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 South Asia, Major Economies, Latin America, Euro Area, Middle East & North Africa from 2010 to 2023.
Imports (USD billion) Data
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 6.2 | 5.9 | - | - | - |
| Albania | 4.5 | 4.3 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 6.9 |
| Algeria | 47.0 | 37.4 | 39.4 | 40.9 | 42.6 |
| Andorra | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | - | - |
| Angola | 14.1 | 9.5 | 11.8 | 17.3 | 15.1 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Argentina | 49.1 | 42.4 | 63.2 | 81.5 | 73.7 |
| Armenia | 5.1 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 7.6 | 11.2 |
| Aruba | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | - |
| Australia | 224 | 211 | 258 | 300 | 288 |
| Austria | 185 | 172 | 220 | 234 | 226 |
| Azerbaijan | 11.3 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 13.5 | 16.4 |
| Bahamas, The | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 3.7 | - |
| Bahrain | 17.2 | 14.2 | 17.4 | 21.9 | 20.3 |
| Bangladesh | 54.6 | 48.8 | 74.5 | 79.9 | 61.2 |
| Belarus | 36.5 | 30.4 | 39.8 | 37.3 | 41.6 |
| Belgium | 429 | 397 | 528 | 622 | 562 |
| Belize | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| Benin | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.4 | - |
| Bhutan | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Bolivia | 9.8 | 7.0 | 9.1 | 11.9 | 11.5 |
| Bosnia-Herz. | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Botswana | 6.3 | 6.3 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 6.3 |
| Brazil | 186 | 159 | 219 | 273 | 241 |
| Brunei | 5.0 | 5.2 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 7.4 |
| Bulgaria | 35.8 | 33.3 | 44.1 | 54.9 | 51.3 |
| Burkina Faso | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 5.9 |
| Burundi | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| Cabo Verde | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Cambodia | 22.4 | 21.1 | 31.0 | 32.1 | 26.6 |
| Cameroon | 6.3 | 5.1 | 6.6 | 7.2 | - |
| Canada | 463 | 421 | 506 | 584 | 571 |
| CdI | 9.5 | 9.5 | 12.3 | 15.0 | 15.5 |
| Chad | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| Chile | 65.8 | 55.1 | 84.3 | 94.8 | 79.2 |
| China | 2,078 | 2,066 | 2,687 | 2,707 | 2,557 |
| Colombia | 50.5 | 41.2 | 56.7 | 71.7 | 59.4 |
| Comoros | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Congo | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.8 | - | - |
| Costa Rica | 15.7 | 14.1 | 17.7 | 21.3 | 22.0 |
| Croatia | 26.1 | 23.8 | 31.0 | 40.6 | 39.1 |
| Cuba | 9.9 | 7.2 | 8.4 | 9.8 | 8.9 |
| Cyprus | 8.6 | 8.2 | 9.6 | 11.4 | 12.5 |
| Czech Republic | 146 | 132 | 169 | 186 | 184 |
| Denmark | 103.1 | 101.0 | 127.1 | 138.0 | 130.5 |
| Djibouti | 4.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| Dominica | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Dominican Republic | 20.3 | 17.1 | 24.1 | 30.7 | 28.8 |
| DR Congo | 12.9 | 11.9 | 18.2 | 26.7 | 28.0 |
| Ecuador | 21.7 | 17.1 | 24.0 | 30.5 | 29.3 |
| Egypt | 66.5 | 62.8 | 70.7 | 87.3 | 70.8 |
| El Salvador | 10.5 | 8.9 | 13.2 | 15.4 | 14.4 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
| Eritrea | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Estonia | 16.0 | 15.6 | 21.0 | 24.6 | 21.9 |
| Ethiopia | 14.6 | 13.1 | 16.0 | 18.7 | 17.1 |
| Euro Area | 2,219 | 2,007 | 2,529 | 3,067 | 2,767 |
| Fiji | 2.7 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
| Finland | 69.9 | 63.9 | 80.4 | 93.0 | 80.4 |
| France | 628 | 555 | 689 | 800 | 762 |
| Gabon | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 6.1 |
| Gambia, The | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| Georgia | 8.7 | 7.5 | 9.3 | 12.6 | 14.2 |
| Germany | 1,079 | 1,003 | 1,209 | 1,323 | 1,258 |
| Ghana | 13.4 | 12.4 | 13.6 | 14.6 | 14.0 |
| Greece | 61.9 | 54.1 | 78.1 | 98.1 | 89.8 |
| Grenada | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Guatemala | 17.9 | 16.4 | 23.3 | 28.6 | 27.4 |
| Guinea | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Guyana | 4.0 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 6.6 |
| Haiti | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| Honduras | 12.1 | 10.3 | 15.1 | 18.3 | 17.4 |
| Hong Kong | 564 | 551 | 683 | 630 | 594 |
| Hungary | 110 | 101 | 125 | 146 | - |
| Iceland | 6.2 | 5.3 | 7.2 | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| India | 475 | 680 | 613 | 716 | 678 |
| Indonesia | 165 | 135 | 189 | 230 | 211 |
| Iran | 58.1 | 46.6 | 63.6 | 75.4 | - |
| Iraq | 49.4 | 41.0 | 34.7 | 46.9 | 56.0 |
| Ireland | 121 | 114 | 133 | 157 | 162 |
| Israel | 75.7 | 70.5 | 91.4 | 106.0 | 93.4 |
| Italy | 438 | 386 | 519 | 635 | 592 |
| Jamaica | 5.7 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 6.5 | 6.4 |
| Japan | 698 | 604 | 733 | 872 | 759 |
| Jordan | 17.1 | 15.4 | 19.2 | 24.4 | 22.9 |
| Kazakhstan | 41.1 | 38.1 | 41.6 | 50.6 | 60.4 |
| Kenya | 16.6 | 14.5 | 19.6 | 19.1 | 17.2 |
| Kiribati | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | - |
| Korea | 503 | 468 | 615 | 731 | 643 |
| Kosovo | 3.6 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.9 |
| Kuwait | 29.4 | 24.8 | 27.9 | 28.4 | 33.0 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 4.6 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 9.2 | 11.7 |
| Laos | 6.3 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 7.6 |
| Latvia | 17.2 | 17.1 | 22.4 | 26.1 | 24.1 |
| Lebanon | 18.0 | 10.4 | 12.7 | 18.0 | 16.7 |
| Lesotho | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| Liberia | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | - |
| Libya | 17.7 | 9.1 | 17.0 | - | - |
| Lithuania | 35.8 | 33.2 | 44.6 | 55.2 | 48.5 |
| Luxembourg | 25.3 | 22.8 | 28.0 | 27.4 | 27.7 |
| Macao | 12.5 | 12.0 | 19.8 | 17.6 | - |
| Madagascar | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | - |
| Malawi | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.0 | - |
| Malaysia | 205.0 | 190.5 | 238.2 | 294.0 | 265.5 |
| Maldives | 2.7 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| Mali | 5.1 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 6.5 |
| Malta | 6.0 | 4.9 | 6.2 | 7.7 | 7.0 |
| Marshall Islands | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Mauritania | 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| Mauritius | 5.6 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 6.6 | 6.3 |
| Mexico | 455 | 383 | 506 | 605 | 598 |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Moldova | 5.4 | 5.0 | 6.8 | 8.9 | 8.3 |
| Mongolia | 6.0 | 5.2 | 6.8 | 8.6 | 9.4 |
| Montenegro | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
| Morocco | 44.5 | 39.1 | 51.6 | 63.0 | 61.4 |
| Mozambique | 7.0 | 5.9 | 8.0 | 13.3 | 9.2 |
| Myanmar | 13.6 | 13.7 | 10.7 | - | - |
| Namibia | 6.2 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 7.8 | 7.2 |
| Nauru | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Nepal | 12.3 | 9.9 | 15.9 | 13.7 | 12.0 |
| Netherlands | 483 | 457 | 585 | 683 | 640 |
| New Zealand | 42.1 | 36.8 | 49.2 | 53.9 | 50.0 |
| Nicaragua | 5.4 | 5.3 | 7.5 | 9.1 | 9.4 |
| Niger | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| Nigeria | 62.1 | 52.3 | 51.4 | 58.2 | 47.7 |
| North Macedonia | 8.2 | 7.6 | 9.9 | 11.4 | 10.7 |
| Oman | 20.5 | 25.4 | 28.0 | 34.7 | 35.2 |
| Pakistan | 51.9 | 43.6 | 54.3 | 71.5 | 52.7 |
| Palau | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Panama | 22.3 | 14.4 | 20.3 | 27.1 | 30.2 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 5.5 |
| Paraguay | 11.9 | 9.7 | 12.6 | 14.7 | 15.4 |
| Peru | 41.1 | 34.7 | 48.0 | 56.0 | 49.8 |
| Philippines | 111.6 | 89.8 | 116.9 | 137.2 | 126.2 |
| Poland | 252 | 244 | 320 | 364 | 357 |
| Portugal | 89.5 | 77.7 | 98.3 | 115.2 | 113.7 |
| Puerto Rico | 49.4 | 44.5 | 45.1 | 52.1 | 56.4 |
| Qatar | 31.3 | 24.4 | 26.9 | 33.5 | 29.4 |
| Romania | 90.6 | 87.2 | 110.3 | 124.1 | 124.9 |
| Russia | 254 | 240 | 301 | 277 | 303 |
| Rwanda | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Saint Lucia | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Samoa | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| San Marino | 0.4 | 0.3 | - | - | - |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 140 | 126 | 140 | 176 | 195 |
| Senegal | 7.3 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 10.7 | 10.0 |
| Serbia | 24.7 | 24.3 | 31.9 | 38.3 | 37.3 |
| Seychelles | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| Sierra Leone | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | - |
| Singapore | 344 | 314 | 390 | 439 | 391 |
| Slovakia | 86.1 | 80.1 | 99.1 | 108.9 | 107.3 |
| Slovenia | 34.4 | 31.1 | 40.6 | 47.1 | 44.3 |
| Solomon Islands | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| Somalia | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.0 |
| South Africa | 87.5 | 67.2 | 91.3 | 109.5 | 104.8 |
| South Sudan | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | - |
| Spain | 360 | 313 | 405 | 481 | 459 |
| Sri Lanka | 19.9 | 16.1 | 20.6 | 18.3 | 16.8 |
| Sudan | 9.3 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 11.1 | 7.4 |
| Suriname | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| Swaziland | 17.2 | 15.0 | 19.4 | 19.7 | 18.6 |
| Sweden | 157 | 146 | 183 | 197 | 189 |
| Switzerland | 271 | 290 | 322 | 355 | 364 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 5.8 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.0 |
| Taiwan | 286 | 286 | 382 | 428 | 352 |
| Tajikistan | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
| Tanzania | 8.6 | 7.8 | 10.0 | 14.2 | 13.7 |
| Thailand | 216.0 | 186.4 | 238.8 | 271.6 | 261.3 |
| Timor-Leste | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Togo | 1.8 | 2.0 | - | - | - |
| Tonga | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6.0 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 6.6 |
| Tunisia | 21.6 | 18.3 | 22.6 | 26.7 | 25.5 |
| Turkey | 199 | 206 | 254 | 343 | 337 |
| Turkmenistan | 3.0 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
| Tuvalu | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - |
| UAE | 233 | 212 | 244 | - | - |
| Uganda | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 10.2 |
| Ukraine | 60.4 | 51.9 | 69.8 | 55.6 | 63.8 |
| United Kingdom | 655 | 567 | 680 | 789 | 722 |
| United States | 2,512 | 2,347 | 2,849 | 3,270 | 3,109 |
| Uruguay | 8.8 | 7.9 | 11.2 | 13.5 | 13.0 |
| Uzbekistan | 21.2 | 19.0 | 22.9 | 28.3 | 34.5 |
| Vanuatu | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Vietnam | 243 | 252 | 320 | 342 | 311 |
| West Bank and Gaza | 7.3 | 6.5 | 8.3 | 10.2 | 9.6 |
| Yemen | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.0 |
| Zambia | 6.5 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 8.1 | 9.1 |
| Zimbabwe | 4.5 | 4.7 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 8.7 |