Congo, Rep.: International tourism, expenditures (current US$)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 39.76% from US$327 million in 2011 (6.92% a year on average, compounded). Since 1995 it is up 562.32% from US$69 million in 1995 (9.42% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 2 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2016, Congo, Rep.'s international tourism, expenditures (current US$) fell 18% on 2015 (from US$557 million to US$457 million).

Across the 17 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2015), the average change was +19.7% and a typical year strayed about 42.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 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 153% in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 43.2% in 2010. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2007 to 2016 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$28.09 million a year. A straight line explains 42% 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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Closest to Congo, Rep. in the 2016 ranking

• Venezuela, RB — 1st of 5: US$2.92 billion
• French Polynesia — 3rd of 5: US$226 million
• Barbados — 4th of 5: US$99 million
• Yemen, Rep. — 5th of 5: US$56 million

What this measures

International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures 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. Expenditure associated with the activity of international visitors has been traditionally identified with the travel item of the Balance of Payments (BOP).

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.

All 20 values

International tourism, expenditures (current US$) in nearby economies

• Angola — US$691 million (2020)
• Benin — US$130 million (2019)
• Botswana — US$91.8 million (2020)
• Burkina Faso — US$185.2 million (2019)
• Cabo Verde — US$59 million (2020)
• Cameroon — US$697 million (2020)
• Comoros — US$43 million (2020)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — US$115 million (2018)
• Côte d'Ivoire — US$315 million (2020)
• Eswatini

More private sector & trade data for Congo, Rep.

• Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 94.44% (2025)
• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$7.9 billion (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$7.5 billion (2025)
• Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 28.41% (2023)
• Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) — 0% (2023)
• Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) — US$5.96 billion (2023)
• Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) — 38.45% (2023)
• Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)

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Questions people ask

What is Congo, Rep.'s international tourism, expenditures (current US$)?

US$457 million in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1995?

It is up 562.32% from US$69 million in 1995 (9.42% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$557 million in 2015 and the lowest US$59 million in 2000.

Is the latest change in international tourism, expenditures (current US$) unusual for Congo, Rep.?

In 2016, Congo, Rep.'s international tourism, expenditures (current US$) fell 18% on 2015 (from US$557 million to US$457 million). Across the 17 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2015), the average change was +19.7% and a typical year strayed about 42.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.XPND.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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