Imports Of Goods And Services (% of GDP)

Africa Ranking

percent of GDPSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Djibouti	140.33	2020	1	143.57
2 ↑	Lesotho	105.38	2020	3	94.74
3 ↓	Seychelles	100.48	2020	2	95.15
4	Somalia	83.53	2020	4	83.73
5	Mozambique	75.08	2019	5	82.33
6 ↑	Libya	63.33	2020	12	47.04
7 ↓	Cape Verde	59.84	2020	6	65.26
8 ↓	Tunisia	58.62	2018	7	54.07
9	Republic of the Congo	55.83	2020	9	53.16
10	Mauritania	51.29	2020	10	50
11 ↓	Mauritius	48.69	2020	8	53.67
12 ↑	Equatorial Guinea	46.45	2020	17	41.7
13 ↑	Botswana	46.06	2020	14	46.37
14 ↓	Namibia	43.03	2020	13	47.03
15 ↓	Morocco	42.56	2020	11	47.91
16 ↓	Swaziland	42.3	2020	15	42.97
17 ↑	Chad	41.57	2020	22	37.83
18 ↑	Zimbabwe	38.8	2020	32	32.03
19 ↓	Guinea	37.09	2020	16	42.29
20 ↑	Gambia	36.89	2020	26	34.45
21	Sierra Leone	36.47	2020	21	37.94
22 ↓	Ghana	35.82	2020	18	39.38
23 ↑	Central African Republic	35.79	2020	24	35.79
24 ↓	Mali	35.63	2020	20	37.95
25 ↓	Senegal	35.49	2020	19	38.52
26 ↓	Rwanda	35.31	2020	23	36.12
27 ↑	Zambia	32.54	2020	28	34.16
28 ↑	Togo	31.12	2020	33	31.31
29 ↑	Burkina Faso	31.05	2019	31	32.52
30 ↑	Democratic Republic of the Congo	29.89	2020	35	30.16
31 ↓	Guinea-Bissau	29.25	2020	25	35.08
32 ↑	Eritrea	29.24	2011	34	31.09
33 ↓	Madagascar	28.86	2020	27	34.18
34 ↓	Burundi	27.92	2020	30	32.73
35 ↑	Algeria	27.84	2020	37	29.13
36	Comoros	27.83	2020	36	29.5
37 ↑	Niger	25.89	2020	39	26.29
38 ↓	Benin	24.96	2020	29	34.05
39 ↓	South Africa	23.35	2020	38	26.81
40 ↑	Gabon	22.75	2020	44	22
41 ↑	Uganda	21.59	2020	43	22.25
42 ↓	Egypt	20.65	2020	40	25.74
43 ↓	Ivory Coast	20.46	2020	42	22.62
44 ↓	Cameroon	18.23	2020	41	23.53
45 ↑	Kenya	17.68	2020	46	20.3
46 ↓	Ethiopia	16.93	2020	45	20.88
47	Nigeria	16.57	2020	47	19.8
48	Tanzania	15.31	2020	48	16.95
49	Sudan	0.35	2020	49	0.59

Definition of Imports Of Goods And Services (% of GDP)

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.