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Imports (USD billion)

Imports are defined as goods produced outside the boundaries of one country, which are then purchased by that country. Together with exports, imports represent the keystone of foreign trade. A country buys goods from abroad because it cannot produce them itself or because there are comparative advantages in purchasing them from abroad. A greater proportion of imports relative to a country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) indicates a country’s degree of dependence on purchases from abroad. The higher the degree, the more imports displace domestic output. Demand for imports depends on economic conditions in the buying country, as well as the exchange rate and relative prices.

This chart displays Merchandise Imports (USD bn) for Middle East & North Africa, Latin America, Euro Area, South Asia, Major Economies from 2010 to 2024.

Imports (USD billion) Data

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Afghanistan 5.9 - - - -
Albania 4.3 6.0 6.5 6.9 7.9
Algeria 37.4 39.4 40.2 42.6 47.5
Andorra 1.5 1.4 - - -
Angola 9.5 11.8 17.3 15.1 14.2
Antigua and Barbuda 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.7 -
Argentina 42.4 63.2 81.5 73.7 60.8
Armenia 4.1 4.8 7.6 11.2 15.2
Aruba 0.9 1.1 1.4 1.4 -
Australia 211 258 300 288 296
Austria 172 220 234 226 212
Azerbaijan 10.1 10.4 13.5 16.4 17.2
Bahamas, The 2.0 3.3 3.9 4.1 -
Bahrain 14.2 17.4 21.9 20.3 20.6
Bangladesh 48.8 74.5 79.9 61.2 63.9
Belarus 30.4 39.8 37.3 41.6 44.2
Belgium 397 528 622 562 522
Belize 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.4
Benin 3.2 4.0 4.4 - -
Bhutan 1.0 0.9 1.4 1.4 1.3
Bolivia 6.3 8.2 10.8 10.5 9.0
Bosnia-Herz. 2.5 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.8
Botswana 6.3 8.1 7.7 6.3 -
Brazil 159 219 273 241 263
Brunei 5.2 8.3 9.0 7.4 -
Bulgaria 33.3 44.1 54.9 51.3 51.8
Burkina Faso 4.1 4.6 5.5 5.9 -
Burundi 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.0
Cabo Verde 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.2
Cambodia 21.1 31.0 32.1 26.6 -
Cameroon 5.1 6.6 7.2 7.7 -
Canada 421 506 586 571 573
CdI 9.5 12.3 15.2 15.4 15.1
Chad 1.6 1.6 1.7 2.1 2.2
Chile 55.1 84.3 94.9 79.2 78.1
China 2,066 2,687 2,707 2,557 2,585
Colombia 41.2 56.7 71.7 59.4 60.2
Comoros 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4
Congo 2.2 2.8 - - -
Costa Rica 14.1 17.7 21.3 22.0 23.2
Croatia 23.8 31.0 40.6 39.1 40.6
Cuba 7.2 8.4 9.8 10.0 -
Cyprus 8.2 9.6 11.4 12.5 11.8
Czech Republic 132 169 186 183 179
Denmark 101.0 127.2 137.9 130.5 131.8
Djibouti 2.9 4.0 5.1 5.3 4.4
Dominica 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 -
Dominican Republic 17.1 24.1 30.7 28.8 29.8
DR Congo 11.9 18.2 26.7 28.0 -
Ecuador 17.1 24.0 30.5 29.3 27.9
Egypt 62.8 70.7 87.3 70.8 72.1
El Salvador 8.9 13.2 15.4 14.4 15.1
Equatorial Guinea 1.5 1.7 1.3 2.4 2.7
Eritrea 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6
Estonia 15.6 21.0 24.6 21.9 22.0
Ethiopia 13.1 16.0 18.7 17.1 -
Euro Area 2,007 2,530 3,071 2,770 2,666
Fiji 1.7 2.1 3.0 3.1 3.2
Finland 63.9 80.4 93.6 80.5 75.9
France 555 689 800 762 734
Gabon 3.5 3.6 4.1 4.2 4.0
Gambia, The 0.6 0.6 0.7 1.2 -
Georgia 7.5 9.3 12.6 14.2 15.1
Germany 1,170 1,413 1,583 1,468 1,415
Ghana 12.4 13.6 14.6 14.0 15.2
Greece 54.1 78.1 98.1 89.8 91.2
Grenada 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.4
Guatemala 16.4 23.3 28.6 27.4 29.1
Guinea 3.7 4.2 4.8 4.8 5.9
Guinea-Bissau 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
Guyana 2.3 4.4 3.6 6.6 6.7
Haiti 3.7 4.4 4.8 4.7 -
Honduras 10.3 15.1 18.3 17.4 17.8
Hong Kong 551 683 630 594 632
Hungary 101 125 146 - -
Iceland 5.3 7.2 9.0 9.0 9.3
India 394 613 716 678 720
Indonesia 135 189 230 211 222
Iran 52.2 63.6 75.4 79.4 -
Iraq 41.0 34.7 46.9 56.0 -
Ireland 114 133 157 162 165
Israel 70.8 91.5 106.2 93.6 96.5
Italy 386 519 635 588 554
Jamaica 4.2 4.3 6.5 6.4 -
Japan 604 733 872 761 716
Jordan 15.4 19.2 24.4 22.9 -
Kazakhstan 38.1 41.6 50.6 60.4 61.2
Kenya 14.5 19.6 19.1 17.2 -
Kiribati 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 -
Korea 468 615 731 643 632
Kosovo 3.5 5.1 5.5 5.9 6.4
Kuwait 24.8 27.9 28.4 33.0 -
Kyrgyzstan 3.7 5.6 9.8 12.5 12.2
Laos 5.4 6.3 7.2 7.6 8.7
Latvia 17.1 22.4 26.1 24.1 23.3
Lebanon 10.4 12.7 18.0 16.7 -
Lesotho 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7
Liberia 1.0 1.3 1.5 - -
Libya 9.1 17.0 - - -
Lithuania 33.2 44.6 55.2 48.5 44.8
Luxembourg 22.8 28.2 29.8 29.6 29.4
Macao 12.0 19.8 17.1 17.8 -
Madagascar 2.8 3.7 4.5 - -
Malawi 2.8 3.2 2.9 3.0 -
Malaysia 190.5 238.2 294.0 265.5 299.6
Maldives 1.7 2.4 3.3 3.3 -
Mali 5.1 6.3 7.1 7.0 7.1
Malta 4.9 6.2 7.7 7.6 7.4
Marshall Islands 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Mauritania 2.7 3.9 5.1 4.8 4.8
Mauritius 4.2 5.1 6.6 6.3 6.8
Mexico 383 506 605 598 625
Micronesia, Federated States of 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Moldova 5.0 6.8 8.9 8.3 8.6
Mongolia 5.2 6.8 8.6 9.4 11.7
Montenegro 2.3 2.9 3.6 4.0 4.3
Morocco 39.1 51.5 63.0 61.4 66.5
Mozambique 5.9 8.0 13.3 9.2 8.4
Myanmar 13.7 10.7 12.6 12.9 -
Namibia 5.0 6.4 7.8 7.2 8.6
Nauru 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Nepal 9.9 15.9 13.7 12.0 13.3
Netherlands 457 585 683 640 616
New Zealand 36.8 49.2 53.9 50.0 48.5
Nicaragua 5.3 7.5 9.1 9.4 10.1
Niger 3.1 3.6 3.9 3.3 2.7
Nigeria 52.3 51.4 58.2 47.7 39.8
North Macedonia 7.6 9.9 11.4 10.7 10.6
Oman 25.4 28.0 34.7 35.2 -
Pakistan 43.6 54.3 71.5 52.7 53.2
Palau 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Panama 14.4 20.3 27.1 30.0 25.1
Papua New Guinea 3.6 4.4 5.9 5.4 4.1
Paraguay 9.7 12.6 14.7 15.3 15.8
Peru 34.7 48.0 56.0 49.8 52.1
Philippines 89.8 116.9 137.2 126.2 127.6
Poland 244 320 364 357 367
Portugal 77.7 98.3 115.2 113.7 116.2
Puerto Rico 44.5 45.1 52.1 56.9 53.9
Qatar 24.4 26.9 33.5 29.4 32.6
Romania 87.2 110.3 124.1 124.9 128.9
Russia 240 301 277 303 300
Rwanda 3.1 3.2 4.1 4.8 -
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 -
Saint Lucia 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 -
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5
Samoa 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 -
San Marino 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.4 -
Sao Tome and Principe 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 -
Saudi Arabia 126 140 176 192 215
Senegal 7.0 8.5 10.8 10.8 10.6
Serbia 24.3 31.9 38.3 37.4 39.6
Seychelles 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.4 -
Sierra Leone 1.2 1.6 1.8 1.9 -
Singapore 315 392 448 402 435
Slovakia 80.1 99.1 108.9 107.4 107.2
Slovenia 31.1 40.6 47.1 44.3 45.0
Solomon Islands 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.9
Somalia 3.9 3.9 4.2 4.0 -
South Africa 67.2 91.3 109.5 104.8 99.7
South Sudan 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.2 -
Spain 313 405 481 459 459
Sri Lanka 16.1 20.6 18.3 16.8 18.8
Sudan 9.8 9.9 11.1 7.5 4.8
Suriname 1.5 1.4 1.8 1.7 1.6
Swaziland 15.0 19.4 19.7 18.6 -
Sweden 146 183 197 190 185
Switzerland 290 322 355 364 368
Syrian Arab Republic 5.7 6.4 6.5 5.9 6.2
Taiwan 286 382 428 352 394
Tajikistan 2.7 3.7 4.6 5.2 5.9
Tanzania 7.9 10.0 14.0 13.8 14.5
Thailand 186.4 238.8 271.6 261.3 277.6
Timor-Leste 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0
Togo 2.0 - - - -
Tonga 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3
Trinidad and Tobago 5.0 6.4 7.5 6.6 -
Tunisia 18.3 22.6 26.7 25.5 26.0
Turkey 206 254 343 337 314
Turkmenistan 3.2 4.1 3.5 4.0 3.8
Tuvalu 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -
UAE 212 244 - - -
Uganda 7.1 7.5 7.9 10.2 12.2
Ukraine 51.9 69.8 55.6 63.8 69.3
United Kingdom 567 680 789 751 756
United States 2,347 2,849 3,270 3,109 3,296
Uruguay 7.9 11.2 13.4 12.8 12.9
Uzbekistan 19.0 22.9 28.3 34.5 33.0
Vanuatu 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5
Vietnam 252 320 342 311 362
West Bank and Gaza 6.5 8.3 10.2 9.6 6.9
Yemen 4.7 5.1 5.3 5.0 -
Zambia 4.8 6.4 8.1 9.1 -
Zimbabwe 4.7 7.1 8.1 8.7 -

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