A Ria's Colony data resource
Tourism at a Glance: Africa in numbers
The stat you need for a proposal or a pitch deck: how many visitors a country welcomes, what tourism is worth to it, and how that compares across the continent. Every one of Africa's 54 countries, ranked.
Most arrivals
Egypt
13M
2019
Fastest growing
Sao Tome and Principe
+173.8%
Continental highlights
How to read this
Arrivals — International visitors who entered the country that year — the standard headline visitor count.
Receipts — Money those visitors spent in the country — hotels, food, tours, shopping, all of it.
% of GDP — How much of the country's entire economy that tourism spending represents.
Spend / visitor — Average dollars spent per visitor (receipts divided by arrivals, same year only).
Growth — How arrivals changed between the two years each country actually reported, not a single-year guess.
Tap any country for the full breakdown, or search, sort and filter to find the one you need. Every figure is dated to the year the country actually reported it, so nothing here is dressed up as more current than it is.
All African countries, ranked
Every number carries its own reporting year because years differ by country — tap any country above for the full breakdown, including its rank against the rest of the continent. Receipts are compared to that country's GDP in the same year, and spend per visitor only shows where both figures share a year.
Sources: International tourism, number of arrivals (ST.INT.ARVL), International tourism, receipts, current US$ (ST.INT.RCPT.CD), Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL), GDP, current US$ (NY.GDP.MKTP.CD). Built 2026-09-14.
Need the visa side of the trip too?
Our ETA & visa tracker covers what each African country actually requires before you fly, country by country.
Open the ETA trackerThis is a starting point for planning and pitching, not a substitute for a country's own tourism board or statistics office. For anything time-critical, confirm the latest figure directly with them before it goes in front of an investor or partner.