List of countries by imports

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This is a list of countries by imports, based on the World Trade Organization and The World Factbook. For comparison purposes, some non-sovereign entities are included in this list, but only sovereign territories are ranked.

More recent data from the WTO is used when available.

Rank	Country	Imports	Date of information
—	World	$ 18,000,000,000,000	2011 est.
—	European Union (minus internal trade)	$ 2,397,000,000,000	2011 est.
1	United States	$ 2,299,000,000,000	2012 est.
2	China	$ 1,735,000,000,000	2012 est.
3	Germany	$ 1,222,000,000,000	2012 est.
4	Japan	$ 830,600,000,000	2012 est.
5	United Kingdom	$ 642,600,000,000	2012 est.
6	France	$ 641,300,000,000	2012 est.
7	South Korea	$ 514,200,000,000	2012 est.
8	India	$ 500,400,000,000	2012 est.
—	Hong Kong	$ 487,400,000,000	2012 est.
9	Canada	$ 474,800,000,000	2012 est.
10	Netherlands	$ 474,800,000,000	2012 est.
11	Italy	$ 453,500,000,000	2012 est.
12	Thailand	$ 434,900,000,000	2012 est.
13	Mexico	$ 370,800,000,000	2012 est.
14	Russia	$ 334,700,000,000	2012 est.
15	Spain	$ 323,700,000,000	2012 est.
16	Belgium	$ 322,000,000,000	2012 est.
17	Switzerland	$ 287,700,000,000	2012 est.
18	Taiwan	$ 268,800,000,000	2012 est.
19	Australia	$ 239,700,000,000	2012 est.
20	Turkey	$ 228,900,000,000	2012 est.
21	Brazil	$ 223,200,000,000	2012 est.
22	United Arab Emirates	$ 220,300,000,000	2012 est.
23	Singapore	$ 217,800,000,000	2012 est.
24	Poland	$ 195,400,000,000	2012 est.
25	Malaysia	$ 181,600,000,000	2012 est.
26	Indonesia	$ 178,500,000,000	2012 est.
27	Sweden	$ 163,600,000,000	2012 est.
28	Austria	$ 163,200,000,000	2012 est.
29	Saudi Arabia	$ 136,800,000,000	2012 est.
30	Czech Republic	$ 124,200,000,000	2012 est.
31	Vietnam	$ 114,300,000,000	2012 est.
32	South Africa	$ 105,000,000,000	2012 est.
33	Denmark	$ 96,990,000,000	2012 est.
34	Ukraine	$ 90,300,000,000	2012 est.
35	Hungary	$ 87,370,000,000	2012 est.
36	Norway	$ 86,720,000,000	2012 est.
37	Slovakia	$ 75,990,000,000	2012 est.
38	Chile	$ 74,860,000,000	2012 est.
39	Finland	$ 73,150,000,000	2012 est.
40	Israel	$ 71,400,000,000	2012 est.
41	Portugal	$ 69,480,000,000	2012 est.
42	Romania	$ 67,540,000,000	2012 est.
43	Iran	$ 66,970,000,000	2012 est.
44	Argentina	$ 65,560,000,000	2012 est.
45	Ireland	$ 64,320,000,000	2012 est.
46	Philippines	$ 61,490,000,000	2012 est.
47	Egypt	$ 59,720,000,000	2012 est.
48	Venezuela	$ 59,310,000,000	2012 est.
49	Iraq	$ 56,890,000,000	2012 est.
50	Nigeria	$ 54,600,000,000	2012 est.
51	Colombia	$ 53,770,000,000	2012 est.
52	Greece	$ 53,530,000,000	2012 est.
53	Algeria	$ 48,270,000,000	2012 est.
54	Kazakhstan	$ 47,890,000,000	2012 est.
—	Puerto Rico	$ 46,570,000,000	2012 est.
55	Belarus	$ 45,010,000,000	2012 est.
56	Morocco	$ 42,450,000,000	2012 est.
57	Peru	$ 41,110,000,000	2012 est.
58	Pakistan	$ 39,810,000,000	2012 est.
59	New Zealand	$ 37,150,000,000	2012 est.
60	Bangladesh	$ 34,560,000,000	2012 est.
61	Lithuania	$ 32,010,000,000	2012 est.
62	Bulgaria	$ 31,500,000,000	2012 est.
63	Qatar	$ 30,790,000,000	2012 est.
64	Slovenia	$ 28,010,000,000	2012 est.
65	Oman	$ 26,490,000,000	2012 est.
66	Panama	$ 24,690,000,000	2012 est.
67	Ecuador	$ 24,580,000,000	2012 est.
68	Tunisia	$ 23,320,000,000	2012 est.
69	Luxembourg	$ 23,290,000,000	2012 est.
70	Angola	$ 22,860,000,000	2012 est.
71	Kuwait	$ 22,790,000,000	2012 est.
72	Lebanon	$ 20,380,000,000	2012 est.
73	Croatia	$ 20,240,000,000	2012 est.
74	Jordan	$ 18,400,000,000	2012 est.
75	Serbia	$ 18,350,000,000	2012 est.
76	Libya	$ 18,100,000,000	2012 est.
77	Dominican Republic	$ 17,760,000,000	2012 est.
78	Ghana	$ 17,560,000,000	2012 est.
79	Sri Lanka	$ 17,320,000,000	2012 est.
80	Estonia	$ 17,050,000,000	2012 est.
81	Costa Rica	$ 16,750,000,000	2012 est.
82	Latvia	$ 16,080,000,000	2012 est.
83	Guatemala	$ 15,840,000,000	2012 est.
84	Uzbekistan	$ 15,530,000,000	2012 est.
85	Bahrain	$ 15,170,000,000	2012 est.
86	Kenya	$ 15,100,000,000	2012 est.
87	Cuba	$ 13,720,000,000	2012 est.
88	Uruguay	$ 12,220,000,000	2012 est.
89	Paraguay	$ 11,240,000,000	2012 est.
90	Honduras	$ 11,180,000,000	2012 est.
91	Syria	$ 10,780,000,000	2012 est.
92	Tanzania	$ 10,330,000,000	2012 est.
93	Turkmenistan	$ 10,190,000,000	2012 est.
94	Azerbaijan	$ 10,060,000,000	2012 est.
95	El Salvador	$ 9,912,000,000	2012 est.
96	Ethiopia	$ 9,498,000,000	2010 est.
97	Yemen	$ 8,893,000,000	2012 est.
—	Macau	$ 8,866,000,000	2012 est.
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$ 8,849,000,000	2012 est.
99	Cote d'Ivoire	$ 8,589,000,000	2012 est.
100	Trinidad and Tobago	$ 8,317,000,000	2012 est.
101	Democratic Republic of the Congo	$ 8,187,000,000	2012 est.
102	Cambodia	$ 7,837,000,000	2012 est.
103	Bolivia	$ 7,653,000,000	2012 est.
104	Equatorial Guinea	$ 7,758,000,000	2012 est.
105	Burma	$ 7,477,000,000	2012 est.
106	Zambia	$ 7,361,000,000	2012 est.
107	Cyprus	$ 7,093,000,000	2012 est.
108	Botswana	$ 6,938,000,000	2012 est.
109	Mongolia	$ 6,739,000,000	2012 est.
110	Georgia	$ 6,628,000,000	2012 est.
111	Cameroon	$ 6,559,000,000	2012 est.
112	Nicaragua	$ 6,450,000,000	2012 est.
113	Afghanistan	$ 6,390,000,000	2012 est.
114	Macedonia	$ 6,229,000,000	2012 est.
115	Sudan	$ 6,217,000,000	2012 est.
116	Mozambique	$ 6,167,000,000	2012 est.
117	Nepal	$ 5,920,000,000	2012 est.
118	Jamaica	$ 5,905,000,000	2012 est.
119	Republic of the Congo	$ 5,835,000,000	2012 est.
120	Senegal	$ 5,733,000,000	2012 est.
121	Namibia	$ 5,586,000,000	2012 est.
122	Malta	$ 5,368,000,000	2012 est.
121	Uganda	$ 5,187,000,000	2012 est.
122	Moldova	$ 5,152,000,000	2012 est.
123	Mauritius	$ 5,107,000,000	2012 est.
124	Kyrgyzstan	$ 4,981,000,000	2012 est.
—	U.S. Virgin Islands	$ 4,609,000,000	2001 est.
125	Iceland	$ 3,677,000,000	2010 est.
126	Moldova	$ 3,660,000,000	2010 est.
127	Zimbabwe	$ 3,607,000,000	2010 est.
128	Papua New Guinea	$ 3,547,000,000	2010 est.
129	Mozambique	$ 3,527,000,000	2010 est.
130	Tajikistan	$ 3,301,000,000	2010 est.
131	Fiji	$ 3,120,000,000	2006
132	North Korea	$ 3,096,000,000	2009
133	Kyrgyzstan	$ 3,075,000,000	2010 est.
134	Armenia	$ 2,988,000,000	2010 est.
—	Gibraltar	$ 2,967,000,000	2004 est.
135	Zimbabwe	$ 2,871,000,000	2010 est.
136	Chad	$ 2,631,000,000	2010 est.
137	Brunei	$ 2,610,000,000	2008 est.
138	Liechtenstein	$ 2,590,000,000	2008
139	Haiti	$ 2,446,000,000	2010 est.
140	Gabon	$ 2,433,000,000	2010 est.
141	Bahamas	$ 2,401,000,000	2006
142	Mali	$ 2,358,000,000	2006
143	Mongolia	$ 2,131,000,000	2009
—	New Caledonia	$ 1,998,000,000	2006
144	Madagascar	$ 1,958,000,000	2010 est.
145	Benin	$ 1,812,000,000	2010 est.
146	Andorra	$ 1,801,000,000	2008
147	Lesotho	$ 1,766,000,000	2010 est.
—	French Polynesia	$ 1,706,000,000	2005 est.
148	Malawi	$ 1,675,000,000	2010 est.
149	Swaziland	$ 1,643,000,000	2010 est.
150	Barbados	$ 1,586,000,000	2006
151	Guinea	$ 1,551,000,000	2010 est.
152	Laos	$ 1,504,000,000	2010 est.
153	Burkina Faso	$ 1,480,000,000	2010 est.
154	Mauritania	$ 1,475,000,000	2006
155	Guyana	$ 1,366,000,000	2010 est.
156	Togo	$ 1,337,000,000	2010 est.
157	Suriname	$ 1,297,000,000	2006 est.
—	Bermuda	$ 1,162,000,000	2006
—	Aruba	$ 1,054,000,000	2006
158	Rwanda	$ 1,047,000,000	2010 est.
—	Faroe Islands	$ 983,000,000	2008
159	Monaco	$ 916,100,000	2005
—	Cayman Islands	$ 876,500,000	2008
—	Greenland	$ 867,000,000	2008
160	Cape Verde	$ 858,000,000	2010 est.
161	Seychelles	$ 831,000,000	2010 est.
162	Niger	$ 800,000,000	2006
163	Somalia	$ 798,000,000	2006
164	Saint Lucia	$ 791,000,000	2006
165	Maldives	$ 782,000,000	2008 est.
166	Belize	$ 740,000,000	2010 est.
167	Eritrea	$ 738,000,000	2010 est.
168	Djibouti	$ 644,000,000	2009 est.
169	Montenegro	$ 601,700,000	2003
170	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	$ 578,000,000	2006
171	Sierra Leone	$ 560,000,000	2006
172	Bhutan	$ 533,000,000	2008
173	Antigua and Barbuda	$ 522,800,000	2007 est.
174	Saint Kitts and Nevis	$ 383,000,000	2006
175	Grenada	$ 343,000,000	2006
—	Mayotte	$ 341,000,000	2005
176	Burundi	$ 336,000,000	2010 est.
177	Samoa	$ 324,000,000	2006
—	American Samoa	$ 308,800,000	FY04 est.
178	Gambia	$ 306,000,000	2010 est.
179	Dominica	$ 296,000,000	2006
180	Solomon Islands	$ 256,000,000	2006
181	Central African Republic	$ 237,300,000	2007 est.
—	Northern Mariana Islands	$ 214,400,000	2001
182	Timor-Leste	$ 202,000,000	2004 est.
183	Guinea-Bissau	$ 200,000,000	2006
—	Turks and Caicos Islands	$ 175,600,000	2000
184	Vanuatu	$ 156,000,000	2006
—	Anguilla	$ 143,000,000	2006
185	Comoros	$ 143,000,000	2006
186	Tonga	$ 139,000,000	2006
187	Federated States of Micronesia	$ 132,700,000	2004
188	Palau	$ 107,300,000	2004 est.
189	Sao Tome and Principe	$ 99,000,000	2010 est.
—	Falkland Islands	$ 90,000,000	2004 est.
—	Cook Islands	$ 81,040,000	2005
190	Marshall Islands	$ 79,400,000	2008 est.
—	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	$ 68,200,000	2005 est.
191	Kiribati	$ 62,000,000	2004 est.
—	Wallis and Futuna	$ 61,170,000	2004
—	Saint Helena	$ 45,000,000	2004 est.
192	Nauru	$ 20,000,000	2004 est.
—	Norfolk Island	$ 17,900,000	FY91/92
—	Montserrat	$ 17,000,000	2001
193	Tuvalu	$ 12,910,000	2005
—	Niue	$ 9,038,000	2004
—	Tokelau	$ 969,200	2002

Sources

• The World Trade Organization, accessed 12 April 2012, INTERNATIONAL TRADE STATISTICS
• The World Factbook, accessed 19 September 2008, Rank Order - Imports.