Africa | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)

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.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa
Records
53
Source
Africa | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
1960 28.02642606
1961 26.82492005
1962 21.58583859
1963 24.72146922
1964 24.22784567
1965 23.8524691
1966 22.60801592
1967 22.38313112
1968 21.77431528
1969 22.00739215
1970 23.69690624
1971 24.18504512
1972 22.84388419
1973 23.87655953
1974 31.25133644
1975 34.13005822
1976 32.1411989
1977 31.63995032
1978 32.09407527
1979 33.51704589
1980 33.46827447
1981 36.3862158
1982 32.99924635
1983 28.78730912
1984 29.58374506
1985 28.02799184
1986 26.00197729
1987 24.93811178
1988 27.89349527
1989 28.29150084
1990 28.22064949
1991 28.07403635
1992 28.41234105
1993 29.15567759
1994 29.71713177
1995 30.02377483
1996 28.51203873
1997 28.60350565
1998 29.19359142
1999 28.31645788
2000 28.26911678
2001 29.12039085
2002 30.93139177
2003 30.81260217
2004 31.87865855
2005 33.31287533
2006 33.70066093
2007 35.91944025
2008 39.09382412
2009 33.61767975
2010 32.99213571
2011 37.35838061
2012

Africa | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)

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.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa
Records
53
Source