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Annual growth rate of imports of goods and services based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2000 U.S. dollars. Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments.

Rank	Country	Value
Imports of goods and services (annual % growth) - Growth rates - National accounts - Economic Policy & Debt - World Development Indicators (2008)
1	Turkmenistan	58.76
2	Lebanon	28.45
3	Uganda	28.08
4	Egypt	26.29
5	Kyrgyzstan	22.57
6	Namibia	20.92
7	Uzbekistan	20
8	Peru	19.95
9	Uruguay	19.89
10	Montenegro	19.41
11	Albania	19.21
12	Brazil	18.49
13	Paraguay	18
14	India	17.85
15	Russia	17.70
16	Romania	17.50
17	Middle East & North Africa	16.13
18	Democratic Republic of the Congo	15.72
19	Madagascar	15.59
20	Seychelles	15.40
21	Zambia	15.31
22	South Asia	15.24
23	Belarus	14.57
24	Argentina	14.09
25	Belize	13.49
26	Ghana	13.30
27	Guinea-Bissau	13.30
28	Azerbaijan	13.17
29	Chile	12.89
30	Australia	12.86
31	Ethiopia	12.62
32	Ukraine	12.51
33	Botswana	11.84
34	Cape Verde	11.70
35	Serbia	11.38
36	Morocco	10.93
37	Europe & Central Asia	10.58
38	Ecuador	10.23
39	Georgia	10.21
40	Indonesia	10.03
41	Cyprus	9.88
42	Colombia	9.79
43	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	9.57
44	Bolivia	9.43
45	Panama	9.18
46	Upper middle income	9.18
47	Kazakhstan	8.94
48	Latin America & Caribbean	8.87
49	Honduras	8.80
50	Thailand	8.48
51	Tunisia	8.30
52	Low income	8.30
53	Poland	8.23
54	Vietnam	7.61
55	Guinea	7.56
56	Lesotho	7.52
57	Nepal	7.51
58	Armenia	7.28
59	Senegal	6.94
60	Algeria	6.60
61	Laos	6.46
62	Sub-Saharan Africa	5.61
63	Mozambique	5.54
64	Kenya	5.32
65	Cameroon	5.10
66	Bulgaria	4.89
67	El Salvador	4.85
68	Hungary	4.70
69	Czech Republic	4.67
70	Low & middle income	4.39
71	Norway	4.39
72	Costa Rica	4.33
73	Middle income	4.23
74	Germany	4.21
75	Haiti	4.18
76	Netherlands	4.10
77	Mexico	4.09
78	Venezuela	3.75
79	Denmark	3.67
80	South Korea	3.66
81	North Korea	3.66
82	Croatia	3.62
83	Pakistan	3.57
84	Tajikistan	3.51
85	Slovakia	3.31
86	Belgium	3.29
87	Jordan	3.26
88	Gabon	3.06
89	Sweden	2.96
90	Portugal	2.60
91	Syria	2.53
92	Israel	2.42
93	Philippines	2.39
94	Comoros	2.31
95	South Africa	2.23
96	Mauritius	2.02
97	Hong Kong	1.99
98	Luxembourg	1.70
99	Austria	1.43
100	Euro area	1.41
101	Swaziland	1.39
102	Bhutan	1.34
103	France	0.82
104	Sudan	0.30
105	High income: nonOECD	0.10
106	Dominican Republic	-0.02
107	Lower middle income	-0.43
108	United Kingdom	-0.55
109	Gambia	-0.90
110	Macedonia	-1
111	Finland	-1.31
112	Macau	-1.55
113	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-1.90
114	Bangladesh	-2.06
115	Spain	-2.52
116	Guatemala	-3.43
117	Turkey	-3.83
118	Greece	-4.45
119	Italy	-4.50
120	Malawi	-4.57
121	Ivory Coast	-5.40
122	Moldova	-6.08
123	East Asia & Pacific	-6.95
124	Estonia	-8.67
125	China	-13.41
126	Latvia	-13.64
127	Iceland	-17.98

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