West Bank and Gaza's international tourism, expenditures (current US$) was US$567 million in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 8.83% from US$521 million in 2010 (0.85% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$567 million | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | US$606 million | 2015 |
| Ten years earlier | US$521 million | 2010 |
| Highest | US$914 million | 2019 |
| Lowest | US$211 million | 2006 |
| Average since 2011 | US$674 million | 2011–2020 |
| First recorded | US$295 million |
What the numbers say
In 2020, West Bank and Gaza's international tourism, expenditures (current US$) fell 38% on 2019 (from US$914 million to US$567 million).
Across the 21 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2019), the average change was +7.7% and a typical year strayed about 23.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.9 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 87.2% in 2007 and the biggest yearly fall was 38% 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 23% 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, West Bank and Gaza had the 68th highest value of the 129 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| West Bank and Gaza | US$567 million | 2020 |
| World | US$1.44 trillion | 2019 |
| Lower middle income | US$133.69 billion | 2019 |
Closest to West Bank and Gaza in the 2020 ranking
What this measures
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Limitations: Tourism can be either domestic or international. The data refers to international tourism, where the traveler's country of residence differs from the visiting country. International tourism consists of inbound (arrival) and outbound (departures) tourism. The data are from the World Tourism Organization (WTO), a United Nations agency. The data on inbound and outbound tourists refer to the number of arrivals and departures, not to the number of people traveling. Expenditure associated with the activity of international visitors has been traditionally identified with the travel item of the Balance of Payments (BOP).
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 23 values
| Year | International tourism, expenditures (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 567,000,000 |
| 2019 | 914,000,000 |
| 2018 | 826,000,000 |
| 2017 | 813,000,000 |
| 2016 | 620,000,000 |
| 2015 | 606,000,000 |
| 2014 | 514,000,000 |
| 2013 | 630,000,000 |
| 2012 | 647,000,000 |
| 2011 | 603,000,000 |
International tourism, expenditures (current US$) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — US$49 million (2020)
- Algeria — US$272 million (2020)
- Bahrain — US$2.64 billion (2019)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$2.58 billion (2020)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — US$9.27 billion (2018)
- Iraq — US$4.17 billion (2020)
- Israel — US$2.18 billion (2020)
- Jordan — US$408 million (2020)
- Kuwait — US$6.7 billion (2020)
- Lebanon
More private sector & trade data for West Bank and Gaza
- Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) — 8.65% (2025)
- Commercial service imports (current US$) — US$1.23 billion (2025)
- Transport services (% of commercial service imports) — 47.05% (2025)
- Travel services (% of commercial service imports) — 38.34% (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) — 64.67% (2025)
- Commercial service exports (current US$) — US$558.7 million (2025)
- Transport services (% of commercial service exports) — 2.43% (2025)
- Travel services (% of commercial service exports)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is West Bank and Gaza's international tourism, expenditures (current US$)?
- US$567 million in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1998?
- It is up 92.2% from US$295 million in 1998 (3.01% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$914 million in 2019 and the lowest US$211 million in 2006.
- How does West Bank and Gaza rank?
- 68th highest of 129 economies with data for 2020.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, expenditures (current US$) unusual for West Bank and Gaza?
- In 2020, West Bank and Gaza's international tourism, expenditures (current US$) fell 38% on 2019 (from US$914 million to US$567 million). Across the 21 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2019), the average change was +7.7% and a typical year strayed about 23.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.9 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.XPND.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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