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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

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Afghanistan 6.6 6.2 5.9 - -
Albania 4.6 4.5 4.3 6.0 6.5
Algeria 49.2 47.0 37.4 39.4 40.9
Andorra 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 -
Angola 15.8 14.1 9.5 11.8 17.3
Antigua and Barbuda 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.7
Argentina 65.5 49.1 42.4 63.2 81.5
Armenia 4.5 5.1 4.1 4.8 7.6
Aruba 1.2 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.4
Australia 227 214 202 248 289
Austria 194 185 172 220 234
Azerbaijan 11.0 11.3 10.1 10.4 13.5
Bahamas, The 3.3 3.0 2.0 3.3 3.7
Bahrain 19.0 17.2 14.2 17.4 21.9
Bangladesh 54.6 54.6 48.8 74.5 79.9
Belarus 35.9 36.5 30.2 39.8 37.3
Belgium 455 429 397 528 619
Belize 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.9 1.2
Benin 3.9 3.5 3.2 4.0 -
Bhutan 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.4
Bolivia 9.3 9.1 6.4 8.8 11.9
Bosnia-Herz. 2.8 2.6 2.5 3.5 3.7
Botswana 6.1 6.3 6.3 8.1 7.7
Brazil 185 186 159 219 273
Brunei 4.1 5.0 5.2 8.3 9.0
Bulgaria 35.9 35.8 33.3 44.1 54.9
Burkina Faso 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.6 5.5
Burundi 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.2
Cabo Verde 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.1
Cambodia 18.9 22.4 21.1 31.0 32.1
Cameroon 5.7 6.3 5.1 6.5 -
Canada 469 463 421 506 584
CdI 9.4 9.5 9.5 12.3 15.3
Chad 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.9 2.1
Chile 70.4 65.8 55.1 84.3 94.7
China 2,136 2,078 2,066 2,687 2,707
Colombia 49.4 50.5 41.2 56.7 71.7
Comoros 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Congo 0.0 3.3 2.2 - -
Costa Rica 16.4 15.7 14.1 17.7 21.3
Croatia 25.8 26.1 23.8 31.0 40.7
Cuba 11.5 9.9 7.2 8.4 -
Cyprus 9.7 8.6 8.2 9.6 11.1
Czech Republic 152 146 134 172 188
Denmark 101.7 97.6 97.3 120.2 128.3
Djibouti 3.6 4.1 2.9 4.9 5.4
Dominica 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
Dominican Republic 20.2 20.3 17.1 24.1 30.7
DR Congo 15.0 12.9 11.9 18.2 26.7
Ecuador 22.4 21.7 17.1 24.0 30.5
Egypt 63.1 66.5 62.8 70.7 87.3
El Salvador 10.4 10.5 8.9 13.2 15.3
Equatorial Guinea 3.1 2.1 1.3 2.4 2.8
Eritrea 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7
Estonia 16.3 15.9 15.4 20.9 23.9
Ethiopia 15.3 14.6 13.1 16.0 18.7
Euro Area 2,418 2,333 2,102 2,630 3,190
Fiji 2.7 2.7 1.7 2.1 3.0
Finland 73.9 70.1 64.1 80.3 93.5
France 673 649 571 702 813
Gabon 3.8 2.5 3.4 3.6 4.6
Gambia, The 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7
Georgia 8.5 8.7 7.5 9.3 12.6
Germany 1,265 1,224 1,134 1,375 1,517
Ghana 13.1 13.4 12.4 13.6 14.6
Greece 64.7 61.9 54.1 78.1 98.1
Grenada 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6
Guatemala 17.6 17.9 16.4 23.3 28.5
Guinea 3.4 3.5 3.7 4.2 4.7
Guinea-Bissau 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5
Guyana 2.4 4.0 2.3 4.4 3.6
Haiti 4.6 4.2 3.7 4.4 4.8
Honduras 12.5 12.1 10.3 15.1 18.3
Hong Kong 603 564 551 683 630
Hungary 107 108 103 124 147
Iceland 7.2 6.2 5.3 7.2 9.0
India 514 475 392 613 709
Indonesia 181.0 164.9 135.1 189.0 229.9
Iran 61.8 58.1 46.6 63.6 75.4
Iraq 38.9 49.4 41.0 34.7 46.9
Ireland 121 121 114 133 160
Israel 76.9 75.7 70.5 91.4 106.0
Italy 478 446 395 529 641
Jamaica 5.5 5.7 4.2 4.3 6.5
Japan 723 698 604 733 874
Jordan 18.1 17.1 15.4 19.2 24.3
Kazakhstan 35.0 41.1 38.1 41.6 50.6
Kenya 16.3 16.6 14.5 19.6 19.1
Kiribati 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Korea 535 503 468 615 731
Kosovo 3.7 3.6 3.5 5.1 5.5
Kuwait 30.6 29.4 24.8 27.9 28.4
Kyrgyzstan 4.9 4.6 3.4 5.2 9.2
Laos 6.3 6.3 5.4 6.3 7.2
Latvia 17.8 17.2 17.1 22.4 26.1
Lebanon 18.5 18.0 10.4 12.6 18.0
Lesotho 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.8 1.8
Liberia 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.5
Libya 13.8 17.7 9.1 17.0 -
Lithuania 36.5 35.8 33.2 44.6 55.2
Luxembourg 26.2 25.3 22.8 28.0 27.4
Macao 12.8 12.4 11.9 18.8 17.0
Madagascar 3.5 3.5 2.8 3.7 4.5
Malawi 2.6 2.8 2.6 3.0 -
Malaysia 218.0 205.0 190.5 238.2 294.0
Maldives 2.8 2.8 1.7 2.4 3.3
Mali 4.7 5.1 5.1 6.1 6.2
Malta 5.6 5.6 4.9 6.2 7.2
Marshall Islands 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Mauritania 3.2 3.5 2.7 3.9 4.6
Mauritius 5.7 5.6 4.2 5.1 6.6
Mexico 464 455 383 506 605
Micronesia, Federated States of 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Moldova 5.3 5.4 5.0 6.8 8.9
Mongolia 5.9 6.0 5.2 6.8 8.6
Montenegro 2.9 2.8 2.3 2.9 3.6
Morocco 44.9 44.5 39.1 51.6 63.0
Mozambique 7.0 7.0 5.9 8.0 13.3
Myanmar 15.2 13.6 13.7 10.7 -
Namibia 8.3 8.1 6.8 11.0 7.9
Nauru 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Nepal 12.7 12.3 9.9 15.9 13.7
Netherlands 488 482 453 577 653
New Zealand 43.9 42.4 37.0 49.9 54.9
Nicaragua 5.8 5.4 5.3 7.5 9.1
Niger 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.6 3.8
Nigeria 40.8 62.1 52.3 51.4 58.2
North Macedonia 7.8 8.2 7.6 9.9 11.4
Oman 23.6 20.5 25.4 28.0 34.7
Pakistan 55.7 51.9 43.6 54.3 71.5
Palau 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2
Panama 24.0 22.3 14.4 20.3 30.2
Papua New Guinea 3.5 4.1 3.7 5.1 3.6
Paraguay 12.6 11.9 9.7 12.6 14.7
Peru 41.9 41.1 34.7 48.0 55.9
Philippines 112.8 111.6 89.8 116.9 137.2
Poland 255 252 244 320 364
Portugal 89.0 89.5 77.7 98.3 115.1
Puerto Rico 46.5 49.4 44.5 45.1 52.1
Qatar 33.3 31.3 24.4 26.9 33.5
Romania 91.0 90.6 87.2 110.3 124.1
Russia 249 254 240 304 277
Rwanda 2.3 2.7 3.1 3.2 4.1
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Saint Lucia 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.7
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4
Samoa 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4
San Marino 0.3 0.4 0.3 - -
Sao Tome and Principe 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
Saudi Arabia 126 140 126 140 176
Senegal 7.2 7.3 7.0 8.5 9.5
Serbia 23.8 24.7 24.3 31.9 38.3
Seychelles 1.2 1.1 0.8 1.0 1.3
Sierra Leone 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.6 -
Singapore 356 344 314 390 439
Slovakia 88.9 85.8 78.7 98.6 108.3
Slovenia 34.8 34.4 31.1 40.6 47.1
Solomon Islands 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6
Somalia 3.1 3.6 3.9 3.9 4.5
South Africa 92.3 87.5 67.2 91.3 109.5
South Sudan 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.3
Spain 376 360 313 405 481
Sri Lanka 22.2 19.9 16.1 20.6 18.3
Sudan 7.9 9.3 9.8 9.9 11.1
Suriname 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.8
Swaziland 18.1 17.2 15.0 19.4 19.7
Sweden 169 159 149 184 197
Switzerland 273 271 290 322 355
Syrian Arab Republic 7.1 5.8 4.6 5.6 5.8
Taiwan 285 286 286 382 428
Tajikistan 2.8 2.9 2.7 3.7 4.6
Tanzania 8.5 8.6 7.8 10.0 14.2
Thailand 228.8 216.0 186.4 238.4 271.6
Timor-Leste 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.9
Togo 1.9 1.8 2.0 - -
Tonga 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Trinidad and Tobago 6.6 6.0 5.0 6.4 7.5
Tunisia 21.5 20.5 17.4 21.6 25.6
Turkey 220 199 206 254 343
Turkmenistan 2.4 3.0 3.2 4.0 3.3
Tuvalu 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UAE 235 233 212 244 -
Uganda 6.1 6.9 7.1 7.5 7.9
Ukraine 56.1 60.4 51.9 69.8 55.6
United Kingdom 660 655 566 680 791
United States 2,556 2,512 2,347 2,849 3,273
Uruguay 9.4 8.8 7.9 11.2 13.5
Uzbekistan 18.3 21.2 19.0 22.9 28.3
Vanuatu 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.5
Venezuela 12.8 - - - -
Vietnam 227 243 252 320 346
West Bank and Gaza 7.2 7.3 6.5 8.3 10.2
Yemen 3.3 4.7 4.7 5.2 -
Zambia 8.5 6.5 4.8 6.4 8.1
Zimbabwe 6.6 4.5 4.7 7.1 8.1

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