Yemen, Rep.'s international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) was US$49 million in 2016, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 69.75% from US$162 million in 2006 (11.27% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$49 million | 2016 |
| Five years earlier | US$182 million | 2011 |
| Ten years earlier | US$162 million | 2006 |
| Highest | US$214 million | 2009 |
| Lowest | US$49 million | 2016 |
| Average since 2007 | US$130.3 million | 2007–2016 |
| First recorded | US$76 million |
What the numbers say
In 2016, Yemen, Rep.'s international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) fell 31.9% on 2015 (from US$72 million to US$49 million).
Across the 20 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2015), the average change was +4.1% and a typical year strayed about 28.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 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 63.6% in 2004 and the biggest yearly fall was 59.9% in 2012. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2007 to 2016 the straight-line trend is downward, about US$18.65 million a year. A straight line explains 79% 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
See how every economy compares in the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Yemen, Rep. | US$49 million | 2016 |
| World | US$1.4 trillion | 2019 |
| Low income | US$3.29 billion | 2019 |
Closest to Yemen, Rep. in the 2016 ranking
- Congo, Rep. — 2nd of 5: US$251 million
- New Caledonia — 3rd of 5: US$153 million
- Barbados — 4th of 5: US$53 million
What this measures
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 22 values
| Year | International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 49,000,000 |
| 2015 | 72,000,000 |
| 2014 | 77,000,000 |
| 2013 | 86,000,000 |
| 2012 | 73,000,000 |
| 2011 | 182,000,000 |
| 2010 | 183,000,000 |
| 2009 | 214,000,000 |
| 2008 | 183,000,000 |
| 2007 | 184,000,000 |
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$1.8 billion (2020)
- Jordan
More private sector & trade data for Yemen, Rep.
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$4.65 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$196 million (2025)
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 24.66% (2025)
- Import unit value index (2015 = 100) — 122.8 (2025)
- Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) — 39.28% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 54.67% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 41.47% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Yemen, Rep.'s international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$)?
- US$49 million in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is down 35.53% from US$76 million in 1995 (2.07% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$214 million in 2009 and the lowest US$49 million in 2016.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) unusual for Yemen, Rep.?
- In 2016, Yemen, Rep.'s international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) fell 31.9% on 2015 (from US$72 million to US$49 million). Across the 20 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2015), the average change was +4.1% and a typical year strayed about 28.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 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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