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Imports of goods and services — all countries

Imports of goods and services — High-income countries

Imports of goods and services in high-income countries in 2024 — 20,685,210,700,247 US$. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 307.2%.

2024 20.69T US$ −0.01% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 20.99T US$2022
Period minimum 5.08T US$1995

Trend over time

1995–2024 · US$

Imports of goods and services — High-income countries, 1995–2024010T20T30T199519982001200420072010201320162019202220241995: 5,079,943,023,953 US$1996: 5,289,848,961,540 US$1997: 5,408,166,584,460 US$1998: 5,429,622,852,463 US$1999: 5,694,168,325,108 US$2000: 6,298,860,427,771 US$2001: 6,157,864,355,732 US$2002: 6,381,872,302,014 US$2003: 7,365,911,442,041 US$2004: 8,787,947,306,621 US$2005: 9,866,664,663,759 US$2006: 11,196,946,629,109 US$2007: 12,817,833,801,707 US$2008: 14,455,110,699,774 US$2009: 11,393,034,916,036 US$2010: 13,141,887,185,759 US$2011: 15,377,520,866,810 US$2012: 15,311,580,329,372 US$2013: 15,648,829,332,343 US$2014: 16,021,896,472,483 US$2015: 14,380,611,212,775 US$2016: 14,194,801,343,204 US$2017: 15,495,685,764,918 US$2018: 16,931,087,045,226 US$2019: 16,793,553,337,938 US$2020: 15,202,266,121,310 US$2021: 18,456,814,481,826 US$2022: 20,986,915,464,051 US$2023: 20,686,883,353,152 US$2024: 20,685,210,700,247 US$
Change over the period: +15.61T (+307.19%) Average annual rate: 4.96 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: High-income countries

High-income countries 20.69T US$
World 31.39T US$
Imports of goods and services — High-income countries, by year High-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 20.69T −1.67B −0.01%
2023 20.69T −300B −1.43%
2022 20.99T +2.53T +13.71%
2021 18.46T +3.25T +21.41%
2020 15.2T −1.59T −9.48%
2019 16.79T −138B −0.81%
2018 16.93T +1.44T +9.26%
2017 15.5T +1.3T +9.16%
2016 14.19T −186B −1.29%
2015 14.38T −1.64T −10.24%
2014 16.02T +373B +2.38%
2013 15.65T +337B +2.2%
2012 15.31T −65.94B −0.43%
2011 15.38T +2.24T +17.01%
2010 13.14T +1.75T +15.35%
2009 11.39T −3.06T −21.18%
2008 14.46T +1.64T +12.77%
2007 12.82T +1.62T +14.48%
2006 11.2T +1.33T +13.48%
2005 9.87T +1.08T +12.27%
2004 8.79T +1.42T +19.31%
2003 7.37T +984B +15.42%
2002 6.38T +224B +3.64%
2001 6.16T −141B −2.24%
2000 6.3T +605B +10.62%
1999 5.69T +265B +4.87%
1998 5.43T +21.46B +0.4%
1997 5.41T +118B +2.24%
1996 5.29T +210B +4.13%
1995 5.08T — —

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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