Guinea-Bissau's international tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$) was US$1.8 million in 2019, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 500% from US$300,000 in 2009 (19.62% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$1.8 million | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | US$300,000 | 2009 |
| Highest | US$9.2 million | 2004 |
| Lowest | US$100,000 | 2010 |
| Average since 2010 | US$2.76 million | 2010–2019 |
| First recorded | US$2 million | 1995 |
Since 1995 it is down 10% from US$2 million in 1995 (0.44% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 8 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2019, Guinea-Bissau's international tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$) rose 1,700% on 2018 (from US$100,000 to US$1.8 million).
Across the 13 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2018), the average change was +528.3% and a typical year strayed about 1,945.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 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 7,000% in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 78.3% in 2007. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2019, Guinea-Bissau had the 13th highest value of the 12 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Guinea-Bissau | US$1.8 million | 2019 |
| World | US$249.92 billion | 2019 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | US$11.91 billion | 2019 |
Closest to Guinea-Bissau in the 2019 ranking
- Togo — 9th of 12: US$18 million
- Sierra Leone — 10th of 12: US$6 million
- Tuvalu — 11th of 12: US$3.5 million
What this measures
International tourism expenditures for passenger transport items are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries for all services provided during international transportation by nonresident carriers. Also included are passenger services performed within an economy by nonresident carriers. Excluded are passenger services provided to nonresidents by resident carriers within the resident economies; these are included in travel items. In addition to the services covered by passenger fares--including fares that are a part of package tours but excluding cruise fares, which are included in travel--passenger services include such items as charges for excess baggage, vehicles, or other personal accompanying effects and expenditures for food, drink, or other items for which passengers make expenditures while on board carriers. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 17 values
| Year | International tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,800,000 |
| 2018 | 100,000 |
| 2017 | no data |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 | no data |
| 2012 | 4,700,000 |
| 2011 | 7,100,000 |
| 2010 | 100,000 |
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)
- Congo, Rep. — US$206 million (2016)
More private sector & trade data for Guinea-Bissau
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$489 million (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$313 million (2025)
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 31.73% (2025)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 37.3% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) — 44.49% (2023)
- Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) — 0.00341% (2023)
- Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) — US$322.03 million (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Guinea-Bissau's international tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$)?
- US$1.8 million in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is down 10% from US$2 million in 1995 (0.44% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$9.2 million in 2004 and the lowest US$100,000 in 2010.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank?
- 13th highest of 12 economies with data for 2019.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$) unusual for Guinea-Bissau?
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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