Expenditure of international tourism as a percentage of total imports fell 62.8% to 1.51% in El Salvador in 2020, according to Eurostat.
Historically, expenditure of international tourism as a percentage of total imports in El Salvador reached an all time high of 6.70% in 2004 and an all time low of 1.51% in 2020. When compared to El Salvador's main peers, expenditure of international tourism as a percentage of total imports in Costa Rica amounted to 3.94%, 1.80% in Guatemala, 2.32% in Honduras and 1.72% in Nicaragua in 2020.
El Salvador has been ranked 101st within the group of 122 countries we follow in terms of expenditure of international tourism as a percentage of total imports, 21 places above 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 |
| Belize | % | 4.43% | 4.23% | 4.86% | 4.87% | 4.33% | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | % | 3.79% | 5.24% | 5.88% | 6.95% | 5.83% | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | % | 2.51% | 3.04% | 4.21% | 4.11% | 3.98% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | % | 5.34% | 5.46% | 5.66% | 5.40% | 5.22% | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | % | 4.30% | 4.40% | 4.87% | 4.76% | 4.62% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | % | 2.89% | 2.96% | 3.05% | 2.98% | 2.79% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | % | 3.90% | 3.68% | 4.25% | 4.82% | 5.17% | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | % | 3.73% | 4.65% | 5.30% | 4.20% | 4.83% | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 4.87% | 5.22% | 5.43% | 5.45% | 5.67% |
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