Rwanda's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) was US$104 million in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 35.06% from US$77 million in 2010 (3.05% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$104 million | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | US$308 million | 2015 |
| Ten years earlier | US$77 million | 2010 |
| Highest | US$371 million | 2017 |
| Lowest | US$10 million | 1995 |
| Average since 2011 | US$211.6 million | 2011–2020 |
| First recorded | US$10 million |
What the numbers say
In 2020, Rwanda's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) fell 69% on 2019 (from US$336 million to US$104 million).
Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +21.6% and a typical year strayed about 53.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 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 266.7% in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 69% 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$25.08 million a year. A straight line explains 33% 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, Rwanda had the 112th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | US$104 million | 2020 |
| World | US$1.4 trillion | 2019 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | US$26.04 billion | 2019 |
| Low income | US$3.29 billion | 2019 |
Closest to Rwanda in the 2020 ranking
- Bahamas, The — 109th of 155: US$110 million
- Uganda — 110th of 155: US$110 million
- Ghana — 111th of 155: US$105 million
- Curaçao — 113th of 155: US$102 million
- Brunei Darussalam — 114th of 155: US$97 million
- Paraguay — 115th of 155: US$96 million
What this measures
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 26 values
| Year | International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 104,000,000 |
| 2019 | 336,000,000 |
| 2018 | 345,000,000 |
| 2017 | 371,000,000 |
| 2016 | 321,000,000 |
| 2015 | 308,000,000 |
| 2014 | 84,000,000 |
| 2013 | 79,000,000 |
| 2012 | 79,000,000 |
| 2011 | 89,000,000 |
International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$615 million (2020)
- Benin — US$94 million (2019)
- Botswana — US$89 million (2020)
- Burkina Faso — US$114.6 million (2019)
- Burundi — US$23 million (2018)
- Cabo Verde — US$52 million (2020)
- Cameroon — US$553 million (2020)
- Comoros — US$31 million (2020)
- Congo, Dem. Rep.
More private sector & trade data for Rwanda
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 45.93% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$5.07 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$2.45 billion (2025)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 38.93% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) — 24.21% (2023)
- Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) — 0.00312% (2023)
- Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) — US$3.82 billion (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Rwanda's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$)?
- US$104 million in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is up 940% from US$10 million in 1995 (9.82% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$371 million in 2017 and the lowest US$10 million in 1995.
- How does Rwanda rank?
- 112th highest of 155 economies with data for 2020.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) unusual for Rwanda?
- In 2020, Rwanda's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) fell 69% on 2019 (from US$336 million to US$104 million). Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +21.6% and a typical year strayed about 53.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 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.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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