Imports of goods and services — all countries

Imports of goods and services — North America

Imports of goods and services in North America in 2024 — 4,857,366,085,716 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 6,542.3%.

2024 4.86T US$ +5.78% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 4.86T US$2024
Period minimum 73.13B US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2024 · US$

Imports of goods and services — North America, 1970–202402T4T6T19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 73,127,885,429 US$1971: 82,000,538,851 US$1972: 97,682,789,051 US$1973: 119,684,474,923 US$1974: 166,329,807,481 US$1975: 164,498,898,735 US$1976: 198,061,399,430 US$1977: 231,523,756,020 US$1978: 265,731,577,706 US$1979: 316,037,539,209 US$1980: 364,948,322,773 US$1981: 396,992,101,490 US$1982: 370,794,168,316 US$1983: 403,329,890,272 US$1984: 492,915,207,555 US$1985: 510,134,295,763 US$1986: 552,003,822,909 US$1987: 616,739,647,074 US$1988: 683,304,746,781 US$1989: 733,348,318,387 US$1990: 778,696,017,413 US$1991: 776,304,251,189 US$1992: 825,985,660,356 US$1993: 889,010,250,871 US$1994: 997,288,448,620 US$1995: 1,102,921,106,360 US$1996: 1,173,726,503,990 US$1997: 1,293,609,155,865 US$1998: 1,357,680,737,061 US$1999: 1,512,804,398,018 US$2000: 1,765,303,207,575 US$2001: 1,672,753,844,908 US$2002: 1,709,816,292,579 US$2003: 1,853,428,109,671 US$2004: 2,149,095,064,843 US$2005: 2,428,788,760,129 US$2006: 2,688,826,569,496 US$2007: 2,867,606,776,044 US$2008: 3,084,553,313,668 US$2009: 2,415,062,947,597 US$2010: 2,893,169,365,677 US$2011: 3,267,620,830,938 US$2012: 3,360,312,679,952 US$2013: 3,357,017,883,265 US$2014: 3,478,505,732,378 US$2015: 3,330,609,232,556 US$2016: 3,257,841,961,626 US$2017: 3,488,215,398,426 US$2018: 3,724,397,899,767 US$2019: 3,708,304,240,631 US$2020: 3,308,579,084,557 US$2021: 4,048,143,113,999 US$2022: 4,707,705,450,744 US$2023: 4,591,988,403,300 US$2024: 4,857,366,085,716 US$
Change over the period: +4.78T (+6,542.29%) Average annual rate: 8.08 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North America

North America 4.86T US$
World 31.39T US$
Imports of goods and services — North America, by year North America All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 4.86T +265B +5.78%
2023 4.59T −116B −2.46%
2022 4.71T +660B +16.29%
2021 4.05T +740B +22.35%
2020 3.31T −400B −10.78%
2019 3.71T −16.09B −0.43%
2018 3.72T +236B +6.77%
2017 3.49T +230B +7.07%
2016 3.26T −72.77B −2.18%
2015 3.33T −148B −4.25%
2014 3.48T +121B +3.62%
2013 3.36T −3.29B −0.1%
2012 3.36T +92.69B +2.84%
2011 3.27T +374B +12.94%
2010 2.89T +478B +19.8%
2009 2.42T −669B −21.7%
2008 3.08T +217B +7.57%
2007 2.87T +179B +6.65%
2006 2.69T +260B +10.71%
2005 2.43T +280B +13.01%
2004 2.15T +296B +15.95%
2003 1.85T +144B +8.4%
2002 1.71T +37.06B +2.22%
2001 1.67T −92.55B −5.24%
2000 1.77T +252B +16.69%
1999 1.51T +155B +11.43%
1998 1.36T +64.07B +4.95%
1997 1.29T +120B +10.21%
1996 1.17T +70.81B +6.42%
1995 1.1T +106B +10.59%
1994 997B +108B +12.18%
1993 889B +63.02B +7.63%
1992 826B +49.68B +6.4%
1991 776B −2.39B −0.31%
1990 779B +45.35B +6.18%
1989 733B +50.04B +7.32%
1988 683B +66.57B +10.79%
1987 617B +64.74B +11.73%
1986 552B +41.87B +8.21%
1985 510B +17.22B +3.49%
1984 493B +89.59B +22.21%
1983 403B +32.54B +8.77%
1982 371B −26.2B −6.6%
1981 397B +32.04B +8.78%
1980 365B +48.91B +15.48%
1979 316B +50.31B +18.93%
1978 266B +34.21B +14.78%
1977 232B +33.46B +16.89%
1976 198B +33.56B +20.4%
1975 164B −1.83B −1.1%
1974 166B +46.65B +38.97%
1973 120B +22B +22.52%
1972 97.68B +15.68B +19.12%
1971 82B +8.87B +12.13%
1970 73.13B

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.

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