Service imports — all countries

Service imports — Eastern Africa

Service imports in Eastern Africa in 2024 — 31,675,290,658 US$. Since 1985, the indicator has risen by 1,270.8%.

2024 31.68B US$ −7.82% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 34.71B US$2022
Period minimum 2.27B US$1986

Trend over time

1985–2024 · US$

Service imports — Eastern Africa, 1985–2024010B20B30B40B198519891993199720012005200920132017202120241985: 2,310,699,953 US$1986: 2,270,835,957 US$1987: 2,703,414,738 US$1988: 3,052,183,662 US$1989: 3,337,836,557 US$1990: 3,610,535,177 US$1991: 3,862,240,657 US$1992: 3,722,758,983 US$1993: 4,339,756,327 US$1994: 4,529,050,299 US$1995: 4,439,948,135 US$1997: 5,031,823,834 US$1998: 5,648,425,212 US$1999: 5,193,199,089 US$2000: 4,493,404,499 US$2003: 4,967,696,159 US$2004: 6,063,340,863 US$2005: 7,781,406,725 US$2006: 8,778,949,527 US$2007: 11,001,392,465 US$2008: 13,395,268,959 US$2009: 13,499,972,983 US$2010: 16,435,559,689 US$2011: 20,826,339,963 US$2012: 23,761,312,629 US$2013: 23,996,550,147 US$2014: 26,446,745,631 US$2015: 26,028,068,438 US$2016: 24,361,712,247 US$2017: 24,948,568,898 US$2018: 29,965,436,951 US$2019: 28,564,707,480 US$2020: 24,929,785,443 US$2021: 28,086,655,897 US$2022: 34,713,004,318 US$2023: 34,362,320,270 US$2024: 31,675,290,658 US$
Change over the period: +29.36B (+1,270.81%) Average annual rate: 6.94 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Africa 31.68B US$
World 8.1T US$
Service imports — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 31.68B −2.69B −7.82%
2023 34.36B −351M −1.01%
2022 34.71B +6.63B +23.59%
2021 28.09B +3.16B +12.66%
2020 24.93B −3.63B −12.73%
2019 28.56B −1.4B −4.67%
2018 29.97B +5.02B +20.11%
2017 24.95B +587M +2.41%
2016 24.36B −1.67B −6.4%
2015 26.03B −419M −1.58%
2014 26.45B +2.45B +10.21%
2013 24B +235M +0.99%
2012 23.76B +2.93B +14.09%
2011 20.83B +4.39B +26.72%
2010 16.44B +2.94B +21.75%
2009 13.5B +105M +0.78%
2008 13.4B +2.39B +21.76%
2007 11B +2.22B +25.32%
2006 8.78B +998M +12.82%
2005 7.78B +1.72B +28.34%
2004 6.06B +1.1B +22.06%
2003 4.97B
2000 4.49B −700M −13.48%
1999 5.19B −455M −8.06%
1998 5.65B +617M +12.25%
1997 5.03B
1995 4.44B −89.1M −1.97%
1994 4.53B +189M +4.36%
1993 4.34B +617M +16.57%
1992 3.72B −139M −3.61%
1991 3.86B +252M +6.97%
1990 3.61B +273M +8.17%
1989 3.34B +286M +9.36%
1988 3.05B +349M +12.9%
1987 2.7B +433M +19.05%
1986 2.27B −39.86M −1.73%
1985 2.31B

About the indicator

Imports of services: what residents spend on foreign transport, travel, insurance, business and computer services. A large and inconspicuous item: the spending of a country's own tourists abroad is counted here, so countries with well-off populations and a short holiday season have large service imports even when merchandise trade is weak. For many countries the difference between exports and imports of services flips the sign of a trade balance computed on goods alone.

Important: The trips of a country's own citizens abroad are part of service imports, not a separate item. It excludes compensation paid to foreign workers and investment income.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.