Food imports (% of merchandise imports) - Trade - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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Components may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade. Food comprises the commodities in SITC sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and SITC division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels). Source: World Bank staff estimates from the COMTRADE database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) - Trade - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Africa (2008)26,788,089,536
2North Africa (2008)16,421,623,208
3Sub-Saharan Africa (2008)10,366,466,329
4Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2008)7,637,000,985
5Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2008)7,637,000,985
6Algeria (2008)6,273,151,202
7Morocco (2008)4,110,923,219
8Egypt (2008)3,926,600,000
9Nigeria (2005)3,589,262,848
10South Africa (2008)2,729,465,344
11Tunisia (2008)2,110,948,787
12Sudan (2008)1,239,000,000
13Ivory Coast (2008)1,124,089,842
14Mauritius (2008)830,908,458
15Botswana (2008)735,358,101
16Ghana (2008)690,564,160
17Senegal (2006)544,775,209
18Lesotho (2008)449,950,662
19Togo (2005)402,647,968
20Cameroon (2008)400,858,432
21Kenya (2008)368,280,157
22Angola (1997)365,000,000
23Ethiopia (2008)362,100,000
24Swaziland (2008)318,958,013
25Malawi (2008)226,804,048
26Niger (2005)216,898,464
27Tanzania (2008)213,000,000
28Mozambique (2008)203,002,502
29Madagascar (2008)192,408,629
30Djibouti (2006)145,328,506
31Benin (2001)142,793,280
32Burkina Faso (2008)139,959,152
33Gabon (1988)136,500,000
34Eritrea (2006)119,400,000
35Mali (2001)118,490,572
36Somalia (1989)118,000,000
37Mauritania (2007)117,775,112
38Cape Verde (2003)90,614,120
39Seychelles (1999)81,425,028
40Zimbabwe (2001)68,000,000
41Gambia (2004)64,902,696
42Sierra Leone (2008)55,477,862
43Rwanda (2000)46,600,000
44Guinea-Bissau (2008)43,336,370
45Central African Republic (1986)26,000,000
46Comoros (2008)23,814,374
47Sao Tome and Principe (2008)19,130,000
48Burundi (2005)18,700,000
49Zambia (2003)14,530,766
50Chad (1999)3,921,615
51Liberia (2008)171.6
52Guinea (2005)163.8
53Republic of the Congo (2008)50.39
54Democratic Republic of the Congo (1962)25.66
55Libya (1964)15.54
56Namibia (2008)0
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