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Tourist Arrivals by African country

2020

Number of international inbound tourists (overnight visitors).

Africa, 202021 of 54 countries
14.2mtotal across the countries with a figure
Highest in 2020South Africa · 3.9mLowest in 2020Comoros · 7kReported in 202021 of 54 countries surveyed
All 54, ranked. Pinned countries are drawn in vermilion.
05.0m10.0m15.0m20.0mSouth Africa3.9mMorocco2.8mTunisia2.0mCote d'Ivoire668kZimbabwe639kAlgeria591kEthiopia518kZambia502kTogo482kUganda473kEswatini345kMauritius316kGambia246kNamibia187kCabo Verde180kSeychelles125kMadagascar87kNiger85kBurkina Faso67kChad10kComoros7kAngolano dataBeninno dataBotswanano dataBurundino dataCameroonno dataCentral African Republicno dataDemocratic Republic of the Congono dataDjiboutino dataEgyptno dataEquatorial Guineano dataEritreano dataGabonno dataGhanano dataGuineano dataGuinea-Bissauno dataKenyano dataLesothono dataLiberiano dataLibyano dataMalawino dataMalino dataMauritaniano dataMozambiqueno dataNigeriano dataRepublic of the Congono dataRwandano dataSao Tome and Principeno dataSenegalno dataSierra Leoneno dataSomaliano dataSouth Sudanno dataSudanno dataTanzaniano data
20142024
World Bank · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Summed across the countries with a figure, so a region’s total is only as complete as its coverage.
Northern Africa3 of 6 countries5.4m
Southern Africa3 of 5 countries4.4m
Eastern Africa8 of 18 countries2.7m
Western Africa6 of 16 countries1.7m
Middle Africa1 of 9 countries10k
Africaall 54 countries · 21 with a 2020 figure14.2m

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
54 countries have no usable 2024 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso and 49 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2024 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Tourist ArrivalsNumber of international inbound tourists (overnight visitors).
SourceWorld Bank, with processing by Africa API
Unitpeople
Last updated15 Oct 2026
Next expected updateOct 2027
Date range1995–2020
Coverage21 of 54 countries · 21 reported, 0 modelled, 33 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 21 countries did so for 2020 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2020 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Tourist Arrivals". Data adapted from World Bank. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/tourist-arrivals
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=tourist_arrivals_total&year=2020&limit=100

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Tourist Arrivals, country by country

46 countries carry a figure

Each country has its own page for this indicator, with the full history, the source and the API request.

AlgeriaAngolaBeninBotswanaBurkina FasoBurundiCabo VerdeCameroonCentral African RepublicChadComorosCote d'IvoireDemocratic Republic of the CongoEgyptEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauKenyaLesothoMadagascarMalawiMaliMauritiusMoroccoMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaRepublic of the CongoRwandaSao Tome and PrincipeSenegalSeychellesSierra LeoneSouth AfricaSudanTanzaniaTogoTunisiaUgandaZambiaZimbabwe

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