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Imports of Goods & Services by African country

2025

Imports of goods and services, in current US dollars.

Africa, 202544 of 54 countries
$815.81bntotal across the countries with a figure
Highest in 2025South Africa · $126.02bnLowest in 2025Sao Tome and Principe · $326.8mReported in 202544 of 54 countries surveyed
All 54, ranked. Pinned countries are drawn in vermilion.
0$37.50bn$75.00bn$112.50bn$150.00bnSouth Africa$126.02bnEgypt$115.11bnMorocco$93.25bnAlgeria$63.56bnDemocratic Republic of the Congo$39.98bnLibya$31.72bnTunisia$31.51bnKenya$29.58bnEthiopia$25.49bnCote d'Ivoire$24.72bnTanzania$18.02bnUganda$17.83bnGuinea$17.65bnSenegal$14.28bnAngola$14.26bnSomalia$12.84bnMozambique$12.45bnMauritius$12.10bnCameroon$11.96bnNamibia$9.64bnBurkina Faso$8.29bnMali$8.03bnBotswana$7.48bnRepublic of the Congo$7.12bnMadagascar$6.46bnMauritania$6.33bnGabon$6.30bnRwanda$5.75bnBenin$4.93bnDjibouti$4.43bnMalawi$4.29bnNiger$3.93bnEquatorial Guinea$3.64bnChad$3.59bnLesotho$2.69bnSeychelles$2.21bnSierra Leone$2.11bnCabo Verde$1.63bnGambia$1.28bnCentral African Republic$1.03bnSudan$769.4mGuinea-Bissau$682.9mComoros$573.3mSao Tome and Principe$326.8mBurundino dataEritreano dataEswatinino dataGhanano dataLiberiano dataNigeriano dataSouth Sudanno dataTogono dataZambiano dataZimbabweno data
20142025
World Bank · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Summed across the countries with a figure, so a region’s total is only as complete as its coverage.
Northern Africa6 of 6 countries$335.92bn
Eastern Africa13 of 18 countries$152.02bn
Southern Africa4 of 5 countries$145.82bn
Western Africa12 of 16 countries$93.85bn
Middle Africa9 of 9 countries$88.20bn
Africaall 54 countries · 44 with a 2025 figure$815.81bn

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
Ten countries have no usable 2025 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Burundi, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ghana, Liberia and 5 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2025 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Imports of Goods & ServicesImports of goods and services, in current US dollars.
SourceWorld Bank, with processing by Africa API
UnitUS$
Last updated15 Oct 2026
Next expected updateOct 2027
Date range1960–2025
Coverage44 of 54 countries · 44 reported, 0 modelled, 10 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 44 countries did so for 2025 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2025 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Imports of Goods & Services". Data adapted from World Bank. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/imports
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=imports_goods_services_usd&year=2025&limit=100

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The measures that explain this one.
TradeExports of Goods & ServicesExports of goods and services, in current US dollars.TradeExport Diversification IndexUNCTAD index of how far a country's export mix differs from the world structure (lower is more diversified).TradeExport Concentration IndexUNCTAD Herfindahl-Hirschmann index of how concentrated exports are in a few products (lower is less concentrated).

Imports of Goods & Services: most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

49 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryImports of Goods & ServicesPeriod
1South Africa$126.02B2025
2Egypt$115.11B2025
3Morocco$93.25B2025
4Algeria$63.56B2025
5Democratic Republic of the Congo$39.98B2025
6Libya$31.72B2025
7Tunisia$31.51B2025
8Kenya$29.58B2025
9Ghana$28.24B2024
10Ethiopia$25.49B2025
11Cote d'Ivoire$24.72B2025
12Tanzania$18.02B2025
13Uganda$17.83B2025
14Guinea$17.65B2025
15Senegal$14.28B2025
16Angola$14.26B2025
17Somalia$12.84B2025
18Mozambique$12.45B2025
19Mauritius$12.1B2025
20Cameroon$11.96B2025
21Zimbabwe$9.74B2024
22Namibia$9.64B2025
23Burkina Faso$8.29B2025
24Mali$8.03B2025
25Botswana$7.48B2025
26Republic of the Congo$7.12B2025
27Zambia$6.97B2024
28Madagascar$6.46B2025
29Mauritania$6.33B2025
30Gabon$6.3B2025
31Rwanda$5.75B2025
32Benin$4.93B2025
33Djibouti$4.43B2025
34Malawi$4.29B2025
35Niger$3.93B2025
36Equatorial Guinea$3.64B2025
37Chad$3.59B2025
38Togo$3.44B2023
39Lesotho$2.69B2025
40Eswatini$2.61B2024
41Seychelles$2.21B2025
42Sierra Leone$2.11B2025
43Cabo Verde$1.63B2025
44Gambia$1.28B2025
45Central African Republic$1.03B2025
46Sudan$769.41M2025
47Guinea-Bissau$682.87M2025
48Comoros$573.29M2025
49Sao Tome and Principe$326.82M2025
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 49 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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