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Number of product (imports) by country

Number of products (at SITC, Revision 3, 3-digit group level) imported by country or country grouping; this figure includes only those products that are greater than 100,000 dollars or more than 0.3 per cent of the country’s or country group’s total imports. The maximum number of products is 261.

Countries reporting
51
Highest
260 imports
Tanzania
Lowest
111 imports
Liberia
Median
238 imports
Years covered
17
1995–2011
Data points
935

What the numbers show

Number of product (imports) is currently reported for 51 countries. The highest value is 260 imports in Tanzania; the lowest is 111 imports in Liberia.

The median across all reporting countries is 238 imports, and the mean is 229.75 imports.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Sao Tome and Principe (up 180.9%), and the largest decrease in Liberia (down 50.9%).

Number of product: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tanzania 260 imports 2011 up 2.4% flat
2 Botswana 259 imports 2011 up 0.4% rising
4 Zimbabwe 258 imports 2011 down 0.4% flat
4 Congo 258 imports 2011 up 7.9% rising
4 Ghana 258 imports 2011 up 3.6% flat
7 Rwanda 257 imports 2011 up 9.4% rising
7 Malawi 257 imports 2011 up 1.6% flat
7 Mozambique 257 imports 2011 up 0.8% flat
10 Nigeria 255 imports 2011 down 0.4% flat
10 Angola 255 imports 2011 up 1.2% flat
10 Libya 255 imports 2011 up 1.6% flat
13 Senegal 253 imports 2011 up 2.4% rising
14 Morocco 252 imports 2011 up 5.0% flat
15 Mauritania 251 imports 2011 up 4.6% rising
15 Democratic Republic of Congo 251 imports 2011 up 1.2% flat
17 Djibouti 250 imports 2011 up 10.1% rising
18 Cape Verde 249 imports 2011 up 5.5% rising
18 Kenya 249 imports 2011 down 2.4% flat
20 Gambia 248 imports 2011 up 6.0% rising
21 Niger 246 imports 2011 down 2.0% falling
21 Tunisia 246 imports 2011 down 3.5% flat
21 Egypt 246 imports 2011 down 2.8% flat
24 Sudan 245 imports 2011 up 0.4% rising
25 Guinea-Bissau 243 imports 2011 up 17.4% rising
26 Zambia 242 imports 2011 down 5.8% flat
27 Namibia 238 imports 2011 down 7.0% rising
28 Algeria 236 imports 2011 up 1.3% flat
28 Uganda 236 imports 2011 down 6.7% flat
30 Eritrea 235 imports 2011 up 4.9% rising
31 Lesotho 231 imports 2011 down 8.7% flat
31 Equatorial Guinea 231 imports 2011 up 7.4% rising
33 Gabon 228 imports 2011 down 5.8% rising
33 Madagascar 228 imports 2011 down 6.9% flat
35 Mali 224 imports 2011 down 9.3% rising
35 Mauritius 224 imports 2011 up 4.2% flat
37 Cameroon 222 imports 2011 up 12.1% rising
37 Ethiopia 222 imports 2011 up 12.7% rising
39 Burkina Faso 221 imports 2011 down 7.9% rising
40 Guinea 217 imports 2011 down 10.0% falling
40 Chad 217 imports 2011 up 5.9% rising
40 Sierra Leone 217 imports 2011 up 88.7% falling
43 Cote d'Ivoire 215 imports 2011 down 13.3% falling
44 Eswatini 211 imports 2011 down 18.8% flat
45 Benin 210 imports 2011 down 12.9% rising
46 Burundi 198 imports 2011 down 15.4% rising
47 Seychelles 196 imports 2011 down 20.0% rising
48 Togo 185 imports 2011 down 22.6% falling
49 Somalia 178 imports 2011 down 11.4% rising
51 Comoros 154 imports 2011 down 28.0% falling
52 Sao Tome and Principe 132 imports 2011 up 180.9% volatile
53 Liberia 111 imports 2011 down 50.9% rising

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
Number of product (imports)
Unit
imports
Source
UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
55 places, 935 data points, 1995–2011
Last refreshed

Number of products (at SITC, Revision 3, 3-digit group level) imported by country or country grouping; this figure includes only those products that are greater than 100,000 dollars or more than 0.3 per cent of the country’s or country group’s total imports. The maximum number of products is 261.