Zambia vs Zimbabwe: Goods imports

Zambia
10.07 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Zimbabwe
9.06 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Zambia rank
112th
Zimbabwe rank
115th

Goods imports over time

  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Zambia currently reports 10.07 billion BoP, current US$ against 9.06 billion BoP, current US$ in Zimbabwe, a difference of 1.01 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Globally, Zambia ranks 112th and Zimbabwe ranks 115th 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

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.