Pakistan's international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) was US$439 million in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 43.93% from US$305 million in 2010 (3.71% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$439 million | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | US$317 million | 2015 |
| Ten years earlier | US$305 million | 2010 |
| Highest | US$494 million | 2019 |
| Lowest | US$74 million | 1999 |
| Average since 2011 | US$359.6 million | 2011–2020 |
| First recorded | US$110 million |
What the numbers say
In 2020, Pakistan's international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) fell 11.1% on 2019 (from US$494 million to US$439 million).
Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +7.6% and a typical year strayed about 16.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 46.7% in 2004 and the biggest yearly fall was 15.5% in 1998. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$14.57 million a year. A straight line explains 43% 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 2020, Pakistan had the 85th highest value of the 158 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | US$439 million | 2020 |
| World | US$1.47 trillion | 2019 |
| Lower middle income | US$139.93 billion | 2019 |
Closest to Pakistan in the 2020 ranking
- Mauritius — 82nd of 158: US$466 million
- Kazakhstan — 83rd of 158: US$459 million
- Oman — 84th of 158: US$441 million
- Cameroon — 86th of 158: US$437 million
- Latvia — 87th of 158: US$430 million
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 88th of 158: US$426 million
What this measures
International tourism receipts for travel items are expenditures by international inbound visitors in the reporting economy. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These receipts should include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 26 values
| Year | International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 439,000,000 |
| 2019 | 494,000,000 |
| 2018 | 390,000,000 |
| 2017 | 352,000,000 |
| 2016 | 322,000,000 |
| 2015 | 317,000,000 |
| 2014 | 282,000,000 |
| 2013 | 288,000,000 |
| 2012 | 339,000,000 |
| 2011 | 373,000,000 |
International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — US$65 million (2020)
- Algeria — US$43 million (2020)
- Bahrain — US$673 million (2020)
- Djibouti — US$29.7 million (2020)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$4.4 billion (2020)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — US$5.02 billion (2018)
- Iraq — US$955 million (2020)
- Israel — US$2.5 billion (2020)
- Jordan
More private sector & trade data for Pakistan
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 23.67% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$65.85 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$30.55 billion (2025)
- Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) — 32.96% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 52.91% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 44.92% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) — 34.71% (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Pakistan's international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$)?
- US$439 million in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is up 299.09% from US$110 million in 1995 (5.69% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$494 million in 2019 and the lowest US$74 million in 1999.
- How does Pakistan rank?
- 85th highest of 158 economies with data for 2020.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) unusual for Pakistan?
- In 2020, Pakistan's international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) fell 11.1% on 2019 (from US$494 million to US$439 million). Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +7.6% and a typical year strayed about 16.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.TVLR.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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