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Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Transport > Maritime > Imports of goods and services > Current US$

DEFINITION: Imports of goods and services (current US$). Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 South Africa $120.31 billion 2012
2 Nigeria $59.92 billion 2012
3 Angola $48.16 billion 2012
4 Ghana $22.89 billion 2012
5 Kenya $18.11 billion 2012
6 Ethiopia $13.38 billion 2012
7 Tanzania $13.36 billion 2012
8 Democratic Republic of the Congo $11.58 billion 2012
9 Sudan $10.48 billion 2012
10 Mozambique $10.15 billion 2012
11 Equatorial Guinea $9.38 billion 2011
12 Cote d'Ivoire $9.09 billion 2008
13 Cameroon $8.09 billion 2012
14 Zimbabwe $7.46 billion 2012
15 Botswana $7.25 billion 2012
16 Zambia $7.11 billion 2011
17 Mauritius $6.99 billion 2012
18 Namibia $6.86 billion 2012
19 Senegal $5.94 billion 2012
20 Uganda $5.80 billion 2011
21 Gabon $5.77 billion 2012
22 Chad $5.04 billion 2012
23 Republic of the Congo $5.02 billion 2011
24 South Sudan $4.44 billion 2012
25 Mauritania $3.96 billion 2012
26 Mali $3.86 billion 2011
27 Madagascar $3.68 billion 2011
28 Guinea $3.49 billion 2012
29 Burkina Faso $2.97 billion 2011
30 Swaziland $2.96 billion 2011
31 Niger $2.96 billion 2012
32 Lesotho $2.64 billion 2012
33 Rwanda $2.39 billion 2012
34 Malawi $2.22 billion 2011
35 Togo $2.12 billion 2011
36 Benin $1.97 billion 2011
37 Sierra Leone $1.58 billion 2011
38 Liberia $1.55 billion 2012
39 Seychelles $1.05 billion 2011
40 Cape Verde $977.32 million 2012
41 Burundi $926.37 million 2012
42 Djibouti $654.17 million 2007
43 Eritrea $603.78 million 2011
44 Central African Republic $472.60 million 2012
45 The Gambia $423.62 million 2011
46 Somalia $346.11 million 1990
47 Comoros $316.11 million 2011
48 Guinea-Bissau $259.87 million 2012
49 Sao Tome and Principe $138.47 million 2012

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