Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, South Africa leads Merchandise imports (current US$) in 2025 at $128.08B, while Sao Tome and Principe sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with $183.00M. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.
| # | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | $128.08B |
| 2 | Nigeria | $41.45B |
| 3 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | $28.10B |
| 4 | Ethiopia | $23.01B |
| 5 | Kenya | $21.61B |
| 6 | Cote d'Ivoire | $19.28B |
| 7 | Uganda | $18.40B |
| 8 | Ghana | $17.45B |
| 9 | Angola | $14.97B |
| 10 | Tanzania | $14.81B |
| 11 | Zambia | $13.17B |
| 12 | Senegal | $11.95B |
| 13 | Zimbabwe | $10.11B |
| 14 | Cameroon | $9.40B |
| 15 | Mozambique | $9.21B |
| 16 | Namibia | $8.43B |
| 17 | Guinea | $8.34B |
| 18 | Congo, Rep. | $7.90B |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | $7.57B |
| 20 | Mali | $6.98B |
| 21 | Mauritius | $6.94B |
| 22 | Botswana | $6.40B |
| 23 | Sudan | $6.20B |
| 24 | Mauritania | $5.69B |
| 25 | Madagascar | $5.24B |
| 26 | Rwanda | $5.07B |
| 27 | Benin | $4.95B |
| 28 | Gabon | $4.00B |
| 29 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | $3.93B |
| 30 | Malawi | $3.66B |
| 31 | Togo | $3.40B |
| 32 | Niger | $2.70B |
| 33 | Liberia | $2.49B |
| 34 | Chad | $2.20B |
| 35 | Eswatini | $2.09B |
| 36 | Cabo Verde | $2.04B |
| 37 | Sierra Leone | $1.89B |
| 38 | Lesotho | $1.88B |
| 39 | Equatorial Guinea | $1.70B |
| 40 | Seychelles | $1.52B |
| 41 | South Sudan | $1.27B |
| 42 | Burundi | $1.19B |
| 43 | Gambia, The | $894.00M |
| 44 | Central African Republic | $573.00M |
| 45 | Eritrea | $524.00M |
| 46 | Guinea-Bissau | $489.00M |
| 47 | Comoros | $371.00M |
| 48 | Sao Tome and Principe | $183.00M |