Imports Of Goods And Services (USD)

Africa Ranking

billion USDSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	South Africa	78.32	2020	1	104
2 ↑	Egypt	75.43	2020	3	78.01
3 ↓	Nigeria	71.63	2020	2	88.74
4	Morocco	48.82	2020	4	57.43
5	Algeria	40.37	2020	5	50.03
6 ↑	Tunisia	24.95	2018	8	22.8
7 ↓	Ghana	24.55	2020	6	26.91
8 ↑	Ethiopia	18.22	2020	10	20.02
9	Kenya	17.85	2020	9	20.41
10 ↓	Libya	16.1	2020	7	24.5
11	Democratic Republic of the Congo	14.56	2020	11	15.2
12	Ivory Coast	12.55	2020	12	13.24
13	Mozambique	11.55	2019	13	12.22
14	Tanzania	9.55	2020	14	10.36
15 ↑	Senegal	8.75	2020	16	8.98
16 ↑	Uganda	8.12	2020	18	7.87
17 ↓	Cameroon	7.44	2020	15	9.33
18 ↑	Zimbabwe	7	2020	23	6.18
19	Botswana	6.94	2020	19	7.69
20 ↑	Mali	6.22	2020	22	6.56
21 ↓	Zambia	5.89	2020	17	7.96
22 ↑	Guinea	5.82	2020	25	5.71
22 ↑	Somalia	5.82	2020	26	5.42
24 ↓	Republic of the Congo	5.69	2020	21	6.78
25 ↓	Mauritius	5.32	2020	20	7.54
26 ↑	Burkina Faso	5.02	2019	27	5.17
27 ↑	Djibouti	4.75	2020	30	4.77
28 ↑	Equatorial Guinea	4.66	2020	31	4.76
29 ↓	Namibia	4.57	2020	24	5.88
30 ↑	Chad	4.5	2020	32	4.28
31 ↑	Mauritania	4.06	2020	33	3.94
32 ↓	Benin	3.91	2020	28	4.9
33 ↓	Madagascar	3.77	2020	29	4.82
34	Rwanda	3.65	2020	34	3.74
35 ↑	Niger	3.56	2020	36	3.4
36 ↓	Gabon	3.48	2020	35	3.71
37	Togo	2.36	2020	37	2.26
38	Lesotho	1.98	2020	38	2.24
39	Swaziland	1.68	2020	39	1.93
40	Sierra Leone	1.48	2020	40	1.55
41	Seychelles	1.06	2020	41	1.51
42	Cape Verde	1.02	2020	42	1.29
43 ↑	Central African Republic	0.85	2020	44	0.79
44 ↓	Burundi	0.79	2020	43	0.86
45	Gambia	0.69	2020	45	0.62
46 ↑	Eritrea	0.6	2011	47	0.49
47 ↓	Guinea-Bissau	0.42	2020	46	0.51
48	Comoros	0.34	2020	48	0.35
49	Sudan	0.07	2020	49	0.15

Definition of Imports Of Goods And Services (USD)

Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.