Imports of goods and services — all countries

Imports of goods and services — Eastern Africa

Imports of goods and services in Eastern Africa in 2025 — 152,017,374,357 US$. Since 1994, the indicator has risen by 925.8%.

2025 152B US$ −0.17% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 152B US$2024
Period minimum 14.82B US$1994

Trend over time

1994–2025 · US$

Imports of goods and services — Eastern Africa, 1994–2025050B100B150B200B1994199820022006201020142018202220251994: 14,819,878,285 US$1995: 17,437,919,376 US$1996: 18,575,132,027 US$1997: 19,366,916,394 US$1998: 18,285,516,339 US$1999: 18,187,717,545 US$2000: 18,545,245,148 US$2001: 18,952,058,354 US$2002: 20,301,569,134 US$2003: 21,906,359,743 US$2004: 25,658,772,261 US$2005: 30,423,843,750 US$2006: 34,642,668,805 US$2007: 42,061,165,127 US$2008: 57,787,693,719 US$2009: 55,824,288,087 US$2010: 64,569,517,624 US$2011: 89,256,951,558 US$2012: 103,483,334,194 US$2013: 117,368,658,557 US$2014: 117,004,649,066 US$2015: 109,615,968,253 US$2016: 96,792,192,433 US$2017: 116,422,343,826 US$2018: 119,184,821,813 US$2019: 115,321,326,833 US$2020: 102,151,088,464 US$2021: 124,778,888,013 US$2022: 151,264,430,319 US$2023: 147,706,107,688 US$2024: 152,282,921,105 US$2025: 152,017,374,357 US$
Change over the period: +137B (+925.77%) Average annual rate: 7.8 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eastern Africa

Eastern Africa 152B US$
World 33.73T US$
Imports of goods and services — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 152B −266M −0.17%
2024 152B +4.58B +3.1%
2023 148B −3.56B −2.35%
2022 151B +26.49B +21.23%
2021 125B +22.63B +22.15%
2020 102B −13.17B −11.42%
2019 115B −3.86B −3.24%
2018 119B +2.76B +2.37%
2017 116B +19.63B +20.28%
2016 96.79B −12.82B −11.7%
2015 110B −7.39B −6.31%
2014 117B −364M −0.31%
2013 117B +13.89B +13.42%
2012 103B +14.23B +15.94%
2011 89.26B +24.69B +38.23%
2010 64.57B +8.75B +15.67%
2009 55.82B −1.96B −3.4%
2008 57.79B +15.73B +37.39%
2007 42.06B +7.42B +21.41%
2006 34.64B +4.22B +13.87%
2005 30.42B +4.77B +18.57%
2004 25.66B +3.75B +17.13%
2003 21.91B +1.6B +7.9%
2002 20.3B +1.35B +7.12%
2001 18.95B +407M +2.19%
2000 18.55B +358M +1.97%
1999 18.19B −97.8M −0.53%
1998 18.29B −1.08B −5.58%
1997 19.37B +792M +4.26%
1996 18.58B +1.14B +6.52%
1995 17.44B +2.62B +17.67%
1994 14.82B

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.