216.55 million | 2011–2020 |
| First recorded | US$59 million |
What the numbers say
In 2020, Bangladesh's international tourism, receipts (current US$) fell 44.3% on 2019 (from US$391 million to US$217.9 million).
Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2019), the average change was +17.7% and a typical year strayed about 20% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 62.4% in 2017 and the biggest yearly fall was 44.3% in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2011 to 2020 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$29.49 million a year. A straight line explains 65% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2020, Bangladesh had the 96th highest value of the 126 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | US$217.9 million | 2020 |
| World | US$1.86 trillion | 2019 |
| Lower middle income | US$145.06 billion | 2019 |
Closest to Bangladesh in the 2020 ranking
- Fiji — 92nd of 126: US$236 million
- Seychelles — 93rd of 126: US$228 million
- Lao PDR — 94th of 126: US$227 million
- Botswana — 96th of 126: US$217 million
- Rwanda — 97th of 126: US$212 million
- Madagascar — 98th of 126: US$202 million
What this measures
International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Limitations: Tourism can be either domestic or international. The data refers to international tourism, where the traveler's country of residence differs from the visiting country. International tourism consists of inbound (arrival) and outbound (departures) tourism. The data are from the World Tourism Organization (WTO), a United Nations agency. The data on inbound and outbound tourists refer to the number of arrivals and departures, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips to a country during a given period is counted each time as a new arrival. The data on inbound tourism show the arrivals of nonresident tourists (overnight visitors) at national borders.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 16 values
| Year | International tourism, receipts (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 217,899,994 |
| 2019 | 391,000,000 |
| 2018 | 357,000,000 |
| 2017 | 348,000,000 |
| 2016 | 214,300,003 |
| 2015 | 150,300,003 |
| 2014 | 154,000,000 |
| 2013 | 131,000,000 |
| 2012 | 105,000,000 |
| 2011 | 97,000,000 |
| 2010 |
International tourism, receipts (current US$) in nearby economies
More private sector & trade data for Bangladesh
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 25.76% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$69.37 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$48.17 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) — 2.33% (2023)
- Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) — 88.53% (2023)
- Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports) — 6.91% (2023)
- Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) — 3.1% (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Bangladesh's international tourism, receipts (current US$)?
- US$217.9 million in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2002?
- It is up 269.32% from US$59 million in 2002 (7.53% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$391 million in 2019 and the lowest US$59 million in 2002.
- How does Bangladesh rank?
- 96th highest of 126 economies with data for 2020.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, receipts (current US$) unusual for Bangladesh?
- In 2020, Bangladesh's international tourism, receipts (current US$) fell 44.3% on 2019 (from US$391 million to US$217.9 million). Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2019), the average change was +17.7% and a typical year strayed about 20% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.RCPT.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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