Imports of total services (Debit, current US$) by country

Imports of total services is calculated as the difference between imports of goods and services and merchandise imports.

Countries reporting
40
Highest
48.26 billion Debit, current US$
Nigeria
Lowest
33.69 million Debit, current US$
Sao Tome and Principe
Median
1.53 billion Debit, current US$
Years covered
7
2005–2011
Data points
276

What the numbers show

Imports of total services (Debit, current US$) is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 48.26 billion Debit, current US$ in Nigeria; the lowest is 33.69 million Debit, current US$ in Sao Tome and Principe.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.53 billion Debit, current US$, and the mean is 5.81 billion Debit, current US$.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,432.

Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritius (up 536.6%), and the largest decrease in Botswana (down 29.0%).

Imports of total services: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nigeria 48.26 billion Debit, current US$ 2011 up 393.9% rising
2 South Africa 34.29 billion Debit, current US$ 2011 up 57.8% rising
3 Angola 33.58 billion Debit, current US$ 2011 up 209.5% rising
4 Egypt 20.76 billion Debit, current US$ 2011 up 73.5% rising
5 Algeria 19.15 billion Debit, current US$ 2011 up 68.9% rising
6 Morocco 11.43 billion Debit, current US$ 2011 up 132.4% rising
7 Mauritius 8.59 billion Debit, current US$ 2011 up 536.6% volatile
8 Tunisia 5.61 billion Debit, current US$ 2011 up 43.9% rising
9 Libya 5.24 billion Debit, current US$ 2011 up 17.2% rising
10 Ghana 4.97 billion Debit, current US$ 2011 up 230.6% rising
11 Cote d'Ivoire 4.12 billion Debit, current US$ 2010 up 32.1% rising
12 Ethiopia 3.41 billion Debit, current US$ 2011 up 174.4% rising
13 Zambia 2.77 billion Debit, current US$ 2011 up 156.5% rising
14 Sudan 2.72 billion Debit, current US$ 2011 down 8.0% rising
15 Tanzania 2.71 billion Debit, current US$ 2011 up 64.9% rising
16 Uganda 2.64 billion Debit, current US$ 2011 up 191.0% rising
17 Kenya 2.47 billion Debit, current US$ 2011 up 85.1% rising
18 Cameroon 2.07 billion Debit, current US$ 2010 down 1.2% rising
19 Mozambique 1.86 billion Debit, current US$ 2011 up 67.5% rising
20 Botswana 1.54 billion Debit, current US$ 2010 down 29.0% falling
21 Namibia 1.52 billion Debit, current US$ 2011 up 111.2% rising
22 Mali 1.52 billion Debit, current US$ 2010 up 75.6% rising
23 Senegal 1.47 billion Debit, current US$ 2010 up 33.2% rising
24 Liberia 1.26 billion Debit, current US$ 2011 up 24.3% flat
25 Eswatini 1.11 billion Debit, current US$ 2010 up 123.6% rising
26 Niger 953.56 million Debit, current US$ 2010 up 191.7% rising
27 Lesotho 937.03 million Debit, current US$ 2011 up 55.6% rising
28 Burkina Faso 931.47 million Debit, current US$ 2010 up 122.9% rising
29 Guinea 731.71 million Debit, current US$ 2011 up 115.4% rising
30 Rwanda 690.26 million Debit, current US$ 2011 up 97.1% rising
31 Benin 617.58 million Debit, current US$ 2010 up 90.4% rising
32 Togo 526.89 million Debit, current US$ 2010 up 58.9% rising
33 Seychelles 480.40 million Debit, current US$ 2011 up 65.5% rising
34 Cape Verde 421.17 million Debit, current US$ 2011 up 57.6% rising
35 Malawi 324.46 million Debit, current US$ 2011 up 35.2% rising
36 Sierra Leone 292.56 million Debit, current US$ 2011 up 98.1% rising
37 Burundi 237.80 million Debit, current US$ 2011 up 53.4% rising
39 Guinea-Bissau 118.07 million Debit, current US$ 2010 up 131.5% rising
40 Gambia 96.84 million Debit, current US$ 2011 up 17.5% falling
41 Sao Tome and Principe 33.69 million Debit, current US$ 2011 up 108.3% rising

About this data

Indicator
Imports of total services (Debit, current US$)
Unit
Debit, current US$
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
41 places, 276 data points, 2005–2011
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Imports of total services is calculated as the difference between imports of goods and services and merchandise imports.