Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) by country
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had...
Countries reporting
204
Highest
53.1%
Oman
Lowest
0.0%
American Samoa
Median
2.3%
Years covered
64
1960–2023
Data points
12,428
What the numbers show
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 53.1% in Oman; the lowest is 0.0% in American Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.3%, and the mean is 6.4%.
Over the past decade 137 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 13,306.9%), and the largest decrease in American Samoa (down 99.9%).
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oman | 53.1% | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 2 | Comoros | 46.7% | 2023 | up 87.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Yemen | 39.3% | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 4 | Seychelles | 36.4% | 2023 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Pakistan | 33.0% | 2023 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Iran | 30.3% | 2023 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Burundi | 29.8% | 2023 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Maldives | 28.9% | 2023 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Djibouti | 28.2% | 2023 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Sudan | 27.1% | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 11 | Mauritania | 26.8% | 2023 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 26.4% | 2023 | up 30.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Jordan | 26.1% | 2023 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 14 | Kenya | 25.8% | 2023 | up 52.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Madagascar | 24.1% | 2023 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 23.6% | 2023 | up 322.8% | volatile |
| 17 | India | 21.4% | 2023 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 18 | Syria | 20.5% | 2023 | down 39.0% | rising |
| 19 | Bahrain | 19.6% | 2023 | down 66.0% | falling |
| 20 | Eritrea | 19.1% | 2023 | down 16.3% | flat |
| 21 | Mauritius | 19.0% | 2023 | up 546.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Malawi | 18.9% | 2023 | up 125.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Tanzania | 18.8% | 2023 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Kuwait | 18.8% | 2023 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Uganda | 18.5% | 2023 | up 65.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Rwanda | 17.4% | 2023 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Mozambique | 17.1% | 2023 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Cape Verde | 16.5% | 2023 | up 2,285.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Zambia | 16.2% | 2023 | up 170.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Egypt | 16.1% | 2023 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Brunei | 15.4% | 2023 | up 4,014.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Sri Lanka | 15.2% | 2023 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 14.5% | 2023 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 34 | South Korea | 14.4% | 2023 | down 38.0% | rising |
| 35 | Greece | 13.9% | 2023 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Lebanon | 12.9% | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 37 | Guinea | 12.7% | 2023 | up 76.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Tunisia | 12.2% | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 39 | Japan | 12.0% | 2023 | down 35.6% | flat |
| 40 | South Africa | 11.6% | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 41 | Palestine | 11.0% | 2023 | up 163.7% | rising |
| 42 | Somalia | 10.9% | 2023 | down 72.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Namibia | 10.9% | 2023 | up 2,018.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Sierra Leone | 10.9% | 2023 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Thailand | 10.3% | 2023 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Senegal | 10.2% | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Ghana | 10.1% | 2023 | up 61.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Bangladesh | 9.9% | 2023 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Togo | 9.7% | 2023 | up 119.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Benin | 9.4% | 2023 | up 216.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Morocco | 9.1% | 2023 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 52 | China | 8.8% | 2023 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Iraq | 8.7% | 2023 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Qatar | 8.7% | 2023 | down 47.8% | rising |
| 55 | Algeria | 8.7% | 2023 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Angola | 8.6% | 2023 | up 52.7% | volatile |
| 57 | United Arab Emirates | 8.3% | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 58 | Italy | 7.9% | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 59 | Turkey | 7.8% | 2023 | up 50.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.7% | 2023 | up 112.0% | rising |
| 61 | Niger | 7.3% | 2023 | up 131.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Malaysia | 7.0% | 2023 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Singapore | 7.0% | 2023 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 64 | Cameroon | 6.7% | 2023 | up 123.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Spain | 6.5% | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Central African Republic | 6.2% | 2023 | up 57.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Liberia | 6.0% | 2023 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 68 | South Sudan | 5.6% | 2023 | up 13,306.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Lithuania | 5.5% | 2023 | up 1,728.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Gabon | 5.4% | 2023 | up 63.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Nigeria | 5.2% | 2023 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Albania | 4.9% | 2023 | up 68.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Indonesia | 4.9% | 2023 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 74 | France | 4.9% | 2023 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Burkina Faso | 4.7% | 2023 | up 117.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Brazil | 4.4% | 2023 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Nepal | 4.3% | 2023 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Philippines | 4.2% | 2023 | down 50.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Switzerland | 3.8% | 2023 | up 72.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Congo | 3.7% | 2023 | up 131.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Israel | 3.6% | 2023 | up 537.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Iceland | 3.5% | 2023 | up 887.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Cyprus | 3.4% | 2023 | up 109.8% | volatile |
| 84 | United Kingdom | 3.3% | 2023 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Serbia | 3.2% | 2023 | up 554.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Paraguay | 3.2% | 2023 | up 1,061.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Mali | 3.2% | 2023 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Chad | 3.0% | 2023 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Georgia | 3.0% | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 90 | Afghanistan | 3.0% | 2023 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.9% | 2023 | up 49.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Slovenia | 2.9% | 2023 | up 84.2% | rising |
| 93 | Poland | 2.8% | 2023 | up 1,117.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Uruguay | 2.8% | 2023 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Vietnam | 2.6% | 2023 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Gibraltar | 2.6% | 2023 | up 117.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Hong Kong | 2.6% | 2023 | up 132.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Netherlands | 2.6% | 2023 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Malta | 2.6% | 2023 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Eswatini | 2.5% | 2023 | up 248.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Belgium | 2.5% | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 102 | Gambia | 2.5% | 2023 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.2% | 2023 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Portugal | 2.2% | 2023 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Argentina | 2.1% | 2023 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Romania | 2.0% | 2023 | up 168.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Ukraine | 1.8% | 2023 | up 164.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Bulgaria | 1.8% | 2023 | up 101.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Myanmar | 1.7% | 2023 | up 93.2% | volatile |
| 110 | United States | 1.6% | 2023 | down 61.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Germany | 1.6% | 2023 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Croatia | 1.5% | 2023 | up 58.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Grenada | 1.5% | 2023 | up 2,736.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Cuba | 1.3% | 2023 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Austria | 1.2% | 2023 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Australia | 1.1% | 2023 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Armenia | 1.1% | 2023 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Moldova | 1.1% | 2023 | up 328.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.0% | 2023 | up 174.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Norway | 1.0% | 2023 | up 137.9% | volatile |
| 121 | North Macedonia | 0.9% | 2023 | up 91.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Canada | 0.9% | 2023 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Uzbekistan | 0.9% | 2023 | down 78.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Costa Rica | 0.9% | 2023 | up 358.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Sweden | 0.8% | 2023 | up 120.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Ireland | 0.8% | 2023 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Nicaragua | 0.7% | 2023 | up 666.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Azerbaijan | 0.7% | 2023 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 129 | New Zealand | 0.7% | 2023 | down 89.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.7% | 2023 | up 425.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Zimbabwe | 0.7% | 2023 | up 180.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Colombia | 0.7% | 2023 | up 123.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.6% | 2023 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Ecuador | 0.6% | 2023 | up 141.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Slovakia | 0.6% | 2023 | up 174.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Denmark | 0.6% | 2023 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Chile | 0.5% | 2023 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Macao | 0.5% | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 139 | Kazakhstan | 0.5% | 2023 | up 67.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Bolivia | 0.5% | 2023 | up 162.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Russia | 0.5% | 2023 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Dominican Republic | 0.5% | 2023 | up 444.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Estonia | 0.5% | 2023 | up 506.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.4% | 2023 | up 60.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Mexico | 0.4% | 2023 | up 19.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Finland | 0.4% | 2023 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Peru | 0.4% | 2023 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Tajikistan | 0.4% | 2023 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Montenegro | 0.4% | 2023 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 150 | El Salvador | 0.4% | 2023 | up 53.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Guyana | 0.4% | 2023 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Belize | 0.4% | 2023 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.4% | 2023 | up 908.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Hungary | 0.3% | 2023 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Czechia | 0.3% | 2023 | up 60.9% | volatile |
| 156 | East Timor | 0.3% | 2023 | up 1,006.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Guatemala | 0.3% | 2023 | up 62.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Jamaica | 0.3% | 2023 | up 670.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Aruba | 0.3% | 2023 | up 1,055.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Haiti | 0.3% | 2023 | up 142.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Dominica | 0.3% | 2023 | down 86.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Cambodia | 0.3% | 2021 | up 64.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Panama | 0.3% | 2023 | up 495.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Venezuela | 0.3% | 2023 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Fiji | 0.3% | 2017 | up 279.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Honduras | 0.3% | 2023 | up 545.5% | volatile |
| 167 | French Polynesia | 0.2% | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 168 | Lesotho | 0.2% | 2023 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 169 | New Caledonia | 0.2% | 2004 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Suriname | 0.2% | 2023 | up 75.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Libya | 0.2% | 2023 | down 98.9% | volatile |
| 172 | Latvia | 0.2% | 2023 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 173 | Belarus | 0.2% | 2023 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Mongolia | 0.2% | 2023 | up 206.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Luxembourg | 0.2% | 2023 | up 101.4% | volatile |
| 176 | Curacao | 0.1% | 2023 | up 143.9% | volatile |
| 177 | Botswana | 0.1% | 2023 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Bhutan | 0.1% | 2023 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 179 | Vanuatu | 0.1% | 2011 | up 155.2% | volatile |
| 180 | Tuvalu | 0.1% | 2021 | up 536.8% | volatile |
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1% | 2023 | up 218.9% | volatile |
| 182 | Turkmenistan | 0.1% | 2023 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 183 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1% | 2023 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 184 | Greenland | 0.1% | 2023 | up 153.6% | volatile |
| 185 | Kiribati | 0.1% | 2023 | up 75.7% | volatile |
| 186 | Barbados | 0.1% | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Faroe Islands | 0.1% | 2023 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 188 | San Marino | 0.1% | 2023 | up 1,441.6% | volatile |
| 189 | Micronesia (country) | 0.1% | 2023 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 190 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1% | 2023 | up 618.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 67.9% | volatile |
| 192 | Laos | 0.0% | 2023 | up 337.4% | volatile |
| 193 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2023 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 194 | Samoa | 0.0% | 2009 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 195 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2011 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 196 | Guam | 0.0% | 2023 | up 1,008.3% | volatile |
| 197 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2023 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 198 | Palau | 0.0% | 2023 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 199 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 200 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2022 | up 585.4% | volatile |
| 201 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0% | 2023 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 202 | North Korea | 0.0% | 2023 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 203 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 2021 | up 86.0% | volatile |
| 204 | American Samoa | 0.0% | 2023 | down 99.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Asia 20.0%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 20.0%
- Low income 17.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 16.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 16.7%
- Lower middle income 15.7%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 15.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 13.8%
- Arab World 13.2%
- Least developed countries: UN classification 12.5%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 12.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 12.4%
About this data
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.