Madagascar recorded a total of 87,100 tourists in 2020, ranking 173rd in the world in absolute terms.
That smaller countries regularly perform lower in a comparison of the absolute number of guests, is obvious. By putting the tourist numbers in relation to the population of Madagascar, the result is much more comparable picture: With 0.0030 tourists per resident, Madagascar ranked 200th in the world. In Eastern Africa, it ranked 16th.
In 2020, Madagascar generated around 202.00 million US dollars in the tourism sector alone. This corresponds to 1.4 percent of its the gross domestic product and approximately 5 percent of all international tourism receipts in Eastern Africa.
On average, each of the tourists arriving in 2020 spent about 1,961 US dollars.
Development of the tourism sector in Madagascar from 1995 to 2020
The following chart shows the number of tourist arrivals registered in Madagascar each year. Anyone who spends at least one night in the country but does not live there for more than 12 months is considered a tourist. Insofar as the survey included the purpose of the trip, business trips and other non-tourism travel purposes have already been excluded. The number of people passing through within the same day, and e.g., crew members of ships or flights are also not considered tourists in most countries. If the same person travels in and out more than once within the same year, each visit counts again.
The red line represents the average of all 16 countries in Eastern Africa.
Revenues from tourism
In 1995, tourism revenues amounted to 106.00 million USD, or about 2.8 percent of the gross national product. This corresponded to about 115,000 tourists at that time and roughly 922 USD per person. Within 25 years, the country's dependence on tourism has increased drastically. Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, sales were $951.00 million billion, 6.7 percent of gross national product. Thus, each visitor spent an average of $1,957 on their vacation in Madagascar.
In 2020, tourist receipts plummeted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the $951.00 million billion (2019), only $202.00 million billion remained. This is a 79 percent decrease in Madagascar.
All data for Madagascar in detail
Year
Number of tourists
Receipts
% of GNP
Receipts per tourist
2020
87,100.00
202.00 m $
1.5 %
2,319 $
2019
486,000
951.00 m $
6.7 %
1,957 $
2018
360,000
879.00 m $
6.4 %
2,442 $
2017
285,000
849.00 m $
6.4 %
2,979 $
2016
333,000
912.00 m $
7.7 %
2,739 $
2015
282,000
696.00 m $
6.1 %
2,468 $
2014
222,000
740.00 m $
5.9 %
3,333 $
2013
196,000
609.00 m $
4.9 %
3,107 $
2012
256,000
596.00 m $
5.1 %
2,328 $
2011
225,000
507.00 m $
4.4 %
2,253 $
2010
196,000
425.00 m $
4.3 %
2,168 $
2009
163,000
328.00 m $
3.4 %
2,012 $
2008
375,000
440.00 m $
4.1 %
1,173 $
2007
344,000
395.00 m $
4.6 %
1,148 $
2006
312,000
382.00 m $
6.0 %
1,224 $
2005
277,000
275.00 m $
4.7 %
993 $
2004
229,000
239.00 m $
4.7 %
1,044 $
2003
139,000
119.00 m $
1.9 %
856 $
2002
62,000
109.00 m $
2.0 %
1,758 $
2001
170,000
149.00 m $
2.7 %
876 $
2000
160,000
152.00 m $
3.3 %
950 $
1999
138,000
137.00 m $
3.2 %
993 $
1998
121,000
136.00 m $
3.1 %
1,124 $
1997
101,000
110.00 m $
2.6 %
1,089 $
1996
83,000
102.00 m $
2.1 %
1,229 $
1995
115,000
106.00 m $
2.8 %
922 $
Our data on tourist numbers, revenues and expenditures are based on information from the World Tourism Organization. However, to ensure international comparability, the data for some years or countries were manually researched and corrected if they obviously included visitors without overnight stays. In these cases, the data were taken from the official communications of the respective national tourism authorities.
The World Tourism Organization additionally points out that in some countries, the number of tourists is only counted at airports, while in others they are also counted at border crossings or even hotels. A comprehensive and reliable indication is therefore hardly possible in any country.
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