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Imports of goods and services — Democratic Republic of the Congo

Imports of goods and services in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2025 — 39,977,700,113 US$. Ranked 61 in the world out of 138. Since 1994, the indicator has risen by 3,353%.

2025 39.98B US$ +8.75% vs 2024
World rank 61of 138
Period maximum 39.98B US$2025
Period minimum 826M US$1999

Trend over time

1994–2025 · US$

Imports of goods and services — Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1994–2025010B20B30B40B1994199820022006201020142018202220251994: 1,157,757,147 US$1995: 1,338,976,146 US$1996: 1,749,530,237 US$1997: 913,625,815 US$1998: 2,044,987,739 US$1999: 826,448,700 US$2000: 2,971,014,493 US$2001: 971,000,000 US$2002: 1,190,984,744 US$2003: 2,684,033,001 US$2004: 2,739,841,247 US$2005: 3,514,051,191 US$2006: 3,795,633,937 US$2007: 6,873,875,907 US$2008: 8,854,254,132 US$2009: 6,738,327,318 US$2010: 10,704,450,756 US$2011: 11,804,040,995 US$2012: 11,004,072,620 US$2013: 13,405,117,465 US$2014: 15,788,562,505 US$2015: 12,755,729,842 US$2016: 14,238,061,710 US$2017: 13,075,981,645 US$2018: 17,774,432,829 US$2019: 15,200,849,680 US$2020: 14,559,943,991 US$2021: 22,184,221,686 US$2022: 31,691,354,758 US$2023: 31,210,388,008 US$2024: 36,761,361,427 US$2025: 39,977,700,113 US$
Change over the period: +38.82B (+3,353.03%) Average annual rate: 12.1 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo 39.98B US$
World 33.73T US$
Sub-Saharan Africa 616B US$
Middle Africa computed 88.2B US$
Low-income countries computed 159B US$
Imports of goods and services — Democratic Republic of the Congo, by year Democratic Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 39.98B +3.22B +8.75%
2024 36.76B +5.55B +17.79%
2023 31.21B −481M −1.52%
2022 31.69B +9.51B +42.86%
2021 22.18B +7.62B +52.36%
2020 14.56B −641M −4.22%
2019 15.2B −2.57B −14.48%
2018 17.77B +4.7B +35.93%
2017 13.08B −1.16B −8.16%
2016 14.24B +1.48B +11.62%
2015 12.76B −3.03B −19.21%
2014 15.79B +2.38B +17.78%
2013 13.41B +2.4B +21.82%
2012 11B −800M −6.78%
2011 11.8B +1.1B +10.27%
2010 10.7B +3.97B +58.86%
2009 6.74B −2.12B −23.9%
2008 8.85B +1.98B +28.81%
2007 6.87B +3.08B +81.1%
2006 3.8B +282M +8.01%
2005 3.51B +774M +28.26%
2004 2.74B +55.81M +2.08%
2003 2.68B +1.49B +125.36%
2002 1.19B +220M +22.66%
2001 971M −2B −67.32%
2000 2.97B +2.14B +259.49%
1999 826M −1.22B −59.59%
1998 2.04B +1.13B +123.83%
1997 914M −836M −47.78%
1996 1.75B +411M +30.66%
1995 1.34B +181M +15.65%
1994 1.16B — —

Middle Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 39.98B AO Angola 14.26B CM Cameroon 11.96B CG Republic of the Congo 7.12B GA Gabon 6.3B GQ Equatorial Guinea 3.64B TD Chad 3.59B CF Central African Republic 1.03B ST Sao Tome and Principe 327M
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About the indicator

Imports of goods and services in current US dollars — the value of all goods and market services received from the rest of the world. Together with exports it determines the contribution of foreign trade to GDP; the difference between exports and imports is the trade balance.

Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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