Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) - Country Ranking - Africa

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Zimbabwe 77.42 2020
2 Lesotho 77.35 2020
3 Eswatini 71.53 2020
4 Botswana 66.84 2020
5 Namibia 62.58 2020
6 Mali 44.14 2020
7 Zambia 41.69 2020
8 Rwanda 37.61 2020
9 Dem. Rep. Congo 36.77 2020
10 Malawi 30.36 2020
11 Uganda 27.01 2020
12 Somalia 26.28 2020
13 Mozambique 25.64 2020
14 Burkina Faso 25.14 2020
15 Congo 24.39 2020
16 Burundi 24.30 2020
17 Côte d'Ivoire 18.91 2020
18 Guinea-Bissau 18.87 2020
19 Sierra Leone 18.29 2020
20 Benin 17.95 2020
21 The Gambia 17.84 2020
22 Chad 16.45 2020
23 Cameroon 14.65 2020
24 Algeria 14.35 2020
25 Niger 13.77 2020
26 Central African Republic 13.23 2020
27 Togo 12.24 2020
28 Senegal 11.21 2020
29 Mauritius 9.97 2020
30 South Africa 9.57 2020
31 Tanzania 9.32 2020
32 Liberia 9.19 2020
33 Kenya 7.81 2020
34 Ghana 7.76 2020
35 Comoros 6.85 2020
36 Gabon 6.77 2020
37 São Tomé and Principe 6.35 2020
38 Equatorial Guinea 6.02 2020
39 Guinea 5.94 2020
40 Nigeria 5.49 2020
41 Angola 5.42 2020
42 Seychelles 4.92 2020
43 Madagascar 4.80 2020
44 Djibouti 4.66 2020
45 Mauritania 4.27 2020
46 Eritrea 4.00 2020
47 Sudan 3.88 2020
48 Ethiopia 1.53 2020
49 Cabo Verde 1.32 2020
50 Egypt 1.26 2020
51 Morocco 0.44 2020
52 Tunisia 0.36 2020
53 Libya 0.04 2020

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual