Burundi's international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) was US$3.9 million in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 200% from US$1.3 million in 2008 (11.61% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$3.9 million | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | US$2.3 million | 2013 |
| Ten years earlier | US$1.3 million | 2008 |
| Highest | US$4.1 million | 2014 |
| Lowest | US$400,000 | 1998 |
| Average since 2009 | US$2.47 million | 2009–2018 |
| First recorded | US$1.4 million |
What the numbers say
In 2018, Burundi's international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) rose 30% on 2017 (from US$3 million to US$3.9 million).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2017), the average change was +12.9% and a typical year strayed about 47.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 120% in 2002 and the biggest yearly fall was 50% in 1997. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2009 to 2018 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$187,273 a year. A straight line explains 37% 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
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Burundi | US$3.9 million | 2018 |
| World | US$1.47 trillion | 2019 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | US$28.8 billion | 2019 |
| Low income | US$7.1 billion | 2019 |
Closest to Burundi in the 2018 ranking
- Senegal — 4th of 9: US$496 million
- Mali — 5th of 9: US$227 million
- Marshall Islands — 6th of 9: US$8.6 million
- Papua New Guinea — 8th of 9: US$3.46 million
- Naoero — 9th of 9: US$1.6 million
What this measures
International tourism receipts for travel items are expenditures by international inbound visitors in the reporting economy. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These receipts should include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 24 values
| Year | International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 3,900,000 |
| 2017 | 3,000,000 |
| 2016 | 1,900,000 |
| 2015 | 2,200,000 |
| 2014 | 4,100,000 |
| 2013 | 2,300,000 |
| 2012 | 1,500,000 |
| 2011 | 2,500,000 |
| 2010 | 1,800,000 |
| 2009 | 1,500,000 |
International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$16 million (2020)
- Benin — US$240 million (2019)
- Botswana — US$211 million (2020)
- Burkina Faso — US$116 million (2019)
- Cabo Verde — US$159 million (2020)
- Cameroon — US$437 million (2020)
- Comoros — US$18 million (2020)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — US$80.8 million (2020)
- Congo, Rep.
More private sector & trade data for Burundi
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 45.17% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$1.19 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$332 million (2025)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 44.81% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 21.64% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) — 17.59% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) — 0.47% (2023)
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Questions people ask
- What is Burundi's international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$)?
- US$3.9 million in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is up 178.57% from US$1.4 million in 1995 (4.56% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$4.1 million in 2014 and the lowest US$400,000 in 1998.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) unusual for Burundi?
- In 2018, Burundi's international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) rose 30% on 2017 (from US$3 million to US$3.9 million). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2017), the average change was +12.9% and a typical year strayed about 47.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.TVLR.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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