Percent of world imports - Country rankings
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Percent of world imports, 2020 - Country rankings:
The average for 2020 based on 163 countries was 0.61 percent.The highest value was in the USA: 13.32 percent and the lowest value was in Antigua and Barbuda: 0 percent. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2020. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries | Percent of world imports, 2020 | Global rank | Available data |
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USA | 13.32 | 1 | 1990 - 2020 |
China | 11.31 | 2 | 1990 - 2020 |
Germany | 6.96 | 3 | 1990 - 2020 |
Japan | 3.82 | 4 | 1990 - 2020 |
France | 3.77 | 5 | 1990 - 2020 |
UK | 3.71 | 6 | 1990 - 2020 |
Netherlands | 2.96 | 7 | 1990 - 2020 |
Hong Kong | 2.89 | 8 | 1990 - 2020 |
South Korea | 2.58 | 9 | 1990 - 2020 |
Singapore | 2.49 | 10 | 1990 - 2020 |
Canada | 2.48 | 11 | 1990 - 2020 |
India | 2.45 | 12 | 1990 - 2020 |
Italy | 2.35 | 13 | 1990 - 2020 |
Ireland | 2.22 | 14 | 1990 - 2020 |
Belgium | 1.97 | 15 | 1990 - 2020 |
Mexico | 1.96 | 16 | 1990 - 2020 |
Switzerland | 1.93 | 17 | 1990 - 2020 |
Spain | 1.79 | 18 | 1990 - 2020 |
Russia | 1.46 | 19 | 1990 - 2020 |
Poland | 1.41 | 20 | 1995 - 2020 |
Australia | 1.28 | 21 | 1990 - 2020 |
UA Emirates | 1.19 | 22 | 2001 - 2020 |
Brazil | 1.12 | 23 | 1990 - 2020 |
Turkey | 1.12 | 24 | 1990 - 2020 |
Thailand | 1.11 | 25 | 1990 - 2020 |
Sweden | 1.04 | 26 | 1990 - 2020 |
Austria | 1.01 | 27 | 1990 - 2020 |
Malaysia | 0.89 | 28 | 1990 - 2020 |
Saudi Arabia | 0.87 | 29 | 1990 - 2020 |
Denmark | 0.83 | 30 | 1990 - 2020 |
Indonesia | 0.8 | 31 | 1990 - 2020 |
Czechia | 0.76 | 32 | 1990 - 2020 |
Luxembourg | 0.6 | 33 | 1990 - 2020 |
Hungary | 0.58 | 34 | 1991 - 2020 |
Norway | 0.58 | 35 | 1990 - 2020 |
Philippines | 0.57 | 36 | 1990 - 2020 |
Romania | 0.5 | 37 | 1990 - 2020 |
Finland | 0.46 | 38 | 1990 - 2020 |
Israel | 0.46 | 39 | 1990 - 2020 |
Portugal | 0.43 | 40 | 1990 - 2020 |
Slovakia | 0.43 | 41 | 1990 - 2020 |
South Africa | 0.38 | 42 | 1990 - 2020 |
Egypt | 0.36 | 43 | 1990 - 2020 |
Greece | 0.36 | 44 | 1990 - 2020 |
Chile | 0.33 | 45 | 1990 - 2020 |
Ukraine | 0.3 | 46 | 1990 - 2020 |
Bangladesh | 0.28 | 47 | 1990 - 2020 |
Iran | 0.28 | 48 | 1990 - 2020 |
Qatar | 0.28 | 49 | 1994 - 2020 |
Colombia | 0.26 | 50 | 1990 - 2020 |
Iraq | 0.26 | 51 | 1990 - 2020 |
Argentina | 0.25 | 52 | 1990 - 2020 |
Pakistan | 0.25 | 53 | 1990 - 2020 |
Morocco | 0.23 | 54 | 1990 - 2020 |
New Zealand | 0.23 | 55 | 1990 - 2020 |
Kazakhstan | 0.21 | 56 | 1992 - 2020 |
Peru | 0.2 | 57 | 1990 - 2020 |
Algeria | 0.19 | 58 | 1990 - 2020 |
Bulgaria | 0.18 | 59 | 1990 - 2020 |
Slovenia | 0.18 | 60 | 1990 - 2020 |
Belarus | 0.17 | 61 | 1990 - 2020 |
Lithuania | 0.17 | 62 | 1995 - 2020 |
Serbia | 0.14 | 63 | 1995 - 2020 |
Croatia | 0.13 | 64 | 1995 - 2020 |
Oman | 0.13 | 65 | 1990 - 2020 |
Bahrain | 0.11 | 66 | 1990 - 2020 |
Uzbekistan | 0.11 | 67 | 1997 - 2020 |
Burma | 0.1 | 68 | 2010 - 2020 |
Domin. Rep. | 0.1 | 69 | 1990 - 2020 |
Estonia | 0.1 | 70 | 1993 - 2020 |
Latvia | 0.1 | 71 | 1995 - 2020 |
Malta | 0.1 | 72 | 1990 - 2020 |
Costa Rica | 0.09 | 73 | 1990 - 2020 |
Cyprus | 0.09 | 74 | 1990 - 2020 |
Ecuador | 0.09 | 75 | 1990 - 2020 |
Ethiopia | 0.09 | 76 | 2011 - 2020 |
Guatemala | 0.09 | 77 | 1990 - 2020 |
Jordan | 0.09 | 78 | 1990 - 2020 |
Kenya | 0.09 | 79 | 1990 - 2020 |
Panama | 0.09 | 80 | 1990 - 2020 |
Sri Lanka | 0.09 | 81 | 1990 - 2020 |
Tunisia | 0.09 | 82 | 1990 - 2020 |
Cambodia | 0.08 | 83 | 1993 - 2020 |
Azerbaijan | 0.07 | 84 | 1990 - 2020 |
DR Congo | 0.07 | 85 | 1994 - 2020 |
Lebanon | 0.07 | 86 | 1990 - 2020 |
Macao | 0.07 | 87 | 1990 - 2020 |
Ghana | 0.06 | 88 | 1990 - 2020 |
Honduras | 0.06 | 89 | 1990 - 2020 |
Ivory Coast | 0.06 | 90 | 1990 - 2020 |
Angola | 0.05 | 91 | 2000 - 2020 |
Bosnia & Herz. | 0.05 | 92 | 1994 - 2020 |
El Salvador | 0.05 | 93 | 1990 - 2020 |
Mozambique | 0.05 | 94 | 1991 - 2020 |
Nepal | 0.05 | 95 | 1990 - 2020 |
Paraguay | 0.05 | 96 | 1990 - 2020 |
Senegal | 0.05 | 97 | 1990 - 2020 |
Tanzania | 0.05 | 98 | 1990 - 2020 |
Uruguay | 0.05 | 99 | 1990 - 2020 |
Bolivia | 0.04 | 100 | 1990 - 2020 |
Cameroon | 0.04 | 101 | 1990 - 2020 |
Georgia | 0.04 | 102 | 1990 - 2020 |
Iceland | 0.04 | 103 | 1990 - 2020 |
Mongolia | 0.04 | 104 | 1990 - 2020 |
North Macedonia | 0.04 | 105 | 1990 - 2020 |
Palestine | 0.04 | 106 | 1994 - 2020 |
Uganda | 0.04 | 107 | 1990 - 2020 |
Yemen | 0.04 | 108 | 2010 - 2020 |
Albania | 0.03 | 109 | 1990 - 2020 |
Botswana | 0.03 | 110 | 1990 - 2020 |
Brunei | 0.03 | 111 | 1990 - 2020 |
Guinea | 0.03 | 112 | 1990 - 2020 |
Jamaica | 0.03 | 113 | 1990 - 2020 |
Mali | 0.03 | 114 | 1990 - 2020 |
Mauritius | 0.03 | 115 | 1990 - 2020 |
Moldova | 0.03 | 116 | 1995 - 2020 |
Nicaragua | 0.03 | 117 | 1990 - 2020 |
Somalia | 0.03 | 118 | 1990 - 2020 |
Zambia | 0.03 | 119 | 1994 - 2020 |
Zimbabwe | 0.03 | 120 | 1990 - 2020 |
Armenia | 0.02 | 121 | 1990 - 2020 |
Bahamas | 0.02 | 122 | 1990 - 2020 |
Benin | 0.02 | 123 | 1990 - 2020 |
Chad | 0.02 | 124 | 1990 - 2020 |
Djibouti | 0.02 | 125 | 2013 - 2020 |
Eq. Guinea | 0.02 | 126 | 2005 - 2020 |
Gabon | 0.02 | 127 | 1990 - 2020 |
Haiti | 0.02 | 128 | 1990 - 2020 |
Kyrgyzstan | 0.02 | 129 | 1990 - 2020 |
Madagascar | 0.02 | 130 | 1990 - 2020 |
Mauritania | 0.02 | 131 | 1990 - 2020 |
Namibia | 0.02 | 132 | 1990 - 2020 |
Niger | 0.02 | 133 | 1990 - 2020 |
Rwanda | 0.02 | 134 | 1990 - 2020 |
Tajikistan | 0.02 | 135 | 1993 - 2020 |
Aruba | 0.01 | 136 | 1995 - 2020 |
Barbados | 0.01 | 137 | 1990 - 2020 |
Bermuda | 0.01 | 138 | 2010 - 2020 |
Bhutan | 0.01 | 139 | 1990 - 2020 |
Faroe Isl. | 0.01 | 140 | 1998 - 2020 |
Fiji | 0.01 | 141 | 1990 - 2020 |
Lesotho | 0.01 | 142 | 2007 - 2020 |
Maldives | 0.01 | 143 | 1990 - 2020 |
Montenegro | 0.01 | 144 | 2000 - 2020 |
San Marino | 0.01 | 145 | 2015 - 2020 |
Seychelles | 0.01 | 146 | 1990 - 2020 |
Sierra Leone | 0.01 | 147 | 1990 - 2020 |
Swaziland | 0.01 | 148 | 1990 - 2020 |
Togo | 0.01 | 149 | 1990 - 2020 |
Ant.& Barb. | 0 | 150 | 1993 - 2020 |
Belize | 0 | 151 | 1990 - 2020 |
Burundi | 0 | 152 | 1990 - 2020 |
Cape Verde | 0 | 153 | 1990 - 2020 |
C.A. Republic | 0 | 154 | 1990 - 2020 |
Comoros | 0 | 155 | 1990 - 2020 |
Gambia | 0 | 156 | 1990 - 2020 |
G.-Bissau | 0 | 157 | 1990 - 2020 |
Micronesia | 0 | 158 | 1995 - 2020 |
Samoa | 0 | 159 | 2002 - 2020 |
Solomon Isl. | 0 | 160 | 1990 - 2020 |
Sudan | 0 | 161 | 1990 - 2020 |
Tonga | 0 | 162 | 1990 - 2020 |
Vanuatu | 0 | 163 | 1990 - 2020 |
Economic outlook around the world
Definition: The share of world exports equals the exports of a particular country as percent of the total exports of all countries around the world. Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
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