Capital goods imports (constant US$) by country

Imports of capital goods, cif (includes freight and insurance costs) in 1987 constant US dollars.

Countries reporting

Highest

62.56 billion constant US$

South Africa

Lowest

0 constant US$

Namibia

Median

259.34 million constant US$

Years covered

1965–2011

Data points

1,148

What the numbers show

Capital goods imports (constant US$) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 62.56 billion constant US$ in South Africa; the lowest is 0 constant US$ in Namibia.

The median across all reporting countries is 259.34 million constant US$, and the mean is 2.57 billion constant US$.

Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Kenya (up 638.9%), and the largest decrease in Egypt (down 100.0%).

Capital goods imports: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	South Africa	62.56 billion constant US$	2004	up 265.0%	volatile
2	Morocco	5.51 billion constant US$	2011	up 130.2%	volatile
3	Kenya	4.72 billion constant US$	2011	up 638.9%	volatile
4	Ghana	3.82 billion constant US$	2010	up 119.4%	volatile
5	Algeria	2.71 billion constant US$	2003	up 57.7%	falling
6	Zimbabwe	2.08 billion constant US$	2011	up 84.2%	falling
7	Mauritius	2.01 billion constant US$	2011	up 274.1%	volatile
8	Sudan	1.42 billion constant US$	2003	up 384.3%	volatile
9	Cameroon	1.35 billion constant US$	2007	up 145.7%	volatile
10	Mozambique	1.01 billion constant US$	2011	up 258.4%	volatile
11	Cote d'Ivoire	984.94 million constant US$	2011	up 33.8%	rising
12	Tanzania	489.76 million constant US$	2011	up 389.8%	volatile
13	Botswana	391.08 million constant US$	2011	down 25.5%	falling
14	Malawi	388.71 million constant US$	2009	up 153.6%	volatile
15	Angola	354.00 million constant US$	1997	up 74.8%	rising
16	Zambia	306.42 million constant US$	2002	up 2.4%	rising
17	Eswatini	286.13 million constant US$	2010	down 17.9%	rising
18	Madagascar	261.36 million constant US$	2009	up 90.1%	rising
19	Seychelles	257.33 million constant US$	2010	up 126.3%	volatile
20	Mali	250.37 million constant US$	2001	up 48.3%	rising
21	Mauritania	248.33 million constant US$	2011	up 480.4%	volatile
22	Senegal	247.86 million constant US$	2011	up 64.5%	rising
23	Congo	217.65 million constant US$	2006	down 44.7%	volatile
24	Togo	145.45 million constant US$	1990	up 47.6%	rising
25	Rwanda	111.84 million constant US$	2000	up 67.0%	rising
26	Chad	86.90 million constant US$	1999	up 4.4%	flat
27	Cape Verde	85.74 million constant US$	2000	up 77.1%	rising
28	Burundi	63.14 million constant US$	2004	down 10.8%	falling
29	Sierra Leone	48.96 million constant US$	2010	up 162.5%	rising
30	Gambia	27.08 million constant US$	2004	down 19.2%	volatile
31	Guinea-Bissau	15.24 million constant US$	2011	up 19.0%	falling
32	Sao Tome and Principe	10.58 million constant US$	1999	down 46.1%	falling
33	Guinea	115.62 constant US$	2005	down 100.0%	volatile
34	Egypt	0 constant US$	2011	down 100.0%	volatile
34	Tunisia	0 constant US$	2011	down 100.0%	falling
34	Namibia	0 constant US$	2011	down 100.0%	volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

Africa 17.71 billion constant US$
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 12.20 billion constant US$
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 12.20 billion constant US$
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 12.20 billion constant US$
Sub-Saharan Africa 12.20 billion constant US$
North Africa 5.51 billion constant US$

About this data

Indicator: Capital goods imports (constant US$)
Unit: constant US$
Source: World Bank country economists
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 42 places, 1,148 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Imports of capital goods, cif (includes freight and insurance costs) in 1987 constant US dollars.