France vs United Kingdom: Goods imports

France

769.91 billion BoP, current US$

in 2025

United Kingdom

826.65 billion BoP, current US$

in 2025

France rank

5th

United Kingdom rank

4th

Goods imports over time

France
United Kingdom

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 826.65 billion BoP, current US$ against 769.91 billion BoP, current US$ in France, a difference of 56.74 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.1 times France's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1975 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Globally, France ranks 5th and United Kingdom ranks 4th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Goods imports (BoP, current US$)
Unit: BoP, current US$
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 246 places, 9,762 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Imports of goods occur when there are changes in the economic ownership of goods from non-residents to residents of the compiling economy, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.