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Import volume index, capital goods by country

Capital goods imports volume index with 1987=100.

Countries reporting
36
Highest
190.86 million
Mauritania
Lowest
0
Namibia
Median
163.84
Years covered
47
1965–2011
Data points
1,042

What the numbers show

Import volume index, capital goods is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 190.86 million in Mauritania; the lowest is 0 in Namibia.

The median across all reporting countries is 163.84, and the mean is 5.30 million.

Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritania (up 480.4%), and the largest decrease in Sierra Leone (down 100.0%).

Import volume index, capital goods: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mauritania 190.86 million 2011 up 480.4% volatile
2 Ghana 2,294 2010 up 119.4% volatile
3 Gambia 1,805 2004 down 19.2% volatile
4 Seychelles 899.2 2010 up 126.3% volatile
5 Mozambique 785.18 2011 up 258.4% volatile
6 Kenya 534.5 2010 up 299.8% volatile
7 Congo 464.7 2006 up 33.9% volatile
8 Sudan 331.27 1989 up 128.9% volatile
9 Morocco 294.01 2011 up 130.2% volatile
10 Zimbabwe 258.82 2011 — falling
11 Madagascar 256.11 2009 up 90.1% rising
12 Cameroon 233.5 2007 up 145.7% volatile
13 Egypt 229.44 2000 up 79.4% rising
14 Eswatini 216.83 2010 up 116.8% rising
15 Guinea-Bissau 212.51 2011 up 19.0% falling
16 Cape Verde 184.34 2000 up 77.1% rising
17 Cote d'Ivoire 176.09 2011 up 33.8% rising
18 Mauritius 169.9 2011 up 274.1% volatile
19 Mali 157.79 2001 up 48.3% rising
20 Senegal 149.28 2011 up 64.5% rising
21 Tunisia 143.89 1999 up 40.1% falling
22 Algeria 143.13 2003 up 57.7% falling
23 Zambia 122.57 2002 up 2.4% rising
24 Togo 119.44 1990 up 47.6% rising
25 Malawi 108.98 2009 up 7.5% rising
26 South Africa 107.55 2004 up 118.8% rising
27 Sao Tome and Principe 101.14 2003 up 24.0% rising
28 Angola 100 1997 up 164.2% rising
29 Burundi 83.38 2002 down 7.6% falling
30 Botswana 71.8 2011 down 25.5% falling
31 Equatorial Guinea 71.48 2003 up 153.7% volatile
32 Chad 58.25 1994 down 41.8% falling
33 Rwanda 53.99 2000 up 0.4% falling
34 Guinea 0.0002 2005 down 100.0% volatile
35 Sierra Leone 0 1997 down 100.0% volatile
36 Namibia 0 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.

About this data

Indicator
Import volume index, capital goods
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
41 places, 1,042 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

Capital goods imports volume index with 1987=100.