Niger's international tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) was US$14 million in 2019, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 366.67% from US$3 million in 2009 (16.65% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$14 million | 2019 |
| Five years earlier | US$10 million | 2014 |
| Ten years earlier | US$3 million | 2009 |
| Highest | US$16 million | 2018 |
| Lowest | US$100,000 | 1999 |
| Average since 2010 | US$6.65 million | 2010–2019 |
| First recorded | US$600,000 |
What the numbers say
In 2019, Niger's international tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) fell 12.5% on 2018 (from US$16 million to US$14 million).
Across the 20 yearly changes before that (1997 to 2018), the average change was +101.5% and a typical year strayed about 230.8% 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 900% in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 83.3% 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 2010 to 2019 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$1.58 million a year. A straight line explains 77% 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
In 2019, Niger had the 9th highest value of the 10 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Niger | US$14 million | 2019 |
| World | US$276.98 billion | 2019 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | US$6.21 billion | 2019 |
Closest to Niger in the 2019 ranking
What this measures
International tourism receipts for passenger transport items are expenditures by international inbound visitors for all services provided in the international transportation by resident carriers. Also included are passenger services performed within an economy by nonresident carriers. Excluded are passenger services provided to nonresidents by resident carriers within the resident economies; these are included in travel items. In addition to the services covered by passenger fares--including fares that are a part of package tours but excluding cruise fares, which are included in travel--passenger services include such items as charges for excess baggage, vehicles, or other personal accompanying effects and expenditures for food, drink, or other items for which passengers make expenditures while on board carriers. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 23 values
| Year | International tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 14,000,000 |
| 2018 | 16,000,000 |
| 2017 | 8,000,000 |
| 2016 | 7,000,000 |
| 2015 | 6,000,000 |
| 2014 | 10,000,000 |
| 2013 | 1,000,000 |
| 2012 | 1,000,000 |
| 2011 | 3,000,000 |
| 2010 | 500,000 |
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)
- Congo, Rep. — US$1.9 million (2016)
More private sector & trade data for Niger
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 21.25% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$2.7 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$1.9 billion (2025)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 41.93% (2023)
- Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) — 0% (2023)
- Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) — US$3.15 billion (2023)
- Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) — 67.42% (2023)
- Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) — 0% (2023)
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Questions people ask
- What is Niger's international tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$)?
- US$14 million in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1996?
- It is up 2,233% from US$600,000 in 1996 (14.68% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$16 million in 2018 and the lowest US$100,000 in 1999.
- How does Niger rank?
- 9th highest of 10 economies with data for 2019.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) unusual for Niger?
- In 2019, Niger's international tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) fell 12.5% on 2018 (from US$16 million to US$14 million). Across the 20 yearly changes before that (1997 to 2018), the average change was +101.5% and a typical year strayed about 230.8% 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.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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