Countries by imports of goods and services
The United States had the highest imports of goods and services of 183 countries in 2020, at $2.78 trillion. Nauru had the lowest, at $113.96 million. The median was $12.17 billion and the figure for the World was $21.93 trillion. Source: the World Bank.
Top 40 countries, 2020
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2020 | Change on 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 2,782,391 | -10.7% |
| 2 | China | 2,409,650.4 | -4.4% |
| 3 | Germany | 1,332,733.8 | -8.4% |
| 4 | France | 801,836.2 | -12.2% |
| 5 | Japan | 798,645.1 | -12.1% |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 795,714.5 | -16.4% |
| 7 | Netherlands | 662,040.9 | -5.4% |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 601,495.4 | -5.9% |
| 9 | South Korea | 539,436.7 | -10.5% |
| 10 | Singapore | 526,490.6 | -5.2% |
| 11 | Canada | 524,572.6 | -11% |
| 12 | Ireland | 518,713.6 | +0.8% |
| 13 | India | 510,244.7 | -15.3% |
| 14 | Italy | 480,945.2 | -14.2% |
| 15 | Switzerland | 437,650.2 | +4.5% |
| 16 | Mexico | 421,735.4 | -16.9% |
| 17 | Belgium | 411,854.7 | -7% |
| 18 | Spain | 373,587.2 | -16% |
| 19 | Russia | 305,255.2 | -13.3% |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 297,228 | -2.9% |
| 21 | Poland | 283,720.6 | -3.9% |
| 22 | Australia | 274,154.3 | -10.6% |
| 23 | Vietnam | 273,356 | +2.8% |
| 24 | Brazil | 233,941.2 | -15.4% |
| 25 | Türkiye | 232,192.2 | +1.3% |
| 26 | Thailand | 231,745.5 | -15.1% |
| 27 | Sweden | 218,725.2 | -7.3% |
| 28 | Austria | 209,749.4 | -9.5% |
| 29 | Malaysia | 186,310.4 | -11.7% |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 182,183.7 | -16.8% |
| 31 | Denmark | 175,669.4 | -3.9% |
| 32 | Indonesia | 165,646.8 | -22.2% |
| 33 | Czechia | 153,225.8 | -9.6% |
| 34 | Luxembourg | 126,083.4 | +2.5% |
| 35 | Norway | 122,401 | -13.1% |
| 36 | Hungary | 121,131.8 | -6.9% |
| 37 | Philippines | 119,257.5 | -21.8% |
| 38 | Romania | 103,734.8 | -6.9% |
| 39 | Israel | 98,559.6 | -10% |
| 40 | Finland | 97,119.8 | -8.9% |
| 41 | Portugal | 90,131.4 | -12.9% |
| 42 | Slovakia | 89,672.1 | -7.8% |
| 43 | South Africa | 78,355.2 | -24.6% |
| 44 | Egypt | 75,433.6 | -3.3% |
| 45 | Greece | 74,331.7 | -12.6% |
| 46 | Iran | 71,621.7 | -21.7% |
| 47 | Chile | 68,216.6 | -17.6% |
| 48 | Ukraine | 63,171.5 | -16.7% |
| 49 | Bangladesh | 59,195.9 | -8.8% |
| 50 | Qatar | 59,064.6 | -11.5% |
| 51 | Colombia | 55,511.4 | -20.8% |
| 52 | Iraq | 54,255.2 | -24.9% |
| 53 | Argentina | 52,454.1 | -20.3% |
| 54 | Pakistan | 52,327.3 | -16.4% |
| 55 | New Zealand | 47,267.3 | -18.3% |
| 56 | Morocco | 46,174.7 | -14.5% |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | 45,332.6 | -12.2% |
| 58 | Puerto Rico | 44,513.2 | -9.9% |
| 59 | Peru | 42,768.4 | -18.2% |
| 60 | Kuwait | 42,529.7 | -23.8% |
| 61 | Algeria | 40,978.6 | -18.8% |
| 62 | Bulgaria | 38,028.8 | -8.9% |
| 63 | Slovenia | 36,983.5 | -9.4% |
| 64 | Lithuania | 36,377.3 | -7.8% |
| 65 | Belarus | 35,547.7 | -16.1% |
| 66 | Oman | 34,023.4 | +4.5% |
| 67 | Serbia | 30,294.5 | -4.1% |
| 68 | Croatia | 27,975.9 | -10.6% |
| 69 | Ghana | 24,537.9 | -8.8% |
| 70 | Bahrain | 23,296.8 | -7.6% |
| 71 | Uzbekistan | 22,681.1 | -14.9% |
| 72 | Estonia | 22,032.1 | +1.2% |
| 73 | Cambodia | 21,651.1 | -2.1% |
| 74 | Cyprus | 20,705.1 | +5.7% |
| 75 | Latvia | 20,436.5 | -1.6% |
| 76 | Dominican Republic | 20,371.8 | -17.2% |
| 77 | Ecuador | 19,849.7 | -23.2% |
| 78 | Tunisia | 19,691.3 | -16.7% |
| 79 | Guatemala | 19,272.2 | -10.5% |
| 80 | Kenya | 19,082.7 | -6.5% |
| 81 | Panama | 18,505.3 | -34.1% |
| 82 | Malta | 18,440 | +4% |
| 83 | Sri Lanka | 18,243 | -25.7% |
| 84 | Costa Rica | 17,616.4 | -13% |
| 85 | Ethiopia | 16,655.6 | -13.1% |
| 86 | Macao | 15,615.4 | -12.9% |
| 87 | Azerbaijan | 15,537.8 | -12.3% |
| 88 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 14,559.9 | -4.2% |
| 89 | Libya | 14,343 | -43.5% |
| 90 | Angola | 13,399.8 | -29.5% |
| 91 | Côte d’Ivoire | 13,203.8 | -0.6% |
| 92 | Honduras | 12,172.5 | -17.4% |
| 93 | Uruguay | 11,538.6 | -15.1% |
| 94 | Nepal | 11,405.4 | -19.5% |
| 95 | Lebanon | 10,705.1 | -50.9% |
| 96 | El Salvador | 10,450.1 | -15.6% |
| 97 | Paraguay | 10,448.8 | -21.6% |
| 98 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9,694.3 | -13.1% |
| 99 | Guinea | 9,692.4 | +66.2% |
| 100 | Senegal | 9,651.9 | +5.1% |
| 101 | Mozambique | 9,554.3 | -10% |
| 102 | Tanzania | 9,553 | -7.8% |
| 103 | Georgia | 8,964.6 | -20% |
| 104 | Bolivia | 8,735.5 | -30.9% |
| 105 | North Macedonia | 8,710.8 | -9.3% |
| 106 | Uganda | 8,116.4 | +3.2% |
| 107 | Cuba | 8,067 | -26.5% |
| 108 | Palestine | 8,065.7 | -12% |
| 109 | Mauritius | 7,606.4 | -23.2% |
| 110 | Iceland | 7,605.5 | -22.1% |
| 111 | Cameroon | 7,544.3 | -19.2% |
| 112 | Mongolia | 7,345.9 | -20.7% |
| 113 | Botswana | 7,341.6 | -4.6% |
| 114 | Afghanistan | 7,241.8 | |
| 115 | Mali | 6,395.7 | -3.2% |
| 116 | Brunei | 6,355.3 | -6.7% |
| 117 | Nicaragua | 5,967.7 | -4.6% |
| 118 | Moldova | 5,921.2 | -10.6% |
| 119 | Zambia | 5,892.4 | -26% |
| 120 | Albania | 5,636.3 | -18.6% |
| 121 | Venezuela | 5,605.4 | -29.8% |
| 122 | Zimbabwe | 5,381.7 | -12.7% |
| 123 | Somalia | 5,353 | +8.1% |
| 124 | Burkina Faso | 5,133.7 | +2.8% |
| 125 | Armenia | 5,062.3 | -33.1% |
| 126 | Namibia | 4,577.2 | -21.5% |
| 127 | Haiti | 4,318.1 | -15.5% |
| 128 | Kyrgyzstan | 4,086.5 | -28.5% |
| 129 | Benin | 3,915.5 | -20.1% |
| 130 | Madagascar | 3,767.8 | -21.8% |
| 131 | Syria | 3,750.7 | -42.7% |
| 132 | Mauritania | 3,747.8 | -7.1% |
| 133 | Equatorial Guinea | 3,668.9 | -26.2% |
| 134 | Turkmenistan | 3,565.6 | -7.4% |
| 135 | Niger | 3,542.8 | +4.4% |
| 136 | Malawi | 3,534 | +2.5% |
| 137 | New Caledonia | 3,454.4 | -8.6% |
| 138 | Gabon | 3,454.2 | -6.9% |
| 139 | Djibouti | 3,414.8 | -28.3% |
| 140 | Guam | 3,388 | -4.5% |
| 141 | Republic of the Congo | 3,278.6 | -33.7% |
| 142 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 3,184 | -23.1% |
| 143 | Tajikistan | 3,125.5 | -8.3% |
| 144 | Bahamas | 3,124.2 | -30.4% |
| 145 | Montenegro | 2,916.7 | -19% |
| 146 | Chad | 2,890.4 | -10.7% |
| 147 | Rwanda | 2,693.4 | -4.7% |
| 148 | Cayman Islands | 2,592.4 | -3.8% |
| 149 | Maldives | 2,454.8 | -40.1% |
| 150 | Togo | 2,395.2 | +5.6% |
| 151 | San Marino | 2,169.2 | -6.3% |
| 152 | French Polynesia | 2,025.5 | -21.3% |
| 153 | Lesotho | 1,984.9 | -12% |
| 154 | Fiji | 1,973.1 | -38.5% |
| 155 | Aruba | 1,708.9 | -28.3% |
| 156 | Eswatini | 1,670.9 | -13.6% |
| 157 | Bermuda | 1,615.4 | -15.7% |
| 158 | Faroe Islands | 1,596.5 | -7.5% |
| 159 | Greenland | 1,442.7 | -5.9% |
| 160 | Sierra Leone | 1,386 | -23.8% |
| 161 | Sudan | 1,305.7 | -77.1% |
| 162 | Seychelles | 1,201.9 | -29.4% |
| 163 | Bhutan | 1,075.6 | -12% |
| 164 | Timor-Leste | 1,039.9 | +3.6% |
| 165 | Cape Verde | 967.3 | -24.5% |
| 166 | Belize | 900.9 | -25% |
| 167 | Central African Republic | 799.2 | +4.9% |
| 168 | Antigua and Barbuda | 739.7 | -37.3% |
| 169 | American Samoa | 686 | +11.7% |
| 170 | Gambia | 684.8 | +5.4% |
| 171 | Northern Mariana Islands | 556 | -24.3% |
| 172 | Vanuatu | 526.8 | -8.7% |
| 173 | Solomon Islands | 495.9 | -34.1% |
| 174 | Guinea-Bissau | 467.5 | -7.5% |
| 175 | Samoa | 419.6 | -4.8% |
| 176 | Comoros | 343.7 | -2.5% |
| 177 | Tonga | 314.8 | -5.5% |
| 178 | Micronesia | 265 | -5.7% |
| 179 | Palau | 210.1 | -3.5% |
| 180 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 179.3 | -14.6% |
| 181 | Marshall Islands | 174.9 | -35.2% |
| 182 | Kiribati | 150.2 | -16.9% |
| 183 | Nauru | 114 | -4.7% |
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About this ranking
Value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world, at current prices in millions of US dollars. It includes freight, insurance, travel, royalties and other services, and leaves out compensation of employees and investment income. World Bank series, converted from national currency at official annual average exchange rates.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 10 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2020 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
World Bank, World Development Indicators. Imports of goods and services (current US$) (NE.IMP.GNFS.CD). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.IMP.GNFS.CD. Retrieved 2026-10-11.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which country has the highest imports of goods and services?
The United States, with $2.78 trillion in 2020, according to the World Bank.
Which country has the lowest imports of goods and services?
Nauru, with $113.96 million in 2020.
Where does this ranking come from?
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