Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) by country

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of imports by the reporting economy from high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World...

Countries reporting
204
Highest
3.5%
Dominica
Lowest
-0.0%
Ethiopia
Median
0.0%
Years covered
64
1960–2023
Data points
13,499

What the numbers show

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 3.5% in Dominica; the lowest is -0.0% in Ethiopia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 0.1%.

Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 98 fell. The largest increase was in Estonia (up 226,300,000,000,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Seychelles (down 100.0%).

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Dominica 3.5% 2023 up 12,343.9% volatile
2 Cuba 2.5% 2023 down 84.5% volatile
3 Curacao 2.3% 2023 volatile
4 Haiti 2.1% 2023 down 11.2% volatile
5 Bermuda 2.1% 2023 down 63.7% volatile
6 Lebanon 0.6% 2023 up 1,400.5% volatile
7 Dominican Republic 0.6% 2023 down 60.0% volatile
8 Guyana 0.4% 2023 down 96.9% volatile
9 Colombia 0.2% 2023 down 71.5% volatile
10 Guatemala 0.2% 2023 up 219.9% volatile
11 Brazil 0.2% 2023 down 65.4% volatile
12 Spain 0.1% 2023 down 70.4% volatile
13 Aruba 0.1% 2023 down 87.7% volatile
14 Ecuador 0.1% 2023 down 30.4% volatile
15 United States 0.1% 2023 down 91.7% volatile
16 Turkey 0.1% 2023 up 37.9% volatile
17 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.1% 2023 up 3,170.2% volatile
18 Panama 0.1% 2023 down 80.1% volatile
19 Comoros 0.1% 2023 volatile
20 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1% 2023 down 81.1% volatile
21 Montenegro 0.1% 2023 up 70,580.3% volatile
22 Tunisia 0.0% 2023 up 5,507.5% volatile
23 Peru 0.0% 2023 down 81.3% volatile
24 Grenada 0.0% 2023 down 99.3% volatile
25 Bolivia 0.0% 2023 down 77.8% volatile
26 Portugal 0.0% 2023 up 134.6% volatile
27 Jordan 0.0% 2023 down 31.3% volatile
28 Costa Rica 0.0% 2023 down 87.8% volatile
29 Macao 0.0% 2023 up 1,512,220.0% volatile
30 China 0.0% 2023 down 96.0% volatile
31 Italy 0.0% 2023 up 14.2% volatile
32 India 0.0% 2023 down 99.2% volatile
33 Norway 0.0% 2023 up 213.5% volatile
34 Egypt 0.0% 2023 up 589.0% volatile
35 Slovenia 0.0% 2023 up 8.6% volatile
36 Estonia 0.0% 2023 up 226,300,000,000,000.0% volatile
37 Netherlands 0.0% 2023 down 82.4% volatile
38 Bahamas 0.0% 2023 up 161.1% volatile
39 Chile 0.0% 2023 down 90.0% volatile
40 Malaysia 0.0% 2023 down 94.5% volatile
41 Ukraine 0.0% 2023 up 3,483.2% volatile
42 France 0.0% 2023 down 17.8% volatile
43 Honduras 0.0% 2023 up 46.0% volatile
44 El Salvador 0.0% 2023 down 99.5% volatile
45 Romania 0.0% 2023 up 85.2% volatile
46 Jamaica 0.0% 2023 down 99.9% volatile
47 Indonesia 0.0% 2023 up 2,663.7% volatile
48 Lithuania 0.0% 2023 up 9,160.9% volatile
49 Poland 0.0% 2023 down 45.1% volatile
50 United Kingdom 0.0% 2023 down 89.3% volatile
51 Latvia 0.0% 2023 up 35,059.4% volatile
52 United Arab Emirates 0.0% 2023 up 7,407.0% volatile
53 Suriname 0.0% 2023 down 98.8% volatile
54 Thailand 0.0% 2023 up 234.8% volatile
55 Belgium 0.0% 2023 down 94.5% volatile
56 North Korea 0.0% 2023 volatile
57 Moldova 0.0% 2023 up 3,225.8% volatile
58 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2023 volatile
59 Serbia 0.0% 2023 up 5,775.8% volatile
60 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0% 2023 down 95.7% volatile
61 Rwanda 0.0% 2023 up 20,030.4% volatile
62 Canada 0.0% 2023 down 95.9% volatile
63 Mexico 0.0% 2023 down 88.9% volatile
64 Czechia 0.0% 2023 up 47,789.7% volatile
65 Saint Lucia 0.0% 2023 up 474.4% volatile
66 Greece 0.0% 2023 down 95.4% volatile
67 Tanzania 0.0% 2023 up 6,968.6% volatile
68 Philippines 0.0% 2023 up 199.3% volatile
69 Russia 0.0% 2023 up 54.1% volatile
70 Japan 0.0% 2023 down 97.2% volatile
71 Cyprus 0.0% 2023 up 5,188.1% volatile
72 Gabon 0.0% 2023 up 2,361.7% volatile
73 Morocco 0.0% 2023 down 98.1% volatile
74 Saudi Arabia 0.0% 2023 down 80.2% volatile
75 Argentina 0.0% 2023 down 97.9% volatile
76 Nepal 0.0% 2023 up 225,242.0% volatile
77 Nigeria 0.0% 2023 up 27,717.3% volatile
78 Senegal 0.0% 2023 down 97.6% volatile
79 Zambia 0.0% 2023 up 693.4% volatile
80 Hong Kong 0.0% 2023 down 66.2% volatile
81 South Korea 0.0% 2023 down 87.5% volatile
82 Iran 0.0% 2023 volatile
83 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0% 2023 volatile
84 Qatar 0.0% 2023 volatile
85 Germany 0.0% 2023 down 96.9% volatile
86 Bulgaria 0.0% 2023 down 18.0% volatile
87 Malawi 0.0% 2023 up 164.6% volatile
88 Kuwait 0.0% 2023 up 220.0% volatile
89 Hungary 0.0% 2023 up 912.8% volatile
90 Singapore 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
92 Ghana 0.0% 2023 up 1,253.0% volatile
93 Croatia 0.0% 2023 down 54.4% volatile
94 New Zealand 0.0% 2023 down 80.3% volatile
95 Maldives 0.0% 2023 down 33.4% volatile
96 Austria 0.0% 2023 up 51.1% volatile
97 North Macedonia 0.0% 2023 down 99.3% volatile
98 Greenland 0.0% 2023 volatile
99 Mozambique 0.0% 2023 up 54,681.4% volatile
100 Bahrain 0.0% 2023 down 87.8% volatile
101 Iceland 0.0% 2023 down 99.6% volatile
102 Faroe Islands 0.0% 2023 down 2.5% volatile
103 Paraguay 0.0% 2023 down 69.3% volatile
104 Australia 0.0% 2023 down 45.3% volatile
105 Albania 0.0% 2023 down 99.0% volatile
106 Bangladesh 0.0% 2023 volatile
107 Eritrea 0.0% 2023 up 1.0% rising
108 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2023 down 85.3% volatile
109 Israel 0.0% 2023 down 64.6% volatile
110 Ireland 0.0% 2023 down 16.2% volatile
111 Palestine 0.0% 2023 up 15,363.0% volatile
112 Chad 0.0% 2023 volatile
113 Denmark 0.0% 2023 down 78.8% volatile
114 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2023 volatile
115 Belize 0.0% 2023 down 93.4% volatile
116 Sweden 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
117 Eswatini 0.0% 2023 down 91.8% volatile
118 Kenya 0.0% 2023 up 5.4% volatile
119 East Timor 0.0% 2023 volatile
120 Malta 0.0% 2023 down 57.2% volatile
121 Myanmar 0.0% 2023 down 99.2% volatile
122 Finland 0.0% 2023 down 99.9% volatile
123 Benin 0.0% 2023 volatile
124 Cameroon 0.0% 2023 up 220.4% volatile
125 Angola 0.0% 2023 down 94.3% volatile
126 South Africa 0.0% 2023 down 99.7% volatile
127 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2023 down 64.5% volatile
128 Mali 0.0% 2023 volatile
129 Azerbaijan 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
130 Oman 0.0% 2023 down 98.9% volatile
131 Armenia 0.0% 2023 volatile
132 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2023 down 75.8% volatile
133 Uruguay 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
134 Slovakia 0.0% 2023 down 97.2% volatile
135 Namibia 0.0% 2023 down 74.6% volatile
136 Belarus 0.0% 2023 down 99.4% volatile
137 Pakistan 0.0% 2023 down 98.9% volatile
138 Madagascar 0.0% 2023 down 96.9% volatile
139 Luxembourg 0.0% 2023 down 99.9% volatile
140 Algeria 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
141 Micronesia (country) 0.0% 2023 volatile
142 Seychelles 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
143 Afghanistan 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 American Samoa 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Burundi 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Burkina Faso 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
143 Barbados 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
143 Brunei 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
143 Bhutan 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Botswana 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
143 Central African Republic 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Switzerland 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
143 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
143 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Congo 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
143 Cape Verde 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Djibouti 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
143 Fiji 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
143 Gibraltar 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Guinea 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Gambia 0.0% 2023 up 100.0% volatile
143 Equatorial Guinea 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Guam 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Iraq 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
143 Cambodia 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Kiribati 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Laos 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Liberia 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Libya 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Lesotho 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Marshall Islands 0.0% 2023 up 100.0% volatile
143 Mongolia 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
143 Mauritania 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
143 Mauritius 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
143 New Caledonia 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Niger 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Nicaragua 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
143 Nauru 0.0% 2023 flat
143 Palau 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Papua New Guinea 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 French Polynesia 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
143 Sudan 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Sierra Leone 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 San Marino 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Somalia 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 South Sudan 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0% 2023 flat
143 Syria 0.0% 2023 up 100.0% volatile
143 Togo 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
143 Tajikistan 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Tonga 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Tuvalu 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Uganda 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Venezuela 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Vietnam 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Vanuatu 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Samoa 0.0% 2023 volatile
143 Yemen 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
143 Zimbabwe 0.0% 2023 volatile
203 Georgia -0.0% 2023 volatile
204 Ethiopia -0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
Unit
% of total merchandise imports
Source
Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
252 places, 13,499 data points, 1960–2023
Last refreshed

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of imports by the reporting economy from high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy.