Nepal's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) was US$263 million in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 34.58% from US$402 million in 2010 (4.15% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$263 million | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | US$527 million | 2015 |
| Ten years earlier | US$402 million | 2010 |
| Highest | US$833 million | 2018 |
| Lowest | US$69 million | 2002 |
| Average since 2011 | US$535.4 million | 2011–2020 |
| First recorded | US$136 million |
What the numbers say
In 2020, Nepal's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) fell 62.5% on 2019 (from US$702 million to US$263 million).
Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +9.6% and a typical year strayed about 25.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 90.1% in 2004 and the biggest yearly fall was 62.5% in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2011 to 2020 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 18% 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
In 2020, Nepal had the 90th highest value of the 155 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Nepal | US$263 million | 2020 |
| World | US$1.4 trillion | 2019 |
| South Asia | US$28.37 billion | 2019 |
| Lower middle income | US$117.55 billion | 2019 |
Closest to Nepal in the 2020 ranking
What this measures
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 26 values
| Year | International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 263,000,000 |
| 2019 | 702,000,000 |
| 2018 | 833,000,000 |
| 2017 | 783,000,000 |
| 2016 | 587,000,000 |
| 2015 | 527,000,000 |
| 2014 | 504,000,000 |
| 2013 | 422,000,000 |
| 2012 | 413,000,000 |
| 2011 | 320,000,000 |
International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) in nearby economies
- Bangladesh — US$394 million (2020)
- Bhutan — US$50 million (2020)
- India — US$12.57 billion (2020)
- Maldives — US$92 million (2020)
- Sri Lanka — US$449 million (2020)
More private sector & trade data for Nepal
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 36.73% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$14.4 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$2.31 billion (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) — 8.48% (2025)
- Commercial service imports (current US$) — US$2.5 billion (2025)
- Transport services (% of commercial service imports) — 21% (2025)
- Travel services (% of commercial service imports) — 65.62% (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) — 42.86% (2025)
- Commercial service exports (current US$) — US$1.58 billion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Nepal's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$)?
- US$263 million in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is up 93.38% from US$136 million in 1995 (2.67% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$833 million in 2018 and the lowest US$69 million in 2002.
- How does Nepal rank?
- 90th highest of 155 economies with data for 2020.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) unusual for Nepal?
- In 2020, Nepal's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) fell 62.5% on 2019 (from US$702 million to US$263 million). Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +9.6% and a typical year strayed about 25.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
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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