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Value of global merchandise imports as a share of GDP (Fouquin and Hugot; CEPII 2016; National data)

% · higher is better · 193 countries

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  1. 1Liberia636.6%
  2. 2Tuvalu299%
  3. 3Djibouti265.4%
  4. 4Togo236.3%
  5. 5Hong Kong SAR, China221.6%
  6. 6St. Lucia201.7%
  7. 7Gambia, The144.2%
  8. 8Bahamas, The142.2%
  9. 9Kyrgyz Republic141.2%
  10. 10Singapore119.6%
  11. 11Dominica111.8%
  12. 12Kiribati106.2%
  13. 13Panama105.8%
  14. 14Cambodia104.4%
  15. 15Lesotho101.2%
  16. 16Latvia100.6%
  17. 17Guinea98.8%
  18. 18Marshall Islands96.4%
  19. 19Antigua and Barbuda94.5%
  20. 20Seychelles89.7%
  21. 21Viet Nam89.7%
  22. 22Benin87.9%
  23. 23Belgium84.3%
  24. 24St. Vincent and the Grenadines82.9%
  25. 25Estonia81.7%
  26. 26Slovak Republic80.5%
  27. 27St. Kitts and Nevis79.1%
  28. 28Moldova77.7%
  29. 29Vanuatu76.2%
  30. 30Mauritania75.4%
  31. 31Hungary74.5%
  32. 32Czechia73.9%
  33. 33Mozambique73.3%
  34. 34Netherlands72.6%
  35. 35Lithuania72.3%
  36. 36Palau71.7%
  37. 37Belize69.8%
  38. 38Slovenia68.7%
  39. 39Timor-Leste68.6%
  40. 40Lao PDR67.8%
  41. 41United Arab Emirates67.2%
  42. 42Jordan66.2%
  43. 43Grenada63.6%
  44. 44North Macedonia63.5%
  45. 45Tajikistan62.8%
  46. 46Malaysia62.7%
  47. 47Bulgaria60.3%
  48. 48Haiti59.2%
  49. 49Namibia58.1%
  50. 50Thailand56.4%
  51. 51Samoa56.4%
  52. 52Tonga56.2%
  53. 53Georgia55.9%
  54. 54Honduras55.6%
  55. 55Maldives55.6%
  56. 56Tunisia54.5%
  57. 57Nicaragua53.5%
  58. 58Fiji53.4%
  59. 59Guyana53.3%
  60. 60Belarus53.2%
  61. 61Senegal51.9%
  62. 62Montenegro51.6%
  63. 63Cyprus49.6%
  64. 64Malawi49.2%
  65. 65Botswana48.8%
  66. 66Bosnia and Herzegovina48.3%
  67. 67Barbados48.2%
  68. 68Mongolia48.1%
  69. 69Libya46.5%
  70. 70Solomon Islands45.6%
  71. 71Cabo Verde45.1%
  72. 72Lebanon44.8%
  73. 73Ghana44.5%
  74. 74Bahrain44.4%
  75. 75Ukraine44.2%
  76. 76Comoros43.1%
  77. 77Mauritius42.8%
  78. 78El Salvador42%
  79. 79Brunei Darussalam41.9%
  80. 80Jamaica41.8%
  81. 81Poland41.8%
  82. 82Guinea-Bissau41.5%
  83. 83Morocco41.5%
  84. 84Bhutan41.4%
  85. 85Austria41%
  86. 86Luxembourg40.7%
  87. 87Paraguay40.2%
  88. 88Afghanistan39.8%
  89. 89Croatia39.4%
  90. 90Albania39.2%
  91. 91Romania38.8%
  92. 92Nepal38.3%
  93. 93Congo, Rep.38.2%
  94. 94Greenland38%
  95. 95Armenia37.8%
  96. 96Myanmar37.8%
  97. 97Korea, Rep.37.2%
  98. 98Papua New Guinea36.7%
  99. 99Switzerland36.6%
  100. 100Eswatini36.2%
  101. 101Oman36%
  102. 102Zambia35.8%
  103. 103Suriname35.1%
  104. 104Sao Tome and Principe34.9%
  105. 105Costa Rica34.7%
  106. 106Philippines34.6%
  107. 107Zimbabwe34.6%
  108. 108Madagascar34.4%
  109. 109Mexico33.9%
  110. 110Portugal33.9%
  111. 111Cote d'Ivoire32.3%
  112. 112Tanzania32.2%
  113. 113Bolivia32%
  114. 114Iceland31.5%
  115. 115Kenya31.3%
  116. 116South Africa31.3%
  117. 117Guatemala31.1%
  118. 118Germany31.1%
  119. 119Rwanda31.1%
  120. 120Ireland30.6%
  121. 121Turkiye30.3%
  122. 122Ethiopia29.9%
  123. 123Finland29.5%
  124. 124Mali29.4%
  125. 125Denmark29.3%
  126. 126Dominican Republic29.1%
  127. 127Central African Republic28.6%
  128. 128Canada28.4%
  129. 129Sweden28.2%
  130. 130Chile27.9%
  131. 131Sierra Leone27.5%
  132. 132Algeria27.3%
  133. 133Niger27.3%
  134. 134Ecuador27.3%
  135. 135Greece26.7%
  136. 136Iraq26.4%
  137. 137Trinidad and Tobago26.4%
  138. 138Spain25.7%
  139. 139Chad25.1%
  140. 140Egypt, Arab Rep.25.1%
  141. 141Pakistan24.4%
  142. 142Cameroon24.4%
  143. 143Uruguay24.2%
  144. 144Bangladesh24.1%
  145. 145France24.1%
  146. 146Sri Lanka24%
  147. 147Macao SAR, China23.7%
  148. 148Israel23.6%
  149. 149Uzbekistan23.3%
  150. 150United Kingdom23.1%
  151. 151Peru23%
  152. 152Turkmenistan23%
  153. 153Italy22.8%
  154. 154Iran, Islamic Rep.22.7%
  155. 155Gabon22.6%
  156. 156India22.5%
  157. 157Saudi Arabia22.5%
  158. 158Congo, Dem. Rep.22.4%
  159. 159Burkina Faso22.2%
  160. 160Angola21.9%
  161. 161Uganda21.7%
  162. 162New Zealand21.1%
  163. 163Indonesia20.7%
  164. 164Azerbaijan20.5%
  165. 165Kuwait19.3%
  166. 166Kazakhstan19.2%
  167. 167China19%
  168. 168Japan17.7%
  169. 169Norway17.5%
  170. 170Equatorial Guinea17.3%
  171. 171Australia17.2%
  172. 172Colombia16.9%
  173. 173Qatar14.4%
  174. 174Russian Federation14.1%
  175. 175United States13.5%
  176. 176Burundi13%
  177. 177Sudan12.5%
  178. 178Argentina11.9%
  179. 179Nigeria11.7%
  180. 180Brazil10.4%

Value of global merchandise imports as a share of GDP (Fouquin and Hugot; CEPII 2016; National data)