Expenditure of international tourism as a percentage of total imports fell 33.6% to 4.98% in Saudi Arabia in 2020, according to Eurostat.
Historically, expenditure of international tourism as a percentage of total imports in Saudi Arabia reached an all time high of 14.9% in 2002 and an all time low of 4.98% in 2020.
Saudi Arabia has been ranked 21st within the group of 122 countries we follow in terms of expenditure of international tourism as a percentage of total imports, 15 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
International Tourism, Expenditure (As % of Total Imports) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Bahrain | % | 2.86% | 22.1% | 15.5% | 13.3% | 9.28% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Djibouti | % | 1.10% | 1.18% | 1.23% | 0.922% | 0.532% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Eritrea | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Iran | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Iraq | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.91% | 13.6% | 17.3% | 16.7% | 13.8% | |||||||||||
Israel | % | 6.87% | 8.84% | 9.09% | 9.18% | 9.15% | ||||||||||||||||
Jordan | % | 5.01% | 5.56% | 6.26% | 6.49% | 6.52% | ||||||||||||||||
Kuwait | % | 24.0% | 25.7% | 25.0% | 23.8% | 21.0% | ||||||||||||||||
Oman | % | 5.49% | 6.00% | 8.47% | 8.34% | 9.07% | ||||||||||||||||
Qatar | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20.1% | 19.6% | 20.7% | 19.8% | 17.9% | |||||
Saudi Arabia | % | ... | ... | 9.71% | 8.24% | 8.92% | 9.44% | 8.56% | ||||||||||||||
Syria | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
United Arab Emirates | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Yemen | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.04% | 1.03% | 0.678% | ... | ... | ... | ... |