Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Economy > Spending on imports

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 constant 2000 U.S. dollars.".

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	South Africa	52.27 billion	2009
2	Nigeria	14.73 billion	2000
3	Kenya	7.67 billion	2009
4	Ethiopia	6.85 billion	2009
5	Angola	5.74 billion	2000
6	Zambia	5.1 billion	2009
7	Sudan	4.93 billion	2008
8	Cote d'Ivoire	4.77 billion	2009
9	Namibia	4.17 billion	2009
10	Uganda	3.76 billion	2009
11	Ghana	3.35 billion	2000
12	Mauritius	3.24 billion	2009
13	Botswana	3.22 billion	2009
14	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.08 billion	2009
15	Senegal	2.91 billion	2009
16	Madagascar	2.88 billion	2009
17	Tanzania	2.82 billion	2006
18	Cameroon	2.69 billion	2009
19	Mozambique	2.47 billion	2009
20	Zimbabwe	2.23 billion	2005
21	Swaziland	2.22 billion	2009
22	Gabon	2.21 billion	2009
23	Lesotho	2.04 billion	2009
24	Mauritania	1.64 billion	2005
25	Mali	1.36 billion	2007
26	Seychelles	1.33 billion	2009
27	Equatorial Guinea	1.07 billion	2000
28	Guinea	1.03 billion	2009
29	Burkina Faso	941.31 million	2006
30	Cape Verde	844.3 million	2009
31	Togo	779.6 million	2005
32	Benin	706.29 million	2005
33	Malawi	693.36 million	2009
34	Chad	478.46 million	2006
35	Niger	462.09 million	2000
36	Rwanda	445.34 million	2000
37	Eritrea	418.33 million	2007
38	Djibouti	383.32 million	2006
39	Sierra Leone	249.77 million	2000
40	The Gambia	241.66 million	2009
41	Central African Republic	182.26 million	2006
42	Liberia	145.8 million	2000
43	Burundi	141.32 million	2000
44	Guinea-Bissau	111.12 million	2000
45	Comoros	94.99 million	2009

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