Imports of goods and services (current US$)

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Import (current US$) by country

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A map of the world, with colours to highlight the import of each country. Numbers on the legend are US$.

List of all countries

Flag Position Country Number
1 United States of America (USA) 3849811000000
2 China 3127201616050
3 Germany 1782980609876
4 France 1107189988383
5 United Kingdom 1089182875638
6 Japan 981837994996
7 Netherlands 893110585976
8 India 858839501091
9 South Korea 752669851512
10 Italy 748044559365
11 Canada 724652002690
12 Singapore 686655763807
13 Mexico 665121984319
14 Ireland 563292155086
15 Switzerland 556539459537
16 Spain 552976995107
17 Belgium 546541176110
18 United Arab Emirates 481851599727
19 Poland 423642296404
20 Australia 387533147572
21 Turkey 384240318096
22 Russia 378926011232
23 Brazil 342214686307
24 Vietnam 340107543990
25 Thailand 327976179889
26 Sweden 299467172193
27 Austria 293448152724
28 Saudi Arabia 292280800000
29 Indonesia 268325648223
30 Malaysia 253742459596
31 Denmark 243477297619
32 Czechia 219580128915
33 Philippines 178106234773
34 Hungary 161611060499
35 Norway 157568065635
36 Luxembourg 155808335273
37 Romania 154123428721
38 Israel 138285723513
39 Portugal 134217615221
40 Finland 125655308464
41 South Africa 123443903852
42 Slovakia 120103857996
43 Greece 117970148444
44 Iran 113210465205
45 Chile 100090792266
46 Argentina 89748037627
47 Ukraine 88506343118
48 Egypt 84508256649
49 Colombia 82354994446
50 Bangladesh 77972815220
51 Morocco 73709510189
52 Kazakhstan 71882239321
53 New Zealand 67959797760
54 Peru 63745483898
55 Pakistan 61230974980
56 Bulgaria 59174013808
57 Lithuania 57902756764
58 Slovenia 53138794237
59 Algeria 49682172277
60 Serbia 48332534029
61 Belarus 47555056777
62 Croatia 46219747559
63 Uzbekistan 41335132987
64 Panama 35880701700
65 Dominican Republic 34583172567
66 Ecuador 34206376000
67 Guatemala 33034424527
68 Cyprus 32452867523
69 Bahrain 32379255319
70 Libya 31811705187
71 Estonia 31794895374
72 Democratic Republic of the Congo 31210285206
73 Latvia 29873484267
74 Costa Rica 29025566715
75 Jordan 28922112676
76 Cambodia 28497892006
77 Tunisia 26834143358
78 Ghana 26729509225
79 Azerbaijan 25016411764
80 Malta 23375394662
81 Ethiopia 22905283373
82 Angola 22211258770
83 Ivory Coast 22127698957
84 Honduras 20964669560
85 Uruguay 18719846799
86 Sri Lanka 18701167640
87 Georgia 17815477926
88 Paraguay 17371995894
89 El Salvador 16938650000
90 Tanzania 16616233059
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina 15365011554
92 Senegal 14810851206
93 Armenia 14514688646
94 Nepal 14187922184
95 Kyrgyzstan 14126588053
96 Bolivia 13958572802
97 Mongolia 13537979922
98 Iceland 13517094343
99 North Macedonia 12745509910
100 Mozambique 12645534417
101 Guinea 10872632733
102 Nicaragua 10531680163
103 Albania 10320399920
104 Zambia 10312987263
105 Zimbabwe 10293042661
106 Cameroon 10153325318
107 Moldova 9856376480
108 Brunei Darussalam 9081237947
109 Afghanistan 8702382078
110 Mali 8261798936
111 Namibia 8176160172
112 Mauritius 8117926380
113 Somalia 8001807070
114 Turkmenistan 7563300000
115 Burkina Faso 7308737781
116 Djibouti 7114908351
117 Botswana 7095497209
118 Chad 6321231739
119 Bahamas 6159640000
120 Congo 6023391374
121 Benin 5933708288
122 Rwanda 5718525556
123 Mauritania 5664853952
124 Gabon 5380346060
125 Madagascar 5354663357
126 Montenegro 5165323182
127 Haiti 5064886352
128 Maldives 4986030512
129 Niger 3632063747
130 Togo 3441253046
131 Equatorial Guinea 3064765428
132 Sierra Leone 2202122026
133 Lesotho 2088115593
134 Seychelles 2079750830
135 Belize 1571443850
136 Sudan 1492151770
137 Cabo Verde 1428430396
138 Timor-Leste 1380547000
139 Gambia 786679343
140 Central African Republic 742108359
141 Burundi 642834305
142 Samoa 580773800
143 Guinea-Bissau 576621237
144 Comoros 473137200
145 Micronesia 310669400
146 Kiribati 257925190
147 Marshall Islands 184750700
148 Nauru 152155542

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World import by year

World import by year.

Table

Year Number
1970 384717764631
1971 428601766199
1972 505534849322
1973 687261538556
1974 979658848007
1975 1032496860973
1976 1161741642435
1977 1333831007790
1978 1547502749662
1979 1955121491038
1980 2378405781636
1981 2379774230760
1982 2265175659801
1983 2217836204731
1984 2338814421367
1985 2371100649287
1986 2634643268711
1987 3090770258527
1988 3563384595061
1989 3872977781609
1990 4415230323547
1991 4500871566870
1992 4986686815719
1993 4809457185517
1994 5319323249173
1995 6304457281087
1996 6607864214454
1997 6825690152617
1998 6783746835722
1999 7086791755911
2000 7937391955438
2001 7720507896339
2002 8024531021196
2003 9295475563298
2004 11264299103475
2005 12771918689033
2006 14601277872194
2007 16916429975271
2008 19398753115110
2009 15591669811499
2010 18475575183431
2011 21851754881183
2012 22144174909996
2013 22726768167918
2014 23231025473329
2015 20698825323030
2016 20305451585960
2017 22385152082296
2018 24633497547350
2019 24311310887900
2020 21885262520358
2021 27160194837089
2022 30779409611702
2023 30247167830802

Largest economies by import

Top 10 countries by import

Everything you need to know about Import

Importing goods and services from abroad is simply purchasing it from abroad and using it domestically. Together with export, these two are the base for the globalized trading system, where countries sell the excess of their products and services while purchasing the ones they need more from others.

Which countries prevail in the import of goods and services from abroad?

The two most powerful countries in terms of economy are at the same time the biggest importers in the world. The United States takes more than $3.1 trillion worth of goods and services abroad, being largely the biggest importer at this moment. The Chinese are significantly worse in importing than the Americans, because they import “only” $2.5 trillion, which is still incredibly large when we compare other options.

The third position goes to Germany, which is importing up to $1.6 trillion. Far behind the Germans are the British who recently left the European community. They imported merchandise that is worth around $920 billion. However, the latest data do not concern the post Brexit events.

Let's not forget about other places at our standings, namely Japan and France, which are 5th and 6th in the ranking of importers. They imported the goods and services for respectively $906 billion and $890 billion.

How much of the GDP does the top countries import?

If we take Gross Domestic Product value into consideration, then we can notice significant differences at the top of the ranking. The United States is importing only 15% of their GDP, which is one of the lowest trading ratios if we take into account GDP out of all countries. The lowest numbers come only from such nations as Sudan, Turkmenistan and Cuba. It is a great depiction of how insignificant the number of imported goods and services to the USA really is.

The second position on the ranking, namely China, is another country that doesn’t need much. They take merchandise for approximately 17% of their GDP. Another country that is high at import numbers but low at the percentage is Japan, which receives the imports for only 18% of their GDP.

Completely different situation is with the European countries, which are small and cannot guarantee all the natural resources the others have. For example, the Germans and the French import for 30% of their Gross Domestic Product value. The British; however, take goods and services for 40% of their GDP.

It is still not as large as some other countries in the ranking. For example, Hong Kong SAR in China is the region that relies the most on import because it takes 175% of their GDP. Luxembourg takes second place because they require goods and services that are worth 172% of their gross domestic product index. Singapore closes the ranking with 145% worth of import.