Cameroon's international tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) was US$28 million in 2019, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 2,700% from US$1 million in 2009 (39.55% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$28 million | 2019 |
| Five years earlier | US$34 million | 2014 |
| Ten years earlier | US$1 million | 2009 |
| Highest | US$109 million | 2001 |
| Lowest | US$1 million | 2009 |
| Average since 2010 | US$24.7 million | 2010–2019 |
| First recorded | US$39 million |
What the numbers say
In 2019, Cameroon's international tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) fell 46.2% on 2018 (from US$52 million to US$28 million).
Across the 23 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2018), the average change was +76.2% and a typical year strayed about 256.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below 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 1,100% in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 90.9% in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2010 to 2019 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 13% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2019, Cameroon had the 6th highest value of the 10 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | US$28 million | 2019 |
| World | US$276.98 billion | 2019 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | US$6.21 billion | 2019 |
| Lower middle income | US$15.88 billion | 2019 |
Closest to Cameroon in the 2019 ranking
What this measures
International tourism receipts for passenger transport items are expenditures by international inbound visitors for all services provided in the international transportation by resident carriers. Also included are passenger services performed within an economy by nonresident carriers. Excluded are passenger services provided to nonresidents by resident carriers within the resident economies; these are included in travel items. In addition to the services covered by passenger fares--including fares that are a part of package tours but excluding cruise fares, which are included in travel--passenger services include such items as charges for excess baggage, vehicles, or other personal accompanying effects and expenditures for food, drink, or other items for which passengers make expenditures while on board carriers. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 25 values
| Year | International tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 28,000,000 |
| 2018 | 52,000,000 |
| 2017 | 19,000,000 |
| 2016 | 3,000,000 |
| 2015 | 26,000,000 |
| 2014 | 34,000,000 |
| 2013 | 31,000,000 |
| 2012 | 28,000,000 |
| 2011 | 14,000,000 |
| 2010 | 12,000,000 |
International tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$3 million (2020)
- Benin — US$860,000 (2019)
- Botswana — US$6 million (2020)
- Burkina Faso — US$57 million (2019)
- Cabo Verde — US$10 million (2020)
- Comoros — US$500,000 (2020)
- Congo, Rep. — US$1.9 million (2016)
- Côte d'Ivoire — US$33.2 million (2020)
More private sector & trade data for Cameroon
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 24.6% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$9.4 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$5.1 billion (2025)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 49.8% (2023)
- Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) — 0.0000201% (2023)
- Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) — US$8.62 billion (2023)
- Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) — 51.62% (2023)
- Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Cameroon's international tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$)?
- US$28 million in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is down 28.21% from US$39 million in 1995 (1.37% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$109 million in 2001 and the lowest US$1 million in 2009.
- How does Cameroon rank?
- 6th highest of 10 economies with data for 2019.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) unusual for Cameroon?
- In 2019, Cameroon's international tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) fell 46.2% on 2018 (from US$52 million to US$28 million). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2018), the average change was +76.2% and a typical year strayed about 256.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below 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.TRNR.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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