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Annual growth rate of imports of goods and services based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2000 U.S. dollars. 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 labor and property income (formerly called factor services) as well as transfer payments.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Haiti :
60.42 %
1993
# 2
Samoa :
48.22 %
2001
# 3
Mauritania :
45.26 %
2005
# 4
Somalia :
45.1 %
1989
# 5
Pakistan :
44.11 %
2005
# 6
Seychelles :
32.9 %
2005
# 7
Venezuela :
30.03 %
2005
# 8
Equatorial Guinea :
28.61 %
1999
# 9
Iceland :
28.4 %
2005
# 10
Oman :
27.42 %
2004
# 11
Colombia :
25.23 %
2005
# 12
Maldives :
25.21 %
2004
# 13
Egypt :
23.82 %
2005
# 14
Ethiopia :
23.44 %
2005
# 15
Cameroon :
23.11 %
2005
# 16
India :
22.07 %
2005
# 17
Nigeria :
21.31 %
2005
# 18
Jordan :
21.25 %
2005
# 19
Moldova :
21.21 %
2005
# 20
Afghanistan :
20.87 %
2005
# 21
Zambia :
20.57 %
2005
# 22
Chile :
20.38 %
2005
# 23
Uganda :
20.17 %
2005
# 24
Argentina :
20.14 %
2005
# 25
Bangladesh :
19.06 %
2005
# 26
Madagascar :
18.46 %
2005
# 27
Cambodia :
18.05 %
2005
# 28
Syria :
17.89 %
2005
# 29
Vietnam :
17.64 %
2005
# 30
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
17.6 %
2005
# 31
Estonia :
17.41 %
2005
# 32
Russia :
17.3 %
2005
# 33
Trinidad and Tobago :
17.23 %
2005
# 34
Laos :
16.68 %
2005
# 35
Rwanda :
16.49 %
2005
# 36
Congo, Republic of the :
16.4 %
2005
# 37
Lithuania :
15.91 %
2005
# 38
Yemen :
15.36 %
2005
# 39
Suriname :
15.19 %
1994
# 40
Bulgaria :
14.6 %
2005
# 41
Kenya :
14.27 %
2005
= 42
Dominican Republic :
14.2 %
2005
= 42
Panama :
14.2 %
2005
# 44
New Zealand :
13.65 %
2004
# 45
Ecuador :
13.5 %
2005
# 46
Latvia :
13.48 %
2005
# 47
Bolivia :
13.46 %
2005
# 48
Kazakhstan :
13.3 %
2005
# 49
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
13.17 %
2005
# 50
Dominica :
12.8 %
2004
# 51
Kyrgyzstan :
12.69 %
2005
# 52
Indonesia :
12.35 %
2005
# 53
Australia :
12.23 %
2004
# 54
Armenia :
11.7 %
2005
# 55
Costa Rica :
11.66 %
2005
# 56
Turkey :
11.64 %
2005
# 57
Saudi Arabia :
11.52 %
2003
# 58
China :
11.39 %
2005
# 59
Slovakia :
11.24 %
2005
# 60
Comoros :
11.13 %
2005
# 61
Malawi :
10.97 %
2005
# 62
Denmark :
10.83 %
2005
# 63
Cape Verde :
10.8 %
2003
# 64
United States :
10.73 %
2004
# 65
Peru :
10.65 %
2005
# 66
Gambia, The :
10.4 %
2005
# 67
Finland :
10.28 %
2005
= 68
Albania :
10.13 %
2005
= 68
Kuwait :
10.13 %
2004
# 70
South Africa :
10.08 %
2005
# 71
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
10.01 %
2003
# 72
Macau :
9.9 %
2005
# 73
Puerto Rico :
9.5 %
2001
# 74
Brazil :
9.45 %
2005
# 75
Luxembourg :
9.44 %
2005
# 76
Thailand :
9.41 %
2005
# 77
Bhutan :
9.37 %
2004
# 78
Honduras :
9.33 %
2005
# 79
Mongolia :
9.18 %
2003
# 80
Uruguay :
8.76 %
2005
# 81
Sri Lanka :
8.7 %
2005
# 82
Mexico :
8.68 %
2005
# 83
Japan :
8.47 %
2004
# 84
Canada :
8.13 %
2004
# 85
Hong Kong :
8.1 %
2005
# 86
Malaysia :
8.04 %
2005
# 87
Algeria :
7.8 %
2005
# 88
Ireland :
7.56 %
2004
# 89
Guinea-Bissau :
7.5 %
2005
# 90
Switzerland :
7.41 %
2004
# 91
Norway :
7.38 %
2005
# 92
Côte d'Ivoire :
7.32 %
2005
# 93
Mozambique :
7.31 %
2005
# 94
Uzbekistan :
7.3 %
2005
# 95
Sweden :
7.26 %
2005
# 96
Spain :
7.12 %
2005
# 97
Cyprus :
7.11 %
1994
# 98
Slovenia :
7.04 %
2005
# 99
United Arab Emirates :
6.95 %
2004
# 100
Korea, South :
6.9 %
2005
# 101
Ghana :
6.71 %
2005
# 102
Hungary :
6.53 %
2005
# 103
Central African Republic :
6.4 %
1991
# 104
Swaziland :
6.31 %
2005
# 105
Nicaragua :
6.2 %
2005
# 106
Belize :
6.16 %
2005
# 107
France :
6.06 %
2005
# 108
Morocco :
5.71 %
2005
# 109
Germany :
5.33 %
2005
= 110
Sudan :
5.3 %
2003
= 110
United Kingdom :
5.3 %
2005
# 112
Botswana :
5.15 %
2005
# 113
Netherlands :
5.12 %
2005
# 114
Georgia :
5.04 %
2005
# 115
Czech Republic :
4.95 %
2005
# 116
Poland :
4.86 %
2005
# 117
Mauritius :
4.8 %
2005
# 118
Austria :
4.75 %
2005
# 119
Paraguay :
4.6 %
2005
# 120
Benin :
4.1 %
2005
# 121
Israel :
4.03 %
2005
# 122
Fiji :
3.78 %
1999
# 123
Romania :
3.74 %
2005
# 124
Antigua and Barbuda :
3.73 %
2002
# 125
Mali :
3.7 %
2005
= 126
Namibia :
3.5 %
2005
= 126
Croatia :
3.5 %
2005
# 128
Belgium :
3.37 %
2005
# 129
Grenada :
3.29 %
2004
# 130
Tajikistan :
2.9 %
2003
# 131
Togo :
2.8 %
2005
# 132
Malta :
2.76 %
1993
# 133
Macedonia, Republic of :
2.4 %
2005
# 134
Philippines :
2.37 %
2005
# 135
Burkina Faso :
2.2 %
2005
# 136
Ukraine :
2.1 %
2005
# 137
Djibouti :
2.04 %
2005
# 138
Senegal :
1.92 %
2005
# 139
Gabon :
1.8 %
2005
# 140
Portugal :
1.76 %
2005
# 141
Solomon Islands :
1.43 %
1986
= 142
Papua New Guinea :
1.4 %
1999
= 142
Guatemala :
1.4 %
2005
# 144
Italy :
1.36 %
2005
# 145
Tunisia :
1.12 %
2005
# 146
Vanuatu :
1.06 %
1995
# 147
El Salvador :
0.76 %
2005
# 148
Sierra Leone :
0.69 %
1995
# 149
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
-0.16 %
1998
# 150
Tanzania :
-0.5 %
2005
# 151
Azerbaijan :
-0.56 %
2005
# 152
Bahamas, The :
-0.75 %
1987
# 153
São Tomé and Príncipe :
-1.09 %
2000
# 154
Greece :
-1.21 %
2005
# 155
Eritrea :
-1.22 %
2005
# 156
Belarus :
-1.26 %
2005
# 157
Lesotho :
-1.51 %
2005
# 158
Barbados :
-1.89 %
2003
# 159
Zimbabwe :
-3.06 %
2005
# 160
Serbia and Montenegro :
-3.99 %
2005
# 161
Guyana :
-4.04 %
2002
# 162
Turkmenistan :
-4.89 %
2005
# 163
Burma :
-7.98 %
2000
# 164
Lebanon :
-8.3 %
2005
# 165
Bahrain :
-9 %
1985
# 166
Libya :
-11.83 %
1983
# 167
Chad :
-12.1 %
2005
# 168
Iran :
-13.17 %
2005
# 169
Guinea :
-14.5 %
2005
# 170
Angola :
-15.81 %
1990
# 171
Niger :
-19.2 %
1999
# 172
Burundi :
-37.87 %
1996
Weighted average:
9.2 %
DEFINITION: Annual growth rate of imports of goods and services based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2000 U.S. dollars. 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 labor and property income (formerly called factor services) as well as transfer payments.
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