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

Key figures

Over five years it is down 78.89% from US$9 million in 2011 (26.73% a year on average, compounded). Since 1995 it is up 183.95% from US$669,140 in 1995 (5.1% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 4 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, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) rose 111.1% on 2015 (from US$900,000 to US$1.9 million).

Across the 14 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2015), the average change was +21% and a typical year strayed about 114.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations above 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 375% in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 97.4% in 1996. 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 downward, about US$730,303 a year. A straight line explains 34% 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

• French Polynesia — 1st of 4: US$294 million
• Venezuela, RB — 2nd of 4: US$73 million
• Barbados — 3rd of 4: US$33 million

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 18 values

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)
• Cameroon — US$28 million (2019)
• Comoros — US$500,000 (2020)
• Côte d'Ivoire — US$33.2 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, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$)?

US$1.9 million in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1995?

It is up 183.95% from US$669,140 in 1995 (5.1% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$12 million in 2010 and the lowest US$17,593 in 1996.

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

In 2016, Congo, Rep.'s international tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) rose 111.1% on 2015 (from US$900,000 to US$1.9 million). Across the 14 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2015), the average change was +21% and a typical year strayed about 114.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations above 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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