Imports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) - Country Ranking - Africa
Definition: Imports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods imports, service imports and primary income payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 92,625,070,000.00 | 2020 |
| 2 | Egypt | 84,042,420,000.00 | 2020 |
| 3 | Nigeria | 79,494,070,000.00 | 2020 |
| 4 | Morocco | 48,585,700,000.00 | 2020 |
| 5 | Algeria | 46,224,110,000.00 | 2020 |
| 6 | Ghana | 28,682,370,000.00 | 2020 |
| 7 | Libya | 25,883,700,000.00 | 2019 |
| 8 | Tunisia | 21,204,980,000.00 | 2020 |
| 9 | Angola | 20,605,630,000.00 | 2020 |
| 10 | Kenya | 19,642,730,000.00 | 2020 |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 17,843,280,000.00 | 2020 |
| 12 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 16,024,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 13 | Côte d'Ivoire | 14,906,150,000.00 | 2020 |
| 14 | Sudan | 12,054,130,000.00 | 2020 |
| 15 | Mauritius | 10,997,570,000.00 | 2020 |
| 16 | Uganda | 10,951,750,000.00 | 2020 |
| 17 | Tanzania | 10,188,540,000.00 | 2020 |
| 18 | Senegal | 10,005,110,000.00 | 2018 |
| 19 | Mozambique | 8,879,502,000.00 | 2020 |
| 20 | Cameroon | 8,213,353,000.00 | 2020 |
| 21 | Botswana | 7,744,716,000.00 | 2020 |
| 22 | Congo | 7,690,363,000.00 | 2016 |
| 23 | Mali | 7,232,296,000.00 | 2020 |
| 24 | Guinea | 6,490,830,000.00 | 2020 |
| 25 | Zambia | 6,382,255,000.00 | 2020 |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 5,969,889,000.00 | 2020 |
| 27 | Burkina Faso | 5,582,825,000.00 | 2020 |
| 28 | Gabon | 5,264,760,000.00 | 2015 |
| 29 | Namibia | 4,824,652,000.00 | 2020 |
| 30 | Benin | 4,275,567,000.00 | 2020 |
| 31 | Madagascar | 4,249,607,000.00 | 2020 |
| 32 | Niger | 3,894,584,000.00 | 2020 |
| 33 | Mauritania | 3,864,882,000.00 | 2020 |
| 34 | Rwanda | 3,795,817,000.00 | 2020 |
| 35 | Djibouti | 3,587,367,000.00 | 2020 |
| 36 | Malawi | 3,363,885,000.00 | 2020 |
| 37 | Togo | 2,630,263,000.00 | 2020 |
| 38 | Lesotho | 2,393,086,000.00 | 2021 |
| 39 | Eswatini | 2,209,104,000.00 | 2020 |
| 40 | Sierra Leone | 1,459,635,000.00 | 2020 |
| 41 | Seychelles | 1,413,698,000.00 | 2020 |
| 42 | Liberia | 1,372,197,000.00 | 2019 |
| 43 | Cabo Verde | 1,073,865,000.00 | 2020 |
| 44 | Burundi | 915,940,200.00 | 2018 |
| 45 | The Gambia | 781,824,600.00 | 2021 |
| 46 | Equatorial Guinea | 521,801,900.00 | 1996 |
| 47 | Eritrea | 510,288,500.00 | 2000 |
| 48 | Guinea-Bissau | 480,769,900.00 | 2020 |
| 49 | Chad | 423,854,500.00 | 1994 |
| 50 | Comoros | 346,994,600.00 | 2020 |
| 51 | Central African Republic | 267,108,700.00 | 1994 |
| 52 | São Tomé and Principe | 163,581,700.00 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Gap-filled total
Periodicity: Annual
General Comments: Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.
