Congo, Rep.: International tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 98.08% from US$104 million in 2011 (14.65% a year on average, compounded). Since 1995 it is up 1,112% from US$17 million in 1995 (12.61% 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 for passenger transport items (current US$) fell 11.6% on 2015 (from US$233 million to US$206 million).

Across the 17 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2015), the average change was +44.7% and a typical year strayed about 109.8% 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 400% in 1998 and the biggest yearly fall was 62.5% 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 2007 to 2016 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$13.28 million a year. A straight line explains 62% 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

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Congo, Rep. in the 2016 ranking

• Venezuela, RB — 1st of 7: US$1.11 billion
• Cyprus — 2nd of 7: US$439.32 million
• Libya — 4th of 7: US$99 million
• French Polynesia — 5th of 7: US$74 million
• Barbados — 6th of 7: US$46 million

What this measures

International tourism expenditures for passenger transport items are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries for all services provided during international transportation by nonresident 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 20 values

International tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$) in nearby economies

• Angola — US$76 million (2020)
• Benin — US$36 million (2019)
• Botswana — US$2.8 million (2020)
• Burkina Faso — US$70.6 million (2019)
• Cabo Verde — US$7 million (2020)
• Cameroon — US$144 million (2020)
• Comoros — US$12 million (2020)
• Côte d'Ivoire — US$110 million (2020)

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 for passenger transport items (current US$)?

US$206 million in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1995?

It is up 1,112% from US$17 million in 1995 (12.61% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$233 million in 2015 and the lowest US$3 million in 1997.

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

In 2016, Congo, Rep.'s international tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$) fell 11.6% on 2015 (from US$233 million to US$206 million). Across the 17 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2015), the average change was +44.7% and a typical year strayed about 109.8% 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.TRNX.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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