Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) - Country Ranking - Africa

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of imports by the reporting economy from high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy.

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

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Nigeria 17.18 2020
2 Ethiopia 15.29 2020
3 Dem. Rep. Congo 9.40 2020
4 Uganda 9.12 2020
5 Seychelles 8.65 2020
6 Algeria 8.08 2020
7 Namibia 6.79 2020
8 Botswana 3.98 2020
9 Sudan 3.47 2020
10 Tunisia 2.95 2020
11 Madagascar 2.80 2020
12 Zimbabwe 2.64 2020
13 Cabo Verde 1.90 2020
14 Morocco 1.80 2020
15 Côte d'Ivoire 1.80 2020
16 Burkina Faso 1.62 2020
17 Central African Republic 1.48 2020
18 Kenya 1.04 2020
19 Egypt 0.93 2020
20 Eritrea 0.92 2020
21 Ghana 0.83 2020
22 South Africa 0.71 2020
23 Eswatini 0.68 2020
24 Togo 0.65 2020
25 Sierra Leone 0.64 2020
26 Cameroon 0.60 2020
27 Rwanda 0.53 2020
28 Guinea 0.47 2020
29 Djibouti 0.39 2020
30 Comoros 0.27 2020
31 Senegal 0.25 2020
32 Mauritania 0.21 2020
33 Libya 0.19 2020
34 Mozambique 0.18 2020
35 Malawi 0.18 2020
36 Niger 0.13 2020
37 The Gambia 0.09 2020
38 Congo 0.09 2020
39 Mali 0.06 2020
40 Benin 0.04 2020
41 Gabon 0.04 2020
42 Tanzania 0.02 2020
43 São Tomé and Principe 0.02 2020
44 Zambia 0.01 2020
45 Burundi 0.01 2020
46 Mauritius 0.00 2020
47 Angola 0.00 2020
48 Liberia 0.00 2020
49 Chad 0.00 2020
50 Lesotho 0.00 2020
50 Guinea-Bissau 0.00 2020
50 Equatorial Guinea 0.00 2020
53 Somalia 0.00 2020

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual