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Imports of goods and services, % of GDP: ranking of countries

184 countries ranked by their latest value (2020–2025). Hong Kong is highest at 196.9%; Sudan is lowest at 1.3%.

World 28.5% (2025)Median country 43.8%184 countries
Imports: world and regions, 1994–2025
WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
0%20%40%60%1994199920042009201420192024WorldWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Regional lines are World Bank aggregates.
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All 184 countries

Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.

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#CountryRegionImportsYearRelative
1Hong KongEast Asia & Pacific196.9%2025
2LuxembourgEurope & Central Asia159.4%2025
3San MarinoEurope & Central Asia155.0%2023
4SingaporeEast Asia & Pacific142.5%2025
5US Virgin IslandsLatin America & Caribbean108.3%2022
6LesothoSub-Saharan Africa104.5%2025
7NauruEast Asia & Pacific103.7%2025
8MaltaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan99.9%2025
9IrelandEurope & Central Asia99.9%2025
10SomaliaSub-Saharan Africa98.8%2025
11KiribatiEast Asia & Pacific97.6%2024
12DjiboutiMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan95.8%2025
13SeychellesSub-Saharan Africa92.7%2025
14United Arab EmiratesMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan92.2%2023
15VietnamEast Asia & Pacific92.1%2025
16CyprusEurope & Central Asia91.9%2025
17SlovakiaEurope & Central Asia85.2%2025
18Timor-LesteEast Asia & Pacific84.9%2024
19CubaLatin America & Caribbean82.4%2024
20Marshall IslandsEast Asia & Pacific79.9%2025
21MaldivesSouth Asia78.3%2024
22ArubaLatin America & Caribbean78.2%2024
23American SamoaEast Asia & Pacific77.7%2022
24BelgiumEurope & Central Asia77.5%2025
25EstoniaEurope & Central Asia77.4%2025
26MauritiusSub-Saharan Africa74.9%2025
27KosovoEurope & Central Asia74.2%2025
28North MacedoniaEurope & Central Asia73.4%2025
29SloveniaEurope & Central Asia73.3%2025
30PalauEast Asia & Pacific73.1%2024
31MicronesiaEast Asia & Pacific70.9%2025
32Northern Mariana IslandsEast Asia & Pacific70.9%2022
33Solomon IslandsEast Asia & Pacific70.8%2024
34BahrainMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan70.0%2024
35NetherlandsEurope & Central Asia69.5%2025
36LithuaniaEurope & Central Asia69.1%2025
37SwitzerlandEurope & Central Asia69.1%2025
38HungaryEurope & Central Asia68.1%2025
39AfghanistanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan68.1%2024
40CambodiaEast Asia & Pacific67.4%2025
41ThailandEast Asia & Pacific67.3%2025
42LatviaEurope & Central Asia67.2%2025
43LibyaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan65.9%2025
44MontenegroEurope & Central Asia65.7%2025
45KyrgyzstanEurope & Central Asia65.6%2025
46MalaysiaEast Asia & Pacific65.4%2025
47FijiEast Asia & Pacific64.6%2024
48GuamEast Asia & Pacific64.0%2022
49NamibiaSub-Saharan Africa63.9%2025
50Antigua and BarbudaLatin America & Caribbean63.3%2022
51MongoliaEast Asia & Pacific62.6%2025
52GuineaSub-Saharan Africa62.3%2025
53CzechiaEurope & Central Asia61.1%2025
54MoldovaEurope & Central Asia60.9%2025
55TongaEast Asia & Pacific60.7%2024
56DenmarkEurope & Central Asia59.1%2025
57LebanonMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan58.9%2024
58SerbiaEurope & Central Asia58.6%2025
59BelarusEurope & Central Asia57.0%2025
60HondurasLatin America & Caribbean56.5%2025
61El SalvadorLatin America & Caribbean56.1%2025
62MozambiqueSub-Saharan Africa55.7%2025
63NicaraguaLatin America & Caribbean54.9%2025
64TunisiaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan54.8%2025
65MauritaniaSub-Saharan Africa54.2%2025
66Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope & Central Asia54.1%2025
67BelizeLatin America & Caribbean53.7%2024
68EswatiniSub-Saharan Africa53.7%2024
69ArmeniaEurope & Central Asia53.6%2025
70West Bank and GazaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan53.5%2025
71Cabo VerdeSub-Saharan Africa53.4%2025
72GeorgiaEurope & Central Asia53.2%2025
73CroatiaEurope & Central Asia53.0%2025
74AustriaEurope & Central Asia52.3%2025
75BruneiEast Asia & Pacific52.0%2025
76UkraineEurope & Central Asia51.8%2025
77BulgariaEurope & Central Asia51.8%2025
78Faroe IslandsEurope & Central Asia51.2%2024
79MoroccoMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan51.1%2025
80SwedenEurope & Central Asia51.1%2025
81GreenlandEurope & Central Asia51.1%2023
82The GambiaSub-Saharan Africa49.4%2025
83OmanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan48.8%2024
84VanuatuEast Asia & Pacific48.0%2024
85TajikistanEurope & Central Asia47.9%2024
86BhutanSouth Asia47.9%2024
87PolandEurope & Central Asia47.1%2025
88MacaoEast Asia & Pacific46.9%2025
89French PolynesiaEast Asia & Pacific46.1%2024
90Cayman IslandsLatin America & Caribbean45.8%2020
91GreeceEurope & Central Asia44.0%2025
92Democratic Republic of the CongoSub-Saharan Africa43.9%2025
93Republic of the CongoSub-Saharan Africa43.6%2025
94Puerto RicoLatin America & Caribbean43.6%2025
95SamoaEast Asia & Pacific43.0%2025
96PortugalEurope & Central Asia42.7%2025
97AlbaniaEurope & Central Asia42.5%2025
98IcelandEurope & Central Asia42.4%2025
99BahamasLatin America & Caribbean41.5%2024
100FinlandEurope & Central Asia41.1%2025
101RomaniaEurope & Central Asia40.7%2025
102South KoreaEast Asia & Pacific40.6%2025
103MexicoLatin America & Caribbean40.3%2025
104PhilippinesEast Asia & Pacific40.2%2025
105PanamaLatin America & Caribbean39.3%2024
106ParaguayLatin America & Caribbean39.3%2025
107SenegalSub-Saharan Africa38.6%2025
108KuwaitMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan38.2%2024
109GermanyEurope & Central Asia38.1%2025
110BotswanaSub-Saharan Africa37.5%2025
111IraqMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan37.4%2024
112AzerbaijanEurope & Central Asia36.8%2025
113UzbekistanEurope & Central Asia35.4%2025
114TogoSub-Saharan Africa35.3%2023
115RwandaSub-Saharan Africa35.1%2025
116IranMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan34.5%2025
117GhanaSub-Saharan Africa33.9%2024
118FranceEurope & Central Asia33.8%2025
119NepalSouth Asia33.7%2025
120NorwayEurope & Central Asia33.7%2025
121Central African RepublicSub-Saharan Africa33.6%2025
122São Tomé and PríncipeSub-Saharan Africa33.3%2025
123MadagascarSub-Saharan Africa32.9%2025
124SpainEurope & Central Asia32.8%2025
125Costa RicaLatin America & Caribbean32.6%2025
126CanadaNorth America32.2%2025
127United KingdomEurope & Central Asia31.9%2025
128QatarMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan31.6%2022
129ComorosSub-Saharan Africa31.6%2025
130EgyptMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan31.5%2025
131GuatemalaLatin America & Caribbean31.0%2025
132ChileLatin America & Caribbean30.4%2025
133ItalyEurope & Central Asia30.3%2025
134Burkina FasoSub-Saharan Africa30.0%2025
135South AfricaSub-Saharan Africa29.5%2025
136GabonSub-Saharan Africa29.4%2025
137UgandaSub-Saharan Africa28.8%2025
138MalawiSub-Saharan Africa28.8%2025
139New CaledoniaEast Asia & Pacific28.7%2024
140SyriaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan28.7%2022
141Equatorial GuineaSub-Saharan Africa28.4%2025
142Sierra LeoneSub-Saharan Africa28.2%2025
143Saudi ArabiaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan28.2%2025
144EcuadorLatin America & Caribbean27.9%2025
145Dominican RepublicLatin America & Caribbean27.9%2025
146ZambiaSub-Saharan Africa27.6%2024
147Guinea-BissauSub-Saharan Africa27.0%2025
148MaliSub-Saharan Africa26.7%2025
149New ZealandEast Asia & Pacific26.0%2024
150KazakhstanEurope & Central Asia25.6%2024
151BoliviaLatin America & Caribbean25.5%2024
152IsraelMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan25.4%2025
153TürkiyeEurope & Central Asia25.1%2025
154BermudaNorth America25.1%2024
155Côte d'IvoireSub-Saharan Africa24.8%2025
156IndiaSouth Asia24.0%2025
157ZimbabweSub-Saharan Africa23.4%2024
158JapanEast Asia & Pacific22.9%2024
159Sri LankaSouth Asia22.8%2025
160AustraliaEast Asia & Pacific22.7%2025
161UruguayLatin America & Caribbean22.6%2025
162AlgeriaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan22.1%2025
163PeruLatin America & Caribbean21.8%2025
164KenyaSub-Saharan Africa21.8%2025
165IndonesiaEast Asia & Pacific20.5%2025
166ColombiaLatin America & Caribbean20.4%2025
167CameroonSub-Saharan Africa20.3%2025
168EthiopiaSub-Saharan Africa20.2%2025
169BeninSub-Saharan Africa20.1%2025
170TanzaniaSub-Saharan Africa20.0%2025
171NigerSub-Saharan Africa18.1%2025
172BrazilLatin America & Caribbean17.5%2025
173PakistanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan17.2%2025
174ChinaEast Asia & Pacific16.9%2025
175BangladeshSouth Asia16.8%2025
176ChadSub-Saharan Africa16.7%2025
177RussiaEurope & Central Asia15.5%2025
178ArgentinaLatin America & Caribbean14.8%2025
179HaitiLatin America & Caribbean14.3%2025
180United StatesNorth America14.0%2024
181TurkmenistanEurope & Central Asia13.7%2025
182AngolaSub-Saharan Africa11.7%2025
183VenezuelaLatin America & Caribbean10.1%2025
184SudanSub-Saharan Africa1.3%2025
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)