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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 Major Economies, Latin America, Euro Area, South Asia, Middle East & North Africa from 2010 to 2023.

Imports (USD billion) Data

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Afghanistan 6.2 5.9 - - -
Albania 4.5 4.3 6.0 6.5 6.9
Algeria 47.0 37.4 39.4 40.9 44.3
Andorra 1.5 1.5 1.4 - -
Angola 14.1 9.5 11.8 17.3 15.1
Antigua and Barbuda 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.7
Argentina 49.1 42.4 63.2 81.5 73.7
Armenia 5.1 4.1 4.8 7.6 11.2
Aruba 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.4 -
Australia 224 211 258 301 288
Austria 185 172 220 234 226
Azerbaijan 11.3 10.1 10.4 13.5 16.4
Bahamas, The 3.0 2.0 3.3 3.7 -
Bahrain 17.2 14.2 17.4 21.9 20.3
Bangladesh 54.6 48.8 74.5 79.9 61.2
Belarus 36.5 30.2 39.8 37.3 42.0
Belgium 429 397 528 619 551
Belize 1.0 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.3
Benin 3.5 3.2 4.0 4.4 -
Bhutan 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.4 1.4
Bolivia 9.8 7.0 9.1 11.9 11.5
Bosnia-Herz. 2.6 2.5 3.5 3.7 3.6
Botswana 6.3 6.3 8.1 7.7 6.3
Brazil 186 159 219 273 241
Brunei 5.0 5.2 8.3 9.0 -
Bulgaria 35.8 33.3 44.1 54.9 50.8
Burkina Faso 4.2 4.1 4.6 5.5 5.9
Burundi 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.2
Cabo Verde 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.1
Cambodia 22.4 21.1 31.0 32.1 26.6
Cameroon 6.3 5.1 6.6 7.2 -
Canada 463 421 506 584 571
CdI 9.5 9.5 12.3 15.0 15.5
Chad 1.9 1.6 1.6 2.1 2.2
Chile 65.8 55.1 84.3 94.8 79.2
China 2,078 2,066 2,687 2,707 2,557
Colombia 50.5 41.2 56.7 71.7 59.4
Comoros 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4
Congo 3.3 2.2 2.8 - -
Costa Rica 15.7 14.1 17.7 21.3 22.1
Croatia 26.1 23.8 31.0 40.6 39.1
Cuba 9.9 7.2 8.4 9.8 8.9
Cyprus 8.6 8.2 9.6 11.1 12.4
Czech Republic 146 134 172 186 184
Denmark 93.6 93.5 116.5 123.3 116.2
Djibouti 4.1 2.9 4.9 4.3 4.7
Dominica 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3
Dominican Republic 20.3 17.1 24.1 30.7 28.8
DR Congo 12.9 11.9 18.2 26.7 -
Ecuador 21.7 17.1 24.0 30.5 29.3
Egypt 66.5 62.8 70.7 87.3 70.8
El Salvador 10.5 8.9 13.2 15.4 14.4
Equatorial Guinea 2.1 1.5 1.7 3.0 3.1
Eritrea 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.5
Estonia 15.9 15.4 20.9 23.9 21.9
Ethiopia 14.6 13.1 16.0 18.7 -
Euro Area 2,333 2,108 2,633 3,206 2,866
Fiji 2.7 1.7 2.1 3.0 3.1
Finland 70.1 64.1 80.3 93.2 80.6
France 628 555 689 800 762
Gabon 3.9 3.5 3.6 5.1 6.1
Gambia, The 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8
Georgia 8.7 7.5 9.3 12.6 14.2
Germany 1,224 1,142 1,375 1,522 1,433
Ghana 13.4 12.4 13.6 14.6 14.0
Greece 61.9 54.1 78.1 98.1 88.5
Grenada 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6
Guatemala 17.9 16.4 23.3 28.6 27.4
Guinea 3.5 3.7 4.2 4.8 4.7
Guinea-Bissau 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6
Guyana 4.0 2.3 4.4 3.6 6.5
Haiti 4.2 3.7 4.4 4.8 -
Honduras 12.1 10.3 15.1 18.3 17.4
Hong Kong 564 551 683 630 594
Hungary 110 101 125 146 -
Iceland 6.2 5.3 7.2 9.0 9.0
India 475 394 613 716 675
Indonesia 164.9 135.1 189.0 229.9 213.1
Iran 58.1 46.6 63.6 75.4 -
Iraq 49.4 41.0 34.7 46.9 -
Ireland 121 114 133 157 162
Israel 75.7 70.5 91.4 106.0 93.3
Italy 446 395 530 646 602
Jamaica 5.7 4.2 4.3 6.5 6.4
Japan 698 604 733 872 759
Jordan 17.1 15.4 19.2 24.3 22.9
Kazakhstan 41.1 38.1 41.6 50.6 59.7
Kenya 16.6 14.5 19.6 19.1 17.2
Kiribati 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 -
Korea 503 468 615 731 643
Kosovo 3.6 3.5 5.1 5.5 5.9
Kuwait 29.4 24.8 27.9 28.4 33.0
Kyrgyzstan 5.0 3.7 5.6 9.8 12.4
Laos 6.3 5.4 6.3 7.2 7.6
Latvia 17.2 17.1 22.4 26.1 23.9
Lebanon 18.0 10.4 12.7 18.0 16.7
Lesotho 1.8 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.6
Liberia 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.5 -
Libya 17.7 9.1 17.0 - -
Lithuania 35.8 33.2 44.6 55.2 48.4
Luxembourg 25.3 22.8 28.0 27.4 27.7
Macao 12.5 12.0 19.8 17.6 -
Madagascar 3.5 2.8 3.7 4.5 -
Malawi 2.8 2.8 3.2 3.0 -
Malaysia 205.0 190.5 238.2 294.0 265.5
Maldives 2.8 1.7 2.4 3.3 -
Mali 5.1 5.1 6.3 6.5 8.4
Malta 5.5 4.8 5.9 7.8 7.1
Marshall Islands 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Mauritania 3.5 2.7 3.9 5.1 5.2
Mauritius 5.6 4.2 5.1 6.6 6.3
Mexico 455 383 506 605 598
Micronesia, Federated States of 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3
Moldova 5.4 5.0 6.8 8.9 8.3
Mongolia 6.0 5.2 6.8 8.6 9.4
Montenegro 2.8 2.3 2.9 3.6 4.0
Morocco 44.5 39.1 51.6 63.0 61.4
Mozambique 7.0 5.9 8.0 13.3 9.2
Myanmar 13.6 13.7 10.7 - -
Namibia 8.1 5.0 6.4 7.8 7.1
Nauru 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Nepal 12.3 9.9 15.9 13.7 12.5
Netherlands 483 457 585 683 640
New Zealand 42.1 36.8 49.2 53.9 50.0
Nicaragua 5.4 5.3 7.5 9.1 9.4
Niger 2.9 3.1 3.6 3.7 2.3
Nigeria 62.1 52.3 51.4 58.2 47.7
North Macedonia 8.2 7.6 9.9 11.4 10.7
Oman 20.5 25.4 28.0 34.7 -
Pakistan 51.9 43.6 54.3 71.5 52.7
Palau 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
Panama 22.3 14.4 20.3 27.1 30.2
Papua New Guinea 4.1 3.7 5.1 5.3 3.0
Paraguay 11.9 9.7 12.6 14.7 15.4
Peru 41.1 34.7 48.0 56.0 49.8
Philippines 111.6 89.8 116.9 137.2 126.2
Poland 252 244 320 364 354
Portugal 89.5 77.7 98.3 115.2 113.7
Puerto Rico 49.4 44.5 45.1 52.1 56.4
Qatar 31.3 24.4 26.9 33.5 29.4
Romania 90.6 87.2 110.3 124.1 125.0
Russia 254 240 301 277 303
Rwanda 2.7 3.1 3.2 4.1 4.8
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4
Saint Lucia 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4
Samoa 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4
San Marino 0.4 0.3 - - -
Sao Tome and Principe 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
Saudi Arabia 140 126 140 176 195
Senegal 7.3 7.0 8.5 10.7 10.0
Serbia 24.7 24.3 31.9 38.3 37.3
Seychelles 1.1 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.4
Sierra Leone 1.4 1.2 1.6 1.7 -
Singapore 344 314 390 439 391
Slovakia 85.8 78.7 98.6 108.3 107.0
Slovenia 34.4 31.1 40.6 47.1 44.3
Solomon Islands 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7
Somalia 3.6 3.9 3.9 4.2 4.0
South Africa 87.5 67.2 91.3 109.5 104.8
South Sudan 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.3 -
Spain 360 313 405 481 459
Sri Lanka 19.9 16.1 20.6 18.3 16.8
Sudan 9.3 9.8 9.9 11.1 7.1
Suriname 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.8 1.8
Swaziland 17.2 15.0 19.4 19.7 -
Sweden 157 146 183 197 189
Switzerland 271 290 322 355 362
Syrian Arab Republic 5.8 5.0 6.1 6.4 7.3
Taiwan 286 286 382 428 351
Tajikistan 2.9 2.7 3.7 4.6 5.2
Tanzania 8.6 7.8 10.0 14.2 13.7
Thailand 216.0 186.4 238.4 271.6 261.3
Timor-Leste 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.9
Togo 1.8 2.0 - - -
Tonga 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3
Trinidad and Tobago 6.0 5.0 6.4 7.5 6.6
Tunisia 20.5 17.4 21.6 25.6 -
Turkey 199 206 254 343 338
Turkmenistan 3.0 3.2 4.0 3.3 3.5
Tuvalu 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -
UAE 233 212 244 - -
Uganda 6.9 7.1 7.5 7.9 10.2
Ukraine 60.4 51.9 69.8 55.6 63.5
United Kingdom 655 566 680 791 723
United States 2,512 2,347 2,849 3,270 3,109
Uruguay 8.8 7.9 11.2 13.5 13.0
Uzbekistan 21.2 19.0 22.9 28.3 34.5
Vanuatu 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5
Vietnam 243 252 320 342 311
West Bank and Gaza 7.3 6.5 8.3 10.2 9.6
Yemen 4.7 4.7 5.1 5.3 5.0
Zambia 6.5 4.8 6.4 8.1 9.1
Zimbabwe 4.5 4.7 7.1 8.1 8.7

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