Comoros's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) was US$31 million in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 62.3% from US$19.1 million in 2010 (4.96% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$31 million | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | US$19 million | 2015 |
| Ten years earlier | US$19.1 million | 2010 |
| Highest | US$31 million | 2019 |
| Lowest | US$7 million | 1995 |
| Average since 2011 | US$24.31 million | 2011–2020 |
| First recorded | US$7 million |
What the numbers say
In 2020, Comoros' international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) did not change 0% on 2019 (from US$31 million to US$31 million).
Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2019), the average change was +9.3% and a typical year strayed about 14.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 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 38.2% in 2007 and the biggest yearly fall was 20.8% in 2015. 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$1.25 million a year. A straight line explains 68% of the movement over 9 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, Comoros had the 133rd highest value of the 155 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Comoros | US$31 million | 2020 |
| World | US$1.4 trillion | 2019 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | US$26.04 billion | 2019 |
| Lower middle income | US$117.55 billion | 2019 |
Closest to Comoros in the 2020 ranking
- Eswatini — 130th of 155: US$36 million
- Tonga — 131st of 155: US$33 million
- Trinidad and Tobago — 132nd of 155: US$33 million
- Solomon Islands — 134th of 155: US$30.9 million
- Afghanistan — 135th of 155: US$30 million
- Montenegro — 136th of 155: US$30 million
What this measures
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 16 values
| Year | International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 31,000,000 |
| 2019 | 31,000,000 |
| 2018 | 28,000,000 |
| 2017 | 24,000,000 |
| 2016 | 21,000,000 |
| 2015 | 19,000,000 |
| 2014 | 24,000,000 |
| 2013 | no data |
| 2012 | 19,700,001 |
| 2011 | 21,100,000 |
International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$615 million (2020)
- Benin — US$94 million (2019)
- Botswana — US$89 million (2020)
- Burkina Faso — US$114.6 million (2019)
- Burundi — US$23 million (2018)
- Cabo Verde — US$52 million (2020)
- Cameroon — US$553 million (2020)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — US$204 million (2020)
- Congo, Rep.
More private sector & trade data for Comoros
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$371 million (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$48 million (2025)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 62.18% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) — 5.92% (2023)
- Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) — 0.07% (2023)
- Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) — US$354.4 million (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports) — 5.92% (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Comoros's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$)?
- US$31 million in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is up 342.86% from US$7 million in 1995 (6.13% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$31 million in 2019 and the lowest US$7 million in 1995.
- How does Comoros rank?
- 133rd highest of 155 economies with data for 2020.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) unusual for Comoros?
- In 2020, Comoros' international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) did not change 0% on 2019 (from US$31 million to US$31 million). Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2019), the average change was +9.3% and a typical year strayed about 14.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 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.TVLX.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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