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Percent of world imports, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 154 countries was 0.65 percent. The highest value was in the USA: 13.16 percent and the lowest value was in Burundi: 0 percent. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2023. 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, 2023 Global rank Available data
USA 13.16 1 1990 - 2023
China 10.69 2 1990 - 2023
Germany 6.09 3 1990 - 2023
France 3.78 4 1990 - 2023
UK 3.72 5 1990 - 2023
Japan 3.36 6 1990 - 2023
Netherlands 3.05 7 1990 - 2023
India 2.94 8 1990 - 2023
South Korea 2.57 9 1990 - 2023
Italy 2.56 10 1990 - 2023
Canada 2.48 11 1990 - 2023
Singapore 2.35 12 1990 - 2023
Hong Kong 2.29 13 1990 - 2023
Mexico 2.27 14 1990 - 2023
Ireland 1.93 15 1990 - 2023
Switzerland 1.9 16 1990 - 2023
Spain 1.89 17 1990 - 2023
Belgium 1.87 18 1990 - 2023
UA Emirates 1.65 19 2001 - 2023
Poland 1.45 20 1995 - 2023
Australia 1.32 21 1990 - 2023
Turkey 1.31 22 1990 - 2023
Russia 1.3 23 1990 - 2023
Brazil 1.17 24 1990 - 2023
Vietnam 1.16 25 1990 - 2023
Thailand 1.12 26 1990 - 2023
Sweden 1.02 27 1990 - 2023
Austria 1 28 1990 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 1 29 1990 - 2023
Indonesia 0.92 30 1990 - 2023
Malaysia 0.87 31 1990 - 2023
Denmark 0.83 32 1990 - 2023
Czechia 0.75 33 1990 - 2023
Philippines 0.61 34 1990 - 2023
Hungary 0.55 35 1991 - 2023
Norway 0.54 36 1990 - 2023
Luxembourg 0.53 37 1990 - 2023
Romania 0.53 38 1990 - 2023
Israel 0.47 39 1990 - 2023
Portugal 0.46 40 1990 - 2023
Finland 0.43 41 1990 - 2023
South Africa 0.42 42 1990 - 2023
Slovakia 0.41 43 1990 - 2023
Greece 0.4 44 1990 - 2023
Iran 0.39 45 1990 - 2023
Chile 0.34 46 1990 - 2023
Argentina 0.31 47 1990 - 2023
Ukraine 0.3 48 1990 - 2023
Egypt 0.29 49 1990 - 2023
Colombia 0.28 50 1990 - 2023
Bangladesh 0.27 51 1990 - 2023
Kazakhstan 0.25 52 1992 - 2023
Morocco 0.25 53 1990 - 2023
New Zealand 0.23 54 1990 - 2023
Peru 0.22 55 1990 - 2023
Pakistan 0.21 56 1990 - 2023
Bulgaria 0.2 57 1990 - 2023
Lithuania 0.2 58 1995 - 2023
Puerto Rico 0.19 59 1990 - 2023
Slovenia 0.18 60 1990 - 2023
Algeria 0.17 61 1990 - 2023
Serbia 0.17 62 1995 - 2023
Belarus 0.16 63 1990 - 2023
Croatia 0.16 64 1995 - 2023
Uzbekistan 0.14 65 1997 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 0.12 66 1990 - 2023
Ecuador 0.12 67 1990 - 2023
Panama 0.12 68 1990 - 2023
Bahrain 0.11 69 1990 - 2023
Cyprus 0.11 70 1990 - 2023
DR Congo 0.11 71 1994 - 2023
Estonia 0.11 72 1993 - 2023
Guatemala 0.11 73 1990 - 2023
Libya 0.11 74 1990 - 2023
Cambodia 0.1 75 1993 - 2023
Costa Rica 0.1 76 1990 - 2023
Jordan 0.1 77 1990 - 2023
Latvia 0.1 78 1995 - 2023
Azerbaijan 0.09 79 1990 - 2023
Ghana 0.09 80 1990 - 2023
Tunisia 0.09 81 1990 - 2023
Angola 0.08 82 2002 - 2023
Ethiopia 0.08 83 2011 - 2023
Ivory Coast 0.08 84 1990 - 2023
Kenya 0.08 85 1990 - 2023
Macao 0.08 86 1990 - 2023
Malta 0.08 87 1990 - 2023
Honduras 0.07 88 1990 - 2023
El Salvador 0.06 89 1990 - 2023
Georgia 0.06 90 1990 - 2023
Paraguay 0.06 91 1990 - 2023
Sri Lanka 0.06 92 1990 - 2023
Tanzania 0.06 93 1990 - 2023
Uruguay 0.06 94 1990 - 2023
Armenia 0.05 95 1990 - 2023
Bolivia 0.05 96 1990 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 0.05 97 1994 - 2023
Iceland 0.05 98 1990 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 0.05 99 1990 - 2023
Mongolia 0.05 100 1990 - 2023
Nepal 0.05 101 1990 - 2023
Senegal 0.05 102 1990 - 2023
Albania 0.04 103 1990 - 2023
Guinea 0.04 104 1990 - 2023
Mozambique 0.04 105 1991 - 2023
Nicaragua 0.04 106 1990 - 2023
North Macedonia 0.04 107 1990 - 2023
Palestine 0.04 108 1994 - 2023
Uganda 0.04 109 1990 - 2023
Zambia 0.04 110 1994 - 2023
Zimbabwe 0.04 111 1990 - 2023
Afghanistan 0.03 112 2020 - 2023
Brunei 0.03 113 1990 - 2023
Cameroon 0.03 114 1990 - 2023
Mali 0.03 115 1990 - 2023
Mauritius 0.03 116 1990 - 2023
Moldova 0.03 117 1995 - 2023
Namibia 0.03 118 1990 - 2023
Somalia 0.03 119 1990 - 2023
Turkmenistan 0.03 120 1991 - 2023
Bahamas 0.02 121 1990 - 2023
Benin 0.02 122 1990 - 2023
Botswana 0.02 123 1990 - 2023
Burkina Faso 0.02 124 1990 - 2023
Chad 0.02 125 1990 - 2023
Djibouti 0.02 126 2013 - 2023
Gabon 0.02 127 1990 - 2023
Haiti 0.02 128 1990 - 2023
Madagascar 0.02 129 1990 - 2023
Maldives 0.02 130 2014 - 2023
Mauritania 0.02 131 1990 - 2023
Montenegro 0.02 132 2000 - 2023
R. of Congo 0.02 133 1990 - 2023
Rwanda 0.02 134 1990 - 2023
Aruba 0.01 135 1995 - 2023
Belize 0.01 136 1990 - 2023
Bermuda 0.01 137 2010 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 0.01 138 2005 - 2023
Faroe Isl. 0.01 139 1990 - 2023
Lesotho 0.01 140 2007 - 2023
Niger 0.01 141 1990 - 2023
Seychelles 0.01 142 1990 - 2023
Sierra Leone 0.01 143 1990 - 2023
Sudan 0.01 144 1990 - 2023
Togo 0.01 145 1990 - 2023
Burundi 0 146 1990 - 2023
Cape Verde 0 147 1990 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0 148 1990 - 2023
Comoros 0 149 1990 - 2023
Gambia 0 150 1990 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0 151 1990 - 2023
Kiribati 0 152 1990 - 2023
Micronesia 0 153 1995 - 2023
Samoa 0 154 2002 - 2023


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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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