Telecommunication equipment - import (current US$) by country

They are aggregated from the following Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) subgroupings: (1) 764.1 Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy (including such apparatus for carrier-current line systems). Telephone sets; teleprinters; telephonic or telegraphic switching apparatus; other...

Countries reporting
38
Highest
187.40 million current US$
Tunisia
Lowest
385 current US$
Benin
Median
536,739 current US$
Years covered
29
1980–2008
Data points
339

What the numbers show

Telecommunication equipment - import (current US$) is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 187.40 million current US$ in Tunisia; the lowest is 385 current US$ in Benin.

The median across all reporting countries is 536,739 current US$, and the mean is 14.51 million current US$.

Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Kenya (up 51,568.3%), and the largest decrease in Zimbabwe (down 91.8%).

Telecommunication equipment - import: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tunisia 187.40 million current US$ 2008 up 6,096.8% volatile
2 South Africa 120.23 million current US$ 2008 down 23.2% volatile
3 Mauritius 80.65 million current US$ 2008 up 33,930.8% volatile
4 Uganda 69.75 million current US$ 2008 up 8,541.6% volatile
5 Kenya 33.07 million current US$ 2008 up 51,568.3% volatile
6 Cote d'Ivoire 25.07 million current US$ 2008 up 2,231.7% volatile
7 Mauritania 9.04 million current US$ 2008 up 6.3% volatile
8 Namibia 5.04 million current US$ 2008 up 428.4% volatile
9 Zambia 3.38 million current US$ 2008 up 25,078.4% volatile
10 Egypt 2.65 million current US$ 2008 up 2,025.1% volatile
11 Tanzania 2.49 million current US$ 2007 up 168.8% volatile
12 Morocco 1.90 million current US$ 2007 up 201.5% rising
13 Senegal 1.73 million current US$ 2008 up 379.1% volatile
14 Madagascar 1.36 million current US$ 2008 up 882.9% volatile
15 Mozambique 1.23 million current US$ 2008 up 400.4% volatile
16 Botswana 1.16 million current US$ 2008 down 65.9% rising
17 Niger 1.15 million current US$ 2008 up 650.2% volatile
18 Nigeria 918,693 current US$ 2008 up 50.3% volatile
19 Ethiopia 549,587 current US$ 2008 up 1,335.9% volatile
20 Gabon 523,891 current US$ 2006 down 20.1% volatile
21 Burundi 464,098 current US$ 2008 up 399.3% volatile
22 Malawi 346,920 current US$ 2008 up 30.3% volatile
23 Ghana 279,742 current US$ 2008 up 223.9% volatile
24 Mali 219,365 current US$ 2008 up 141.8% volatile
25 Sudan 207,641 current US$ 2006 up 955.3% volatile
26 Guinea 189,030 current US$ 2008 up 2,614.0% volatile
27 Zimbabwe 158,160 current US$ 2007 down 91.8% volatile
28 Eswatini 149,180 current US$ 2007 down 68.2% volatile
29 Burkina Faso 48,203 current US$ 2005 down 16.5% volatile
30 Cameroon 27,392 current US$ 2006 up 15.8% volatile
31 Rwanda 26,133 current US$ 2008 up 25,027.9% volatile
32 Seychelles 23,163 current US$ 2008 up 291.2% volatile
33 Gambia 19,130 current US$ 2008 down 66.0% volatile
34 Algeria 18,215 current US$ 2007 down 85.3% volatile
35 Togo 15,060 current US$ 2005 up 16.8% volatile
36 Central African Republic 9,096 current US$ 2004 down 52.1% volatile
37 Comoros 1,023 current US$ 2006 up 3,834.6% volatile
38 Benin 385 current US$ 2006 down 24.2% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Telecommunication equipment - import (current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
The United Nations
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
38 places, 339 data points, 1980–2008
Last refreshed

They are aggregated from the following Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) subgroupings: (1) 764.1 Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy (including such apparatus for carrier-current line systems). Telephone sets; teleprinters; telephonic or telegraphic switching apparatus; other apparatus for carrier-current line systems; other telephonic or telegraphic apparatus. (2) 764.3 Transmission apparatus for radio-telephony, radio-telegraphy, radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound-recording or reproducing apparatus. Transmission apparatus; transmission apparatus incorporating reception apparatus. (3) 762.81 reception apparatus for radio-telephony or radio-telegraphy; and (4) Parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of sub-group 764.1. Expressed in US dollars.