| Merchandise imports (current US$) - Trade - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2008) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 | Africa | 466,105,943,663 |
| 2 | Sub-Saharan Africa | 300,767,142,113 |
| 3 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa | 201,322,495,541 |
| 4 | North Africa | 165,348,175,682 |
| 5 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria | 159,579,628,085 |
| 6 |  South Africa | 99,480,000,000 |
| 7 | Egypt | 48,381,500,000 |
| 8 | Nigeria | 41,700,000,000 |
| 9 | Morocco | 41,698,907,672 |
| 10 | Algeria | 39,156,000,000 |
| 11 | Tunisia | 24,611,768,010 |
| 12 | Angola | 21,100,000,000 |
| 13 | Libya | 11,500,000,000 |
| 14 | Kenya | 11,074,000,000 |
| 15 | Ghana | 10,400,000,000 |
| 16 | Sudan | 9,200,000,000 |
| 17 | Ethiopia | 7,600,000,000 |
| 18 | Ivory Coast | 7,150,000,000 |
| 19 | Tanzania | 6,953,700,000 |
| 20 | Senegal | 5,701,727,573 |
| 21 | Botswana | 5,180,000,000 |
| 22 | Zambia | 5,070,162,196 |
| 23 | Uganda | 4,800,000,000 |
| 24 | Mauritius | 4,645,860,125 |
| 25 | Namibia | 4,520,000,000 |
| 26 | Cameroon | 4,360,000,000 |
| 27 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4,100,000,000 |
| 28 | Mozambique | 4,100,000,000 |
| 29 | Madagascar | 4,040,000,000 |
| 30 | Equatorial Guinea | 3,240,000,000 |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 2,900,000,000 |
| 32 | Republic of the Congo | 2,850,000,000 |
| 33 | Mali | 2,550,000,000 |
| 34 | Gabon | 2,550,000,000 |
| 35 | Swaziland | 2,200,000,000 |
| 36 | Lesotho | 2,030,000,000 |
| 37 | Benin | 1,990,000,000 |
| 38 | Burkina Faso | 1,800,000,000 |
| 39 | Mauritania | 1,750,000,000 |
| 40 | Malawi | 1,700,000,000 |
| 41 | Chad | 1,700,000,000 |
| 42 | Guinea | 1,600,000,000 |
| 43 | Togo | 1,540,000,000 |
| 44 | Niger | 1,450,000,000 |
| 45 | Rwanda | 1,110,000,000 |
| 46 | Seychelles | 980,000,000 |
| 47 | Liberia | 865,000,000 |
| 48 | Cape Verde | 825,302,659 |
| 49 | Djibouti | 580,415,767 |
| 50 | Sierra Leone | 560,000,000 |
| 51 | Eritrea | 530,000,000 |
| 52 | Burundi | 402,687,811 |
| 53 | Gambia | 329,402,386 |
| 54 | Central African Republic | 310,000,000 |
| 55 | Comoros | 190,000,000 |
| 56 | Guinea-Bissau | 160,000,000 |
| 57 | Sao Tome and Principe | 99,000,000 |
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