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Imports of goods and services, billion USD, 2024:

The average for 2024 based on 39 countries was 263.8 billion U.S. dollars. The highest value was in China: 3280.17 billion U.S. dollars and the lowest value was in Bhutan: 1.6 billion U.S. dollars. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2025. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: billion U.S. dollars; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Imports, billion dollars, 2024 Global rank Available data
China 3280.17 1 1960 - 2025
Japan 958.38 2 1970 - 2024
India 897.06 3 1960 - 2025
Singapore 794.26 4 1960 - 2025
South Korea 755.49 5 1960 - 2025
Hong Kong 725.94 6 1961 - 2025
Vietnam 398.77 7 1986 - 2025
Thailand 349.67 8 1960 - 2025
Saudi Arabia 338.83 9 1968 - 2025
Indonesia 286.25 10 1967 - 2025
Malaysia 278.76 11 1960 - 2025
Philippines 185.25 12 1981 - 2025
Israel 140.9 13 1970 - 2025
Iran 135.5 14 1960 - 2025
Iraq 104.52 15 1970 - 2024
Kazakhstan 74.54 16 1992 - 2024
Bangladesh 73.45 17 1960 - 2025
Pakistan 63.87 18 1960 - 2025
Kuwait 61.52 19 1965 - 2024
Oman 52.26 20 1967 - 2024
Uzbekistan 43.64 21 1997 - 2025
Cambodia 33.41 22 1960 - 2025
Bahrain 33.04 23 1980 - 2024
Azerbaijan 27.34 24 1990 - 2025
Macao 24.68 25 1982 - 2025
Sri Lanka 22.28 26 1960 - 2025
Armenia 19.84 27 1990 - 2025
Georgia 19.02 28 1987 - 2025
Mongolia 16.59 29 1981 - 2025
Lebanon 15.3 30 1989 - 2024
Kyrgyzstan 15.13 31 1990 - 2025
Nepal 14.12 32 1965 - 2025
Afghanistan 12.1 33 1960 - 2024
Brunei 8.95 34 1974 - 2025
Palestine 8.45 35 1994 - 2025
Tajikistan 6.91 36 1993 - 2024
Maldives 5.53 37 2014 - 2024
Turkmenistan 4.94 38 1991 - 2025
Bhutan 1.6 39 1980 - 2024


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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.

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