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Imports of goods and services, billion USD, 2024:

The average for 2024 based on 20 countries was 87.88 billion U.S. dollars. The highest value was in Mexico: 698.19 billion U.S. dollars and the lowest value was in Haiti: 3.99 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
Mexico 698.19 1 1960 - 2025
Brazil 385.71 2 1960 - 2025
Chile 99.52 3 1960 - 2025
Colombia 85.1 4 1960 - 2025
Argentina 80.94 5 1960 - 2025
Peru 66.51 6 1960 - 2025
Puerto Rico 53.87 7 1960 - 2025
Domin. Rep. 36.06 8 1960 - 2025
Guatemala 35.57 9 1960 - 2025
Panama 34.02 10 1960 - 2024
Ecuador 33.36 11 1960 - 2025
Costa Rica 31.26 12 1960 - 2025
Honduras 21.36 13 1960 - 2025
Uruguay 19.12 14 1960 - 2025
El Salvador 18.49 15 1965 - 2025
Paraguay 17.62 16 1962 - 2025
Bolivia 14.02 17 1960 - 2024
Nicaragua 11.46 18 1960 - 2025
Venezuela 11.46 19 1960 - 2025
Haiti 3.99 20 1988 - 2025


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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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