2 weeks ago
6
PROTECT YOURSELF with Orgo-Life® QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY
Orgo-Life the new way to the future Advertising by Adpathway
Diamonds displayGlobal purchases of imported diamonds cost a total US$68.2 billion in 2025.
Overall, the value of diamonds bought by all importing countries shrank by an average -43.2% since five years earlier in 2021 when diamond purchases totaled $120 billion.
Year over year, the dollar sum paid for imported diamonds dropped by -19.8% compared to the $85 billion starting from 2024.
Collectively, the top 5 buyers of imported diamonds are India, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, United States of America then Belgium. Added together, that cohort of major diamond imports purchased over three-quarters (75.8%) of internationally sold diamonds in 2025.
From a continental perspective, Asian countries spent the most on imported diamonds during 2025 with purchases amounting to $48.1 billion or 70.6% of the global total. In second place were importers located in Europe at 14.7% while another 12% of worldwide diamond imports went to North American countries.
Smaller percentages went to buyers in Africa (2.3%), Oceania (0.3%) led by Australia and New Zealand, and Latin America (0.1%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean.
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 7102 for non-mounted and unset diamonds.
Below are the 15 countries that imported the highest dollar value worth of diamonds during 2025.
- India: US$16.8 billion (24.6% of total imported diamonds)
- Hong Kong: $11.9 billion (17.5%)
- United Arab Emirates: $10.2 billion (15%)
- United States: $7.5 billion (11.1%)
- Belgium: $5.3 billion (7.8%)
- mainland China: $3.3 billion (4.9%)
- Israel: $2.7 billion (3.9%)
- Switzerland: $1.6 billion (2.4%)
- Thailand: $1.5 billion (2.1%)
- United Kingdom: $1.2 billion (1.7%)
- Botswana: $1.1 billion (1.6%)
- France: $783.7 million (1.1%)
- Italy: $659.6 million (1%)
- Japan: $521.5 million (0.8%)
- Canada: $466.6 million (0.7%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased 96% of all diamonds imported in 2025.
Among the above countries, the growth markets for diamonds since 2024 were: Canada (up 123.3%) and the United Kingdom (up 12%).
Those countries that posted year-over-year declines in their imported diamonds purchases were led by: United States of America (down -51%), United Arab Emirates (down -30.2%), France (down -19.2%) and Botswana (down -18.2%).
The top 100 importers of diamonds listed in the following database contributed 99.999% of the overall value of diamonds imported during 2025.
| 1 | India | $16,759,658,000 | -5.9% |
| 2 | Hong Kong | $11,907,852,000 | -1.3% |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | $10,221,940,000 | -30.2% |
| 4 | United States | $7,534,622,000 | -51% |
| 5 | Belgium | $5,296,230,000 | -13.4% |
| 6 | mainland China | $3,336,505,000 | -15.5% |
| 7 | Israel | $2,654,589,000 | -13.4% |
| 8 | Switzerland | $1,606,462,000 | -7% |
| 9 | Thailand | $1,461,746,000 | -5% |
| 10 | United Kingdom | $1,179,035,000 | +12% |
| 11 | Botswana | $1,060,836,000 | -18.2% |
| 12 | France | $783,669,000 | -19.2% |
| 13 | Italy | $659,553,000 | -11.5% |
| 14 | Japan | $521,486,000 | -13.1% |
| 15 | Canada | $466,584,000 | +123.3% |
| 16 | South Africa | $363,941,000 | -35.4% |
| 17 | Singapore | $243,798,000 | -24.5% |
| 18 | Mexico | $201,530,000 | +94.7% |
| 19 | Vietnam | $195,512,000 | -23.6% |
| 20 | Australia | $181,717,000 | -9% |
| 21 | Türkiye | $175,582,000 | -0.6% |
| 22 | Germany | $151,374,000 | +7.6% |
| 23 | Netherlands | $125,291,000 | +30.9% |
| 24 | Armenia | $120,984,000 | -75.8% |
| 25 | Sri Lanka | $117,067,000 | -38.8% |
| 26 | Namibia | $113,322,000 | -36% |
| 27 | Indonesia | $66,973,000 | -5.5% |
| 28 | Cambodia | $65,193,000 | +11.3% |
| 29 | Malaysia | $45,054,000 | -18.4% |
| 30 | Spain | $44,736,000 | +2.7% |
| 31 | Russia | $43,059,000 | -72.6% |
| 32 | South Korea | $38,445,000 | -55.1% |
| 33 | Taiwan | $37,892,000 | -34% |
| 34 | Lebanon | $30,588,000 | -87.7% |
| 35 | Curaçao | $28,255,000 | +4.2% |
| 36 | Saudi Arabia | $23,973,000 | -17.7% |
| 37 | Brazil | $23,457,000 | -14.7% |
| 38 | New Zealand | $21,534,000 | +42.3% |
| 39 | Bahrain | $20,139,000 | +68.9% |
| 40 | Oman | $19,360,000 | -24.7% |
| 41 | Czech Republic | $16,565,000 | +13.4% |
| 42 | Laos | $16,351,000 | -2.5% |
| 43 | Nepal | $15,504,000 | -47.5% |
| 44 | Austria | $14,379,000 | -0.4% |
| 45 | Cyprus | $11,615,000 | -15.9% |
| 46 | Denmark | $11,247,000 | -8.9% |
| 47 | Ireland | $10,965,000 | +1% |
| 48 | Poland | $9,879,000 | -25% |
| 49 | Greece | $9,796,000 | +8.2% |
| 50 | Mauritius | $9,735,000 | -40.3% |
| 51 | US Minor Outlying Is | $8,186,000 | +591.4% |
| 52 | Qatar | $6,756,000 | +784.3% |
| 53 | Norway | $6,534,000 | -4.5% |
| 54 | Jordan | $6,464,000 | +83% |
| 55 | Finland | $6,067,000 | +23% |
| 56 | Liberia | $5,575,000 | +936.2% |
| 57 | Costa Rica | $4,728,000 | +11.2% |
| 58 | Macao | $4,525,000 | -60.8% |
| 59 | Tunisia | $3,892,000 | +8.6% |
| 60 | Sweden | $3,890,000 | -52% |
| 61 | Morocco | $3,342,000 | -25% |
| 62 | Croatia | $3,039,000 | +95.4% |
| 63 | Peru | $2,718,000 | +0.8% |
| 64 | Luxembourg | $2,691,000 | +82.2% |
| 65 | Cayman Islands | $2,656,000 | +7078% |
| 66 | Kazakhstan | $2,582,000 | +13.3% |
| 67 | Panama | $2,570,000 | +48.1% |
| 68 | Romania | $2,304,000 | -13% |
| 69 | Kuwait | $2,288,000 | -19.7% |
| 70 | Zimbabwe | $2,212,000 | 0% |
| 71 | Portugal | $1,969,000 | -10.5% |
| 72 | Ukraine | $1,939,000 | -11.9% |
| 73 | Uzbekistan | $1,818,000 | +354.5% |
| 74 | Malta | $1,347,000 | -24.5% |
| 75 | Colombia | $1,342,000 | +56.4% |
| 76 | Andorra | $1,201,000 | +1% |
| 77 | Slovenia | $1,115,000 | -30.2% |
| 78 | Serbia | $875,000 | -24.2% |
| 79 | Aruba | $840,000 | -40.1% |
| 80 | Egypt | $830,000 | +64% |
| 81 | Slovakia | $792,000 | -31.8% |
| 82 | El Salvador | $664,000 | +1.5% |
| 83 | Estonia | $632,000 | -6% |
| 84 | Philippines | $541,000 | -43.8% |
| 85 | Algeria | $508,000 | 0% |
| 86 | Chile | $441,000 | +7.8% |
| 87 | Honduras | $365,000 | +2333% |
| 88 | Bahamas | $360,000 | +2669% |
| 89 | Turks/Caicos Islands | $322,000 | -46% |
| 90 | Guatemala | $317,000 | -45.5% |
| 91 | Iceland | $288,000 | +41.2% |
| 92 | Lithuania | $274,000 | -55.8% |
| 93 | Bermuda | $273,000 | +457.1% |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | $239,000 | -69.4% |
| 95 | Saint Lucia | $228,000 | +45.2% |
| 96 | Bulgaria | $207,000 | -37.7% |
| 97 | Gibraltar | $178,000 | -65.6% |
| 98 | Ecuador | $162,000 | +57.3% |
| 99 | Saint Kitts/Nevis | $150,000 | -80.4% |
| 100 | Hungary | $147,000 | -75.1% |
Focusing the scope of our analysis on the top 100 buyers, the fastest-growing importers of diamonds from international markets were: Cayman Islands (up 7,078% from 2024), Bahamas (up 2,669%), Honduras (up 2,333%), Liberia (up 936.2%) and Qatar (up 784.3%).
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the above table columns. An entry of 0% in the right-most column means that 2024 data was unavailable.
Diamond Imports into India
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which India imported the highest dollar value worth of diamonds during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- United Arab Emirates: US$8.5 billion (up 6.6% from 2024)
- Hong Kong: $2.5 billion (up 6.2%)
- Belgium: $1.9 billion (down -11.9%)
- United States: $1.7 billion (down -33.4%)
- Israel: $487.2 million (up 34.5%)
- South Africa: $423.3 million (up 1.9%)
- Russia: $404.2 million (down -38.9%)
- Botswana: $395.7 million (up 14.9%)
- Canada: $173.3 million (down -64.3%)
- Thailand: $107 million (down -46.4%)
- Switzerland: $46.2 million (down -58.5%)
- Singapore: $45.4 million (up 308.9%)
- Japan: $39.1 million (down -27.4%)
- United Kingdom: $20.9 million (down -35.6%)
- France: $11.8 million (down -11.5%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.7% of diamonds imported by India in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of diamonds to India since 2024 were: Singapore (up 308.9%), Israel (up 34.5%), Botswana (up 14.9%) and the United Arab Emirates (up 6.6%).
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their diamonds supplied to Indian importers included: Canada (down -64.3%), Switzerland (down -58.5%), Thailand (down -46.4%) and Russia (down -38.9%).
Overall, the value of India’s imported diamonds fell by an average -5.9% from all supplying countries since 2024 when diamonds purchased cost $17.8 billion.
Diamond Imports into Hong Kong
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Hong Kong imported the highest dollar value worth of diamonds during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- India: US$3.6 billion (up 9.6% from 2024)
- United States: $1.9 billion (down -5.1%)
- United Arab Emirates: $1.4 billion (down -1.4%)
- Russia: $791.7 million (down -1.4%)
- Switzerland: $653.4 million (up 39.4%)
- mainland China: $637.5 million (down -23.9%)
- Belgium: $633.2 million (down -22.7%)
- Israel: $611.4 million (down -14.9%)
- Thailand: $406 million (down -7.1%)
- Japan: $279.3 million (up 14.6%)
- United Kingdom: $215.6 million (up 67.2%)
- France: $184.7 million (up 51.7%)
- Singapore: $115.5 million (down -24.7%)
- South Africa: $105.5 million (up 0.3%)
- Italy: $89.6 million (up 35.4%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 98% of diamonds imported by Hong Kong in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of diamonds to Hong Kong since 2024 were: United Kingdom (up 67.2%), France (up 51.7%), Switzerland (up 39.4%) and Italy (up 35.4%).
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their diamonds supplied to Hong Kong importers included: Singapore (down -24.7%), mainland China (down -23.9%), Belgium (down -22.7%) and Israel (down -14.9%).
Overall, the value of Hong Kong’s imported diamonds went down by an average -1.3% from all supplying countries since 2024 when diamonds purchased cost $12.1 billion.
Diamond Imports into the United States
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the United States of America imported the highest dollar value worth of diamonds during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- India: US$3.5 billion (down -49.9% from 2024)
- Israel: $1.8 billion (down -54.4%)
- Belgium: $1 billion (down -36.3%)
- South Africa: $463.1 million (down -55%)
- Botswana: $213.6 million (down -48.2%)
- Namibia: $82.8 million (down -49.4%)
- Switzerland: $51.7 million (down -61.6%)
- United Arab Emirates: $45.7 million (down -53.4%)
- United Kingdom: $43.8 million (down -63.5%)
- Vietnam: $43.7 million (down -13.3%)
- Canada: $32.4 million (down -51%)
- Hong Kong: $28.5 million (down -86%)
- Angola: $26.9 million (down -73.7%)
- France: $26.7 million (down -29%)
- Cambodia: $25.6 million (down -38.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 98.2% of diamonds imported by the United States of America in 2025.
Among the above countries, there were no growth providers.
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their diamonds supplied to American importers included: Hong Kong (down -86%), Angola (down -73.7%), United Kingdom (down -63.5%) and Switzerland (down -61.6%).
Overall, the value of America’s imported diamonds reduced by an average -51% from all supplying countries since 2024 when diamonds purchased cost $15.4 billion.
Diamond Imports into Belgium
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Belgium imported the highest dollar value worth of diamonds during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- India: US$1.5 billion (down -4.7% from 2024)
- Botswana: $929.7 million (up 28.3%)
- Canada: $680.8 million (down -27.3%)
- Angola: $552.1 million (down -0.2%)
- South Africa: $422.1 million (down -7.6%)
- Democratic Republic Congo: $298.2 million (down -5.9%)
- Israel: $161.9 million (down -37.8%)
- Lesotho: $132.5 million (down -54.9%)
- United Arab Emirates: $116.7 million (down -49.4%)
- Namibia: $87.5 million (down -16.7%)
- United States: $83.5 million (down -18.8%)
- Tanzania: $50.8 million (down -4.1%)
- Hong Kong: $49 million (down -44.8%)
- Australia: $30.6 million (down -23.9%)
- Zimbabwe: $25.2 million (down -45.2%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 95.8% of diamonds imported by Belgium in 2025.
Among the above countries, Botswana was the growth supplier of diamonds to Belgium since 2024 via a 28.3% advance.
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their diamonds supplied to Belgian importers included: Lesotho (down -54.9%), United Arab Emirates (down -49.4%), Zimbabwe (down -45.2%) and Hong Kong (down -44.8%).
Overall, the value of Belgium’s imported diamonds retreated by an average -13.4% from all supplying countries since 2024 when diamonds purchased cost $6.1 billion.
See also Diamonds Exports by Country, America’s Top Trading Partners, India’s Top Trading Partners, India’s Top Trading Partners and Exported Paintings and Drawings by Country
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Imports – Commodities. Accessed on July 2, 2026
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on July 2, 2026
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on July 2, 2026
English (US) · 
French (CA) · 
French (FR) ·