This is a list of countries and territories by their imports, including both merchandise imports and service imports, is based on data from the World Bank and the International Trade Centre (except for the European Union). Merchandise imports are goods that are produced in one country and purchased to another country. Services imports refer to the cross-border purchase or procurement of services by residents of one country from residents of another country. The list includes all 193 United Nations member states and some autonomous territories.
| Country / territory | Total imports | Merchandise imports [3] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIA [1] | WB [2] | Value | Trade balance | |
| World | – | 31,323,932 | 24,090,346 | –190,367 |
| – | 8,994,069 | – | – | |
| 4,108,000 | 4,083,292 | 3,359,310 | –1,294,794 | |
| 3,254,000 | 3,219,343 | 2,587,295 | 988,162 | |
| 1,774,000 | 1,782,162 | 1,425,210 | 258,804 | |
| 1,159,000 | 1,157,661 | 815,812 | –113,869 | |
| 1,158,000 | 1,157,638 | 815,579 | –302,669 | |
| 965,047 | 981,638 | 743,267 | –35,272 | |
| 923,081 | 919,206 | 702,773 | –261,073 | |
| 884,154 | 884,311 | 635,409 | 86,886 | |
| 786,020 | 786,021 | 457,613 | 47,266 | |
| 758,724 | 752,670 | 632,098 | 51,593 | |
| 733,778 | 733,286 | 554,263 | 14,981 | |
| 723,397 | 723,319 | 698,907 | –58,337 | |
| 717,278 | 722,349 | 615,599 | 59,275 | |
| 697,067 | 702,661 | 625,874 | –6,892 | |
| 582,554 | 580,072 | 369,660 | 77,187 | |
| 580,399 | 608,488 | 144,552 | 97,667 | |
| 568,502 | 568,717 | 451,303 | –47,600 | |
| 531,029 | 526,554 | 519,086 | 30,485 | |
| 481,852 | 481,852 | 326,119 | –16,414 | |
| 441,945 | 441,992 | 379,496 | 837 | |
| 405,336 | 396,154 | 284,465 | 61,393 | |
| 398,672 | 339,930 | 382,477 | 137,343 | |
| 381,450 | 382,412 | 205,982 | 192,135 | |
| 377,050 | 381,758 | 262,870 | 74,177 | |
| 367,022 | 367,557 | 344,017 | –82,216 | |
| 351,441 | – | 394,063 | 80,556 | |
| 351,419 | 351,174 | 310,155 | –10,906 | |
| 317,012 | 317,307 | 232,028 | 73,330 | |
| 309,526 | 306,338 | 188,973 | 6,787 | |
| 284,467 | 279,663 | 211,992 | 1,886 | |
| 279,419 | 284,696 | 233,659 | 31,045 | |
| 279,090 | 278,551 | 300,081 | 29,964 | |
| 252,954 | 253,019 | 121,792 | 11,862 | |
| 216,741 | 216,255 | 229,397 | 29,895 | |
| 162,467 | 162,845 | 98,730 | 69,323 | |
| 161,154 | 185,164 | 134,882 | –61,899 | |
| 160,032 | 170,295 | 24,908 | –9,272 | |
| 159,575 | 159,597 | 136,519 | –36,148 | |
| 154,077 | 154,058 | 151,631 | 16,075 | |
| 140,438 | 140,592 | 91,538 | –29,835 | |
| 136,976 | 137,862 | 115,997 | –30,183 | |
| 122,644 | 122,652 | 80,414 | –2,259 | |
| 122,408 | 121,725 | 89,273 | –35,916 | |
| 120,290 | 120,540 | 111,053 | 658 | |
| 119,590 | 119,489 | 101,244 | 9,147 | |
| 117,176 | 117,176 | 23,189 | –10,455 | |
| 99,239 | 99,531 | 79,688 | 23,624 | |
| 92,025 | 92,210 | 70,496 | –30,086 | |
| 82,265 | 90,357 | 94,698 | –49,851 | |
| 81,179 | 104,107 | 52,309 | 56,788 | |
| 79,999 | 81,218 | 60,822 | 18,899 | |
| 78,633 | 87,542 | 64,105 | –14,553 | |
| 74,960 | 73,445 | 63,654 | –4,454 | |
| 74,246 | 71,882 | 59,787 | 21,831 | |
| 73,759 | 81,033 | 63,513 | –15,063 | |
| 69,692 | 74,520 | 31,586 | 57,181 | |
| 67,998 | 68,115 | 46,896 | –4,477 | |
| 67,160 | 66,343 | 55,027 | 19,638 | |
| 66,844 | 63,703 | 56,523 | –24,062 | |
| 61,521 | 55,913 | 38,107 | 37,885 | |
| 60,029 | 60,013 | 53,806 | –7,159 | |
| 58,491 | 58,504 | 44,747 | –4,927 | |
| 57,730 | – | 47,478 | 10,502 | |
| 54,583 | 54,326 | 74,967 | –8,356 | |
| 53,898 | 53,898 | – | – | |
| 51,131 | 49,682 | 43,703 | 3,623 | |
| 50,679 | 50,784 | 16,813 | –10,075 | |
| 49,860 | 48,962 | 45,487 | –19,424 | |
| 48,158 | 52,353 | 42,113 | –10,997 | |
| 47,412 | 47,412 | 28,553 | 40,709 | |
| 43,624 | 43,643 | 55,524 | –23,668 | |
| 36,144 | 36,061 | 32,702 | –19,778 | |
| 35,576 | 35,603 | 32,489 | –17,900 | |
| 34,329 | 33,413 | 28,711 | –2,046 | |
| 33,970 | 33,568 | 29,490 | 4,931 | |
| 33,802 | 33,829 | 13,422 | –8,926 | |
| 33,680 | 35,992 | 11,750 | 17,348 | |
| 33,284 | 27,563 | 20,312 | 9,556 | |
| 33,044 | 32,379 | 21,477 | –7,583 | |
| 32,375 | 32,376 | 22,672 | –2,899 | |
| 30,887 | 35,881 | 26,687 | –13,505 | |
| 30,459 | 31,274 | 23,684 | –3,801 | |
| 29,234 | 29,238 | 23,496 | –3,109 | |
| 28,922 | 30,447 | 22,678 | –12,515 | |
| 27,339 | 27,339 | 21,058 | 5,496 | |
| 26,024 | 28,244 | 20,295 | –4,067 | |
| 24,505 | 25,801 | 9,447 | –5,665 | |
| 23,313 | 14,789 | 13,663 | –11,717 | |
| 23,205 | 22,768 | 15,892 | –14,823 | |
| 23,100 | – | 12,452 | 2,472 | |
| 22,951 | 23,265 | 7,997 | –4,641 | |
| 22,683 | 19,627 | 13,946 | 25,304 | |
| 22,046 | 23,850 | 20,203 | –11,947 | |
| 21,953 | 30,206 | 20,477 | 158 | |
| 19,948 | 23,425 | 17,219 | 3,330 | |
| 19,117 | 19,191 | 12,523 | –2,274 | |
| 19,087 | 19,544 | 16,808 | –3,780 | |
| 18,915 | 18,905 | 13,072 | –9,878 | |
| 18,823 | 22,278 | 18,605 | –6,581 | |
| 18,432 | 151,446 | 15,284 | –1,651 | |
| 18,377 | 17,619 | 16,563 | –5,762 | |
| 18,354 | 18,354 | 15,973 | –9,525 | |
| 18,235 | 21,351 | 14,509 | –7,538 | |
| 17,777 | 14,122 | 10,358 | –9,090 | |
| 16,202 | 16,199 | 15,853 | –6,959 | |
| 16,059 | 17,082 | 15,284 | –6,982 | |
| 14,916 | 13,921 | 11,389 | –5,079 | |
| 14,298 | 14,300 | 9,833 | –2,883 | |
| 13,853 | 13,179 | 13,833 | –5,794 | |
| 13,545 | 16,452 | 11,608 | 4,157 | |
| 12,988 | 13,959 | 9,904 | –845 | |
| 12,644 | 12,647 | 11,967 | –3,544 | |
| 11,697 | 11,676 | 9,604 | –5,603 | |
| 11,575 | 633 | 3,961 | –915 | |
| 11,437 | 11,435 | 11,468 | –3,946 | |
| 10,956 | 905 | 7,211 | 15,204 | |
| 10,854 | 10,313 | 11,268 | 8 | |
| 10,655 | 14,495 | 11,907 | –8,167 | |
| 10,488 | 11,867 | 9,213 | –1,001 | |
| 10,418 | 10,420 | 9,065 | –5,510 | |
| 10,294 | 10,855 | 8,206 | –1,054 | |
| 10,293 | 13,507 | 9,568 | –2,133 | |
| 10,190 | – | 7,670 | 241 | |
| 9,524 | 8,244 | 6,707 | –5,496 | |
| 9,199 | 9,091 | 8,825 | –2,297 | |
| – | – | 9,165 | –9,003 | |
| 9,110 | 9,112 | 7,295 | 3,964 | |
| 9,002 | 9,002 | 3,233 | –2,767 | |
| 8,596 | 6,665 | 9,241 | 1,838 | |
| 8,365 | 14,201 | 7,692 | 1,970 | |
| 8,264 | 8,264 | 1,963 | –1,865 | |
| 8,067 | 8,067 | 4,442 | –3,021 | |
| 8,066 | 7,547 | 6,020 | –4,991 | |
| 8,027 | 8,641 | 6,802 | –5,048 | |
| 7,563 | 7,563 | 3,957 | 9,871 | |
| 7,362 | 8,065 | – | – | |
| 7,228 | 7,940 | 7,114 | –3,195 | |
| 7,192 | 2,314 | 5,643 | 8,311 | |
| 7,069 | 6,564 | 4,944 | –4,000 | |
| 6,983 | 8,702 | 6,212 | –4,599 | |
| 6,907 | 5,931 | 6,466 | –4,683 | |
| 6,834 | 8,124 | 6,435 | –791 | |
| 6,803 | 6,803 | 3,799 | –2,875 | |
| 6,189 | 4,683 | 3,367 | –2,254 | |
| 6,094 | 6,094 | 2,758 | 5,105 | |
| 6,041 | 5,461 | 4,804 | –2,247 | |
| 5,783 | 5,577 | 2,113 | –1,509 | |
| 5,478 | 5,451 | 4,399 | –3,738 | |
| 5,344 | 4,986 | 3,643 | –3,549 | |
| 5,303 | 4,754 | 3,568 | –2,729 | |
| 5,271 | 5,665 | 4,818 | –668 | |
| 5,058 | 5,058 | – | – | |
| 4,765 | 6,058 | 7,649 | –7,420 | |
| 4,487 | 6,352 | 4,658 | 3,437 | |
| 4,443 | 3,467 | 976 | –480 | |
| 4,421 | 4,421 | – | – | |
| 4,079 | 10,224 | 8,954 | –8,320 | |
| 3,995 | – | 3,315 | –2,356 | |
| 3,808 | 4,067 | 1,501 | –493 | |
| 3,557 | 3,557 | 1,213 | 2,277 | |
| 3,444 | 2,592 | 7,069 | –4,752 | |
| 3,434 | 3,767 | 3,122 | –1,972 | |
| 3,240 | 3,240 | 961 | 3,453 | |
| 3,169 | 3,169 | – | – | |
| 2,764 | 2,803 | 2,663 | –2,451 | |
| 2,716 | – | 1,877 | –1,771 | |
| 2,571 | 1,678 | 1,751 | –266 | |
| 2,565 | 2,972 | 1,430 | –1,261 | |
| 2,437 | 2,237 | 1,508 | –913 | |
| 2,389 | 3,781 | 3,222 | –1,855 | |
| 2,351 | 2,367 | 2,140 | 14 | |
| 2,300 | 2,174 | 1,271 | –1,202 | |
| 2,264 | 3,286 | 2,079 | –554 | |
| 2,260 | 3,479 | 1,755 | –371 | |
| 2,212 | 2,212 | 1,639 | –47 | |
| 2,120 | – | 2,154 | –1,692 | |
| 2,083 | 2,088 | 1,879 | –874 | |
| – | – | 1,969 | –1,558 | |
| 1,961 | – | 29,202 | –26,814 | |
| – | – | 1,781 | –1,493 | |
| 1,724 | 1,571 | 1,440 | –1,163 | |
| 1,700 | 1,700 | 1,040 | 525 | |
| 1,660 | 2,922 | 2,290 | –2,131 | |
| 1,549 | 932 | 988 | –939 | |
| 1,513 | 1,607 | 1,462 | –987 | |
| 1,489 | – | 272 | –256 | |
| 1,473 | 1,473 | 916 | –847 | |
| 1,446 | – | 1,641 | –1,548 | |
| 1,433 | 643 | 1,268 | –1,083 | |
| 1,282 | 1,176 | 663 | –630 | |
| 1,197 | 1,381 | 1,057 | –966 | |
| – | – | 1,111 | –833 | |
| 991 | – | 635 | –591 | |
| 891 | 891 | 779 | –575 | |
| 857 | 811 | 571 | 100 | |
| 777 | 777 | 152 | –149 | |
| 677 | 677 | – | – | |
| – | – | 664 | –618 | |
| 643 | – | 375 | 324 | |
| 641 | – | 499 | –441 | |
| 592 | 598 | 522 | –310 | |
| 579 | 572 | 560 | –237 | |
| 576 | 575 | 382 | –333 | |
| 544 | – | 893 | –860 | |
| 504 | 533 | 382 | –333 | |
| 494 | 604 | 351 | 216 | |
| 393 | 384 | 308 | –284 | |
| 388 | – | 300 | –264 | |
| 326 | 326 | 170 | 163 | |
| – | – | 314 | –279 | |
| 294 | 292 | 192 | –82 | |
| – | – | 243 | 83 | |
| 219 | – | 159 | –110 | |
| 217 | 190 | 203 | –182 | |
| 206 | 185 | 17,413 | –15,578 | |
| 150 | 190 | 66.4 | 137 | |
| – | – | 143 | –138 | |
| – | – | 136 | –120 | |
| – | – | 72.5 | –63 | |
| – | – | 69.8 | –53 | |
| – | – | 57.8 | –57 | |
| 57.4 | – | 114 | –33 | |
| – | – | 56.1 | –48 | |
| – | – | 54.4 | –21 | |
| – | – | 50.9 | –38 | |
| – | – | 43.7 | –40 | |
| – | – | 41.1 | –6 | |
| – | – | 16.2 | –12 | |
| 15.3 | – | 26.1 | 62 | |
| – | – | 4.4 | –3 | |
| – | – | 1.6 | 3 | |
Although the EU is not a federation in the strict sense, it is far more than a free-trade association such as ASEAN, NAFTA, or Mercosur, and it has certain attributes associated with independent nations: its own flag, currency (for some members), and law-making abilities, as well as diplomatic representation and a common foreign and security policy in its dealings with external partners. Thus, inclusion of basic intelligence on the EU has been deemed appropriate as a new, separate entity in The World Factbook.