Economy > National accounts > US$ at current prices > Expenditure on GDP > Imports > Goods and services > Current US$: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
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.".
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | European Union | $5.87 trillion | 2009 | ||
| 2 | United States | $1.96 trillion | 2009 | ||
| 3 | Germany | $1.20 trillion | 2009 | ||
| 4 | China | $1.11 trillion | 2009 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | $859.61 billion | 2009 | |||
| 5 | France | $662.14 billion | 2009 | ||
| 6 | United Kingdom | $653.16 billion | 2009 | ||
| 7 | Japan | $620.79 billion | 2009 | ||
| 8 | Italy | $514.81 billion | 2009 | ||
| 9 | Netherlands | $492.59 billion | 2009 | ||
| 10 | Canada | $406.55 billion | 2009 | ||
| 11 | Singapore | $391.66 billion | 2008 | ||
| 12 | Spain | $373.73 billion | 2009 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | $362.96 billion | 2009 | |||
| 13 | Belgium | $330.87 billion | 2009 | ||
| 14 | India | $330.85 billion | 2009 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | $312.82 billion | 2009 | |||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | $288.91 billion | 2008 | |||
| Eurozone average (profile) | $274.26 billion | 2009 | |||
| Cold countries average (profile) | $267.50 billion | 2008 | |||
| 15 | Mexico | $256.17 billion | 2009 | ||
| 16 | Russia | $250.91 billion | 2009 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | $239.64 billion | 2009 | |||
| NATO countries average (profile) | $233.19 billion | 2009 | |||
| 17 | Australia | $224.59 billion | 2008 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | $215.92 billion | 2008 | |||
| 18 | Switzerland | $200.40 billion | 2009 | ||
| 19 | Brazil | $178.56 billion | 2009 | ||
| 20 | Austria | $175.27 billion | 2009 | ||
| 21 | Sweden | $169.07 billion | 2009 | ||
| 22 | Ireland | $167.23 billion | 2009 | ||
| 23 | Poland | $166.78 billion | 2009 | ||
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | $157.34 billion | 2009 | ||
| 25 | Thailand | $152.59 billion | 2009 | ||
| 26 | Turkey | $150.08 billion | 2009 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | $148.97 billion | 2009 | |||
| 27 | Malaysia | $144.58 billion | 2009 | ||
| 28 | Denmark | $136.10 billion | 2009 | ||
| 29 | United Arab Emirates | $132.50 billion | 2007 | ||
| 30 | Hungary | $124.08 billion | 2008 | ||
| 31 | Czech Republic | $121.39 billion | 2009 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | $118.52 billion | 2008 | |||
| 32 | Indonesia | $115.23 billion | 2009 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | $113.46 billion | 2008 | |||
| 33 | Norway | $104.37 billion | 2009 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | $97.05 billion | 2009 | |||
| 34 | Greece | $96.55 billion | 2009 | ||
| 35 | Slovakia | $90.92 billion | 2009 | ||
| 36 | Finland | $83.09 billion | 2009 | ||
| 37 | Portugal | $82.99 billion | 2009 | ||
| 38 | South Africa | $80.33 billion | 2009 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | $78.99 billion | 2008 | |||
| 39 | Luxembourg | $71.21 billion | 2009 | ||
| 40 | Vietnam | $70.86 billion | 2009 | ||
| 41 | Puerto Rico | $68.20 billion | 2001 | ||
| 42 | Venezuela | $66.76 billion | 2009 | ||
| 43 | Romania | $64.84 billion | 2009 | ||
| 44 | Israel | $62.94 billion | 2009 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | $57.48 billion | 2007 | |||
| 45 | Ukraine | $54.54 billion | 2009 | ||
| 46 | Algeria | $50.77 billion | 2009 | ||
| 47 | Chile | $49.69 billion | 2009 | ||
| 48 | Philippines | $49.64 billion | 2009 | ||
| 49 | Argentina | $49.15 billion | 2009 | ||
| 50 | Nigeria | $47.00 billion | 2009 | ||
| Christian countries average (profile) | $45.26 billion | 1997 | |||
| 51 | Colombia | $42.88 billion | 2009 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | $39.36 billion | 2009 | |||
| 52 | Kazakhstan | $38.96 billion | 2009 | ||
| 53 | Kuwait | $37.96 billion | 2008 | ||
| 54 | Morocco | $36.09 billion | 2009 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | $35.12 billion | 2009 | |||
| 55 | Angola | $34.90 billion | 2009 | ||
| 56 | Lithuania | $33.78 billion | 2008 | ||
| 57 | New Zealand | $33.60 billion | 2009 | ||
| 58 | Pakistan | $33.00 billion | 2009 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | $32.07 billion | 2009 | |||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | $32.00 billion | 2008 | |||
| 59 | Qatar | $30.69 billion | 2009 | ||
| 60 | Belarus | $30.46 billion | 2009 | ||
| 61 | Slovenia | $27.82 billion | 2009 | ||
| 62 | Ecuador | $27.53 billion | 2009 | ||
| 63 | Bulgaria | $27.17 billion | 2009 | ||
| 64 | Peru | $25.71 billion | 2009 | ||
| 65 | Libya | $25.59 billion | 2008 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | $24.87 billion | 2006 | |||
| 66 | Croatia | $24.84 billion | 2009 | ||
| 67 | Bangladesh | $23.73 billion | 2009 | ||
| 68 | Oman | $22.89 billion | 2008 | ||
| 69 | Tunisia | $21.89 billion | 2009 | ||
| 70 | Serbia and Montenegro | $18.89 billion | 2009 | ||
| 71 | Syria | $18.64 billion | 2009 | ||
| 72 | Jordan | $16.30 billion | 2009 | ||
| 73 | Bahrain | $16.28 billion | 2008 | ||
| 74 | Lebanon | $16.23 billion | 2009 | ||
| 75 | Panama | $15.10 billion | 2009 | ||
| 76 | Cyprus | $14.57 billion | 2008 | ||
| 77 | Dominican Republic | $14.15 billion | 2009 | ||
| 78 | Estonia | $12.45 billion | 2009 | ||
| 79 | Guatemala | $12.36 billion | 2009 | ||
| 80 | Costa Rica | $12.31 billion | 2009 | ||
| 81 | Sri Lanka | $11.70 billion | 2009 | ||
| 82 | Uzbekistan | $11.70 billion | 2009 | ||
| 83 | Sudan | $11.39 billion | 2009 | ||
| 84 | Cuba | $11.38 billion | 2008 | ||
| 85 | Latvia | $11.29 billion | 2009 | ||
| 86 | Kenya | $11.25 billion | 2009 | ||
| 87 | Ghana | $10.82 billion | 2009 | ||
| 88 | Azerbaijan | $10.66 billion | 2009 | ||
| 89 | Trinidad and Tobago | $10.21 billion | 2008 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | $9.97 billion | 2007 | |||
| 90 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $9.88 billion | 2009 | ||
| 91 | Turkmenistan | $9.14 billion | 2009 | ||
| 92 | Honduras | $8.70 billion | 2009 | ||
| 93 | Ethiopia | $8.23 billion | 2009 | ||
| 94 | Uruguay | $8.05 billion | 2009 | ||
| 95 | El Salvador | $7.97 billion | 2009 | ||
| 96 | Cote d'Ivoire | $7.87 billion | 2009 | ||
| 97 | Paraguay | $7.35 billion | 2009 | ||
| 98 | Cameroon | $6.86 billion | 2009 | ||
| 99 | Malta | $6.70 billion | 2007 | ||
| 100 | Albania | $6.53 billion | 2009 | ||
| 101 | Jamaica | $6.44 billion | 2009 | ||
| 102 | Cambodia | $6.19 billion | 2009 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | $5.91 billion | 2006 | |||
| 103 | Bolivia | $5.71 billion | 2009 | ||
| 104 | Senegal | $5.64 billion | 2009 | ||
| 105 | Uganda | $5.56 billion | 2009 | ||
| 106 | Namibia | $5.55 billion | 2009 | ||
| 107 | Iceland | $5.36 billion | 2009 | ||
| 108 | Botswana | $5.27 billion | 2009 | ||
| 109 | Georgia | $5.27 billion | 2009 | ||
| 110 | Mauritius | $5.07 billion | 2009 | ||
| 111 | The Bahamas | $4.93 billion | 2007 | ||
| 112 | Congo, Republic of the | $4.88 billion | 2009 | ||
| 113 | Chad | $4.79 billion | 2009 | ||
| 114 | Madagascar | $4.69 billion | 2009 | ||
| 115 | Nepal | $4.69 billion | 2009 | ||
| 116 | Papua New Guinea | $4.51 billion | 2009 | ||
| 117 | Equatorial Guinea | $4.33 billion | 2009 | ||
| 118 | Mozambique | $4.29 billion | 2009 | ||
| 119 | Zambia | $3.97 billion | 2009 | ||
| 120 | Moldova | $3.97 billion | 2009 | ||
| 121 | Tanzania | $3.94 billion | 2006 | ||
| 122 | Nicaragua | $3.76 billion | 2009 | ||
| 123 | Kyrgyzstan | $3.70 billion | 2009 | ||
| 124 | Gabon | $3.69 billion | 2009 | ||
| 125 | Armenia | $3.18 billion | 2009 | ||
| 126 | Brunei | $2.89 billion | 2006 | ||
| 127 | Haiti | $2.84 billion | 2009 | ||
| 128 | Tajikistan | $2.80 billion | 2009 | ||
| 129 | Mongolia | $2.63 billion | 2009 | ||
| 130 | Mali | $2.54 billion | 2007 | ||
| 131 | Zimbabwe | $2.49 billion | 2005 | ||
| 132 | Laos | $2.43 billion | 2008 | ||
| 133 | Barbados | $2.32 billion | 2009 | ||
| 134 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | $2.30 billion | 2009 | ||
| 135 | Swaziland | $2.29 billion | 2009 | ||
| 136 | Bermuda | $2.20 billion | 2008 | ||
| 137 | Benin | $1.88 billion | 2009 | ||
| 138 | Guinea | $1.86 billion | 2009 | ||
| 139 | Lesotho | $1.76 billion | 2009 | ||
| 140 | Fiji | $1.74 billion | 2009 | ||
| 141 | Mauritania | $1.71 billion | 2007 | ||
| 142 | Togo | $1.56 billion | 2007 | ||
| 143 | Burkina Faso | $1.55 billion | 2006 | ||
| 144 | Aruba | $1.52 billion | 1998 | ||
| 145 | Liberia | $1.45 billion | 2008 | ||
| 146 | Maldives | $1.39 billion | 2009 | ||
| 147 | Rwanda | $1.37 billion | 2009 | ||
| 148 | Guyana | $1.19 billion | 2008 | ||
| 149 | Malawi | $1.15 billion | 2009 | ||
| 150 | Cape Verde | $1.01 billion | 2009 | ||
| 151 | New Caledonia | $1.01 billion | 1999 | ||
| 152 | Seychelles | $975.17 million | 2009 | ||
| 153 | Belize | $951.70 million | 2008 | ||
| 154 | French Polynesia | $835.30 million | 2000 | ||
| 155 | Niger | $824.69 million | 2005 | ||
| 156 | Suriname | $810.01 million | 2005 | ||
| 157 | Antigua and Barbuda | $771.83 million | 2009 | ||
| 158 | Saint Lucia | $655.70 million | 2009 | ||
| 159 | Djibouti | $654.17 million | 2007 | ||
| 160 | Bhutan | $608.38 million | 2009 | ||
| 161 | Sierra Leone | $554.03 million | 2009 | ||
| 162 | Central African Republic | $449.30 million | 2009 | ||
| 163 | Burundi | $431.62 million | 2006 | ||
| 164 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $417.73 million | 2009 | ||
| 165 | Eritrea | $379.50 million | 2009 | ||
| 166 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | $374.55 million | 2009 | ||
| 167 | The Gambia | $367.67 million | 2009 | ||
| 168 | Grenada | $354.94 million | 2009 | ||
| 169 | Somalia | $346.11 million | 1990 | ||
| 170 | Vanuatu | $343.08 million | 2008 | ||
| 171 | Solomon Islands | $308.30 million | 2009 | ||
| 172 | Samoa | $290.52 million | 2009 | ||
| 173 | Dominica | $247.55 million | 2009 | ||
| 174 | Comoros | $197.71 million | 2009 | ||
| 175 | Tonga | $181.91 million | 2009 | ||
| 176 | Palau | $166.80 million | 2008 | ||
| 177 | Guinea-Bissau | $104.30 million | 2002 | ||
| 178 | Kiribati | $78.32 million | 2004 |
Citation
Interesting observations about Economy > National accounts > US$ at current prices > Expenditure on GDP > Imports > Goods and services > Current US$
- European Union ranked first for national accounts > US$ at current prices > expenditure on GDP > imports > goods and services > current US$ globally in 2009.
- 8 of the bottom 46 countries by national accounts > US$ at current prices > expenditure on GDP > imports > goods and services > current US$ are Densely populated.
- 12 of the bottom 83 countries by national accounts > US$ at current prices > expenditure on GDP > imports > goods and services > current US$ are Catholic.
- 2 of the bottom 173 countries by national accounts > US$ at current prices > expenditure on GDP > imports > goods and services > current US$ are UK and its territories'.
- 7 of the bottom 27 countries by national accounts > US$ at current prices > expenditure on GDP > imports > goods and services > current US$ are Tourist destination.
- 16 of the bottom 66 countries by national accounts > US$ at current prices > expenditure on GDP > imports > goods and services > current US$ are Sparsely populated.
- 97 of the bottom 168 countries by national accounts > US$ at current prices > expenditure on GDP > imports > goods and services > current US$ are Hot countries.
- 6 of the bottom 171 countries by national accounts > US$ at current prices > expenditure on GDP > imports > goods and services > current US$ are Southern European.
- 6 of the bottom 9 countries by national accounts > US$ at current prices > expenditure on GDP > imports > goods and services > current US$ are East Asian and Pacific.
- 13 of the bottom 116 countries by national accounts > US$ at current prices > expenditure on GDP > imports > goods and services > current US$ are European.