West Bank and Gaza's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) was US$558 million in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 8.35% from US$515 million in 2010 (0.81% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$558 million | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | US$596 million | 2015 |
| Ten years earlier | US$515 million | 2010 |
| Highest | US$890 million | 2019 |
| Lowest | US$162 million | 1995 |
| Average since 2011 | US$661.8 million | 2011–2020 |
| First recorded | US$162 million |
What the numbers say
In 2020, West Bank and Gaza's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) fell 37.3% on 2019 (from US$890 million to US$558 million).
Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +9.3% and a typical year strayed about 22% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 84.6% in 2007 and the biggest yearly fall was 37.3% 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 22% 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 67th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| West Bank and Gaza | US$558 million | 2020 |
| World | US$1.4 trillion | 2019 |
| Lower middle income | US$117.55 billion | 2019 |
Closest to West Bank and Gaza in the 2020 ranking
What this measures
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 26 values
| Year | International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 558,000,000 |
| 2019 | 890,000,000 |
| 2018 | 806,000,000 |
| 2017 | 792,000,000 |
| 2016 | 606,000,000 |
| 2015 | 596,000,000 |
| 2014 | 507,000,000 |
| 2013 | 625,000,000 |
| 2012 | 643,000,000 |
| 2011 | 595,000,000 |
International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — US$30 million (2020)
- Algeria — US$234 million (2020)
- Bahrain — US$1.72 billion (2019)
- Djibouti — US$14.9 million (2020)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$2.51 billion (2020)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — US$8.7 billion (2018)
- Iraq — US$4.17 billion (2020)
- Israel — US$1.8 billion (2020)
- Jordan
More private sector & trade data for West Bank and Gaza
- Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) — 8.65% (2025)
- Commercial service imports (current US$) — 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$558.7 million (2025)
- Transport services (% of commercial service exports) — 2.43% (2025)
- Travel services (% of commercial service exports)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is West Bank and Gaza's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$)?
- US$558 million in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is up 244.44% from US$162 million in 1995 (5.07% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$890 million in 2019 and the lowest US$162 million in 1995.
- How does West Bank and Gaza rank?
- 67th highest of 155 economies with data for 2020.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) unusual for West Bank and Gaza?
- In 2020, West Bank and Gaza's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) fell 37.3% on 2019 (from US$890 million to US$558 million). Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +9.3% and a typical year strayed about 22% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.1 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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