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Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Economy > Trade > Imports > Goods and services > BoP > Current US$ > Per $ GDP

DEFINITION: Imports of goods and services comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 $ gross domestic product.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Equatorial Guinea 1.84 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 1996
2 Seychelles 1.26 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2005
3 Lesotho 0.934 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2005
4 Swaziland 0.81 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2005
5 Eritrea 0.789 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2000
6 Sao Tome and Principe 0.774 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2002
7 Mauritius 0.661 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2005
8 Cape Verde 0.657 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2005
9 Ghana 0.617 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2005
10 Djibouti 0.587 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 1995
11 The Gambia 0.566 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2005
12 Togo 0.53 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2004
13 Guinea-Bissau 0.471 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2004
14 Angola 0.462 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2005
15 Comoros 0.446 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 1995
16 Burundi 0.441 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2005
17 Cote d'Ivoire 0.439 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2005
18 Ethiopia 0.438 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2005
19 Namibia 0.437 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2004
20 Mozambique 0.436 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2005
21 Somalia 0.429 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 1989
22 Senegal 0.419 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2004
23 Malawi 0.411 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2002
24 Zambia 0.407 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2000
25 Liberia 0.397 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 1987
26 Mauritania 0.385 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 1998
27 Sierra Leone 0.379 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2005
28 Zimbabwe 0.365 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 1994
29 Botswana 0.357 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2005
=30 Kenya 0.349 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2005
=30 Chad 0.349 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 1994
32 Mali 0.333 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2004
33 Tanzania 0.316 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2005
34 Rwanda 0.306 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2005
35 Gabon 0.298 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2004
36 Uganda 0.296 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2005
=37 South Africa 0.287 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2005
=37 Central African Republic 0.287 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 1994
39 Sudan 0.283 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2005
=40 Benin 0.279 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2004
=40 Niger 0.279 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2004
42 Nigeria 0.249 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2005
=43 Guinea 0.238 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2004
=43 Cameroon 0.238 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2003
45 Burkina Faso 0.231 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2001
46 Madagascar 0.137 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2005

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