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.
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 198,000,000 | 282,000,000 | 298,000,000 | 316,000,000 | 331,000,000 | 262,000,000 | 276,000,000 | 256,000,000 | 237,000,000 | 253,000,000 | 278,000,000 | 291,000,000 | 89,000,000 |
| Lesotho | 192,000,000 | 262,000,000 | 270,000,000 | 290,000,000 | 245,000,000 | 206,000,000 | 170,000,000 | 174,000,000 | 258,000,000 | 303,000,000 | 342,000,000 | 319,000,000 | 276,000,000 |
| Namibia | 73,000,000 | 108,000,000 | 35,000,000 | 46,000,000 | 48,000,000 | 41,000,000 | 50,000,000 | 63,000,000 | 72,000,000 | 90,000,000 | 56,000,000 | 107,000,000 | 72,000,000 |
| South Africa | 2,085,000,000 | 3,374,000,000 | 5,595,000,000 | 5,283,000,000 | 4,069,000,000 | 3,429,000,000 | 3,169,000,000 | 2,998,000,000 | 2,858,000,000 | 3,258,000,000 | 3,402,000,000 | 3,141,000,000 | 928,000,000 |
| Eswatini | 31,000,000 | 49,000,000 | 61,000,000 | 30,000,000 | 44,000,000 | 38,000,000 | 54,000,000 | 50,000,000 | 30,000,000 | 65,000,000 | 41,000,000 | 32,000,000 | 36,000,000 |