Percent of world imports - Country rankings
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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 |
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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 |
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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