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Imports of goods and services, billion USD, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 16 countries was 343.42 billion U.S. dollars. The highest value was in the USA: 3849.81 billion U.S. dollars and the lowest value was in Belize: 1.57 billion U.S. dollars. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. 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, 2023 Global rank Available data
USA 3849.81 1 1970 - 2023
Canada 724.65 2 1961 - 2023
Mexico 665.12 3 1960 - 2023
Puerto Rico 56.36 4 1960 - 2023
Panama 35.88 5 1960 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 34.58 6 1960 - 2023
Guatemala 33.03 7 1960 - 2023
Costa Rica 29.03 8 1960 - 2023
Honduras 20.96 9 1960 - 2023
El Salvador 16.94 10 1965 - 2023
Nicaragua 10.53 11 1960 - 2023
Bahamas 6.16 12 1977 - 2023
Haiti 5.06 13 1988 - 2023
Aruba 2.97 14 1995 - 2023
Bermuda 2 15 2010 - 2023
Belize 1.57 16 1980 - 2023



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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