Congo, Rep.'s international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) was US$251 million in 2016, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 90.15% from US$132 million in 2006 (6.64% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$251 million | 2016 |
| Five years earlier | US$223 million | 2011 |
| Ten years earlier | US$132 million | 2006 |
| Highest | US$378 million | 2009 |
| Lowest | US$50 million | 2000 |
| Average since 2007 | US$219.6 million | 2007–2016 |
| First recorded | US$52 million |
What the numbers say
In 2016, Congo, Rep.'s international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) fell 22.5% on 2015 (from US$324 million to US$251 million).
Across the 20 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2015), the average change was +22% and a typical year strayed about 80.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 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 350% in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 44.2% 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 24% 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
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Congo, Rep. | US$251 million | 2016 |
| World | US$1.4 trillion | 2019 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | US$26.04 billion | 2019 |
| Lower middle income | US$117.55 billion | 2019 |
Closest to Congo, Rep. in the 2016 ranking
- Venezuela, RB — 1st of 5: US$1.81 billion
- New Caledonia — 3rd of 5: US$153 million
- Barbados — 4th of 5: US$53 million
- Yemen, Rep. — 5th of 5: US$49 million
What this measures
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 22 values
| Year | International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 251,000,000 |
| 2015 | 324,000,000 |
| 2014 | 257,000,000 |
| 2013 | 204,000,000 |
| 2012 | 173,000,000 |
| 2011 | 223,000,000 |
| 2010 | 211,000,000 |
| 2009 | 378,000,000 |
| 2008 | 84,000,000 |
| 2007 | 91,000,000 |
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)
- Comoros — US$31 million (2020)
- Congo, Dem. Rep.
More private sector & trade data for Congo, Rep.
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 94.44% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — 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$5.96 billion (2023)
- Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) — 38.45% (2023)
- Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Congo, Rep.'s international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$)?
- US$251 million in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is up 382.69% from US$52 million in 1995 (7.78% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$378 million in 2009 and the lowest US$50 million in 2000.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) unusual for Congo, Rep.?
- In 2016, Congo, Rep.'s international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) fell 22.5% on 2015 (from US$324 million to US$251 million). Across the 20 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2015), the average change was +22% and a typical year strayed about 80.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 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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