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Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) by country

Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of...

Countries reporting
204
Highest
98.3%
Greenland
Lowest
0.2%
North Korea
Median
58.7%
Years covered
64
1960–2023
Data points
13,495

What the numbers show

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 98.3% in Greenland; the lowest is 0.2% in North Korea.

The median across all reporting countries is 58.7%, and the mean is 58.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 547.

Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 156 fell. The largest increase was in Curacao (up 44,031.3%), and the largest decrease in North Korea (down 96.8%).

Merchandise imports from high-income economies: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Greenland 98.3% 2023 up 2.2% flat
2 Luxembourg 97.2% 2023 up 8.1% flat
3 Bermuda 96.6% 2023 up 4.3% falling
4 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 95.6% 2023 down 3.9% flat
5 San Marino 95.0% 2023 down 4.2% flat
6 Bahamas 93.5% 2023 down 2.7% rising
7 Tuvalu 92.7% 2023 up 5.2% rising
8 Estonia 91.9% 2023 down 1.1% flat
9 Lithuania 90.8% 2023 down 0.5% flat
10 Latvia 90.7% 2023 down 0.4% flat
11 Slovakia 90.1% 2023 down 2.3% falling
12 Finland 89.8% 2023 down 1.7% flat
13 New Caledonia 89.4% 2023 down 1.9% falling
14 Austria 89.3% 2023 up 0.2% flat
15 Saint Lucia 89.0% 2023 down 1.9% flat
16 Sweden 88.8% 2023 up 0.0% flat
17 Ireland 88.2% 2023 down 2.6% flat
18 Guam 87.3% 2023 down 6.4% falling
19 Denmark 87.2% 2023 up 0.7% falling
20 Barbados 87.1% 2023 up 7.2% falling
21 Micronesia (country) 86.5% 2023 down 5.6% falling
22 Palau 84.8% 2023 down 8.3% falling
23 Cyprus 84.7% 2023 down 6.2% falling
24 Belgium 84.6% 2023 down 3.4% falling
25 Malta 84.6% 2023 down 4.4% falling
26 Hungary 84.6% 2023 down 2.3% rising
27 Faroe Islands 84.1% 2023 down 1.6% falling
28 Grenada 84.0% 2023 down 2.6% falling
29 Cape Verde 83.8% 2023 down 1.0% flat
30 Belarus 83.5% 2023 down 0.2% falling
31 France 83.2% 2023 down 0.9% rising
32 Germany 83.2% 2023 down 0.8% flat
33 Portugal 82.5% 2023 up 3.7% rising
34 Croatia 82.5% 2023 up 4.4% falling
35 Poland 82.4% 2023 down 7.4% flat
36 Aruba 81.6% 2023 down 5.4% falling
37 Iceland 81.4% 2023 up 1.9% falling
38 Czechia 81.2% 2023 down 8.7% falling
39 Saint Kitts and Nevis 80.9% 2023 down 8.9% flat
40 Gibraltar 80.9% 2023 down 17.1% falling
41 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 80.6% 2023 down 0.1% falling
42 United Kingdom 79.6% 2023 up 1.8% flat
43 Antigua and Barbuda 79.4% 2023 down 1.5% falling
44 Romania 78.9% 2023 down 6.4% rising
45 Norway 77.9% 2023 down 4.5% falling
46 Gambia 77.7% 2023 up 138.7% falling
47 Nauru 76.6% 2023 down 14.4% rising
48 Marshall Islands 76.4% 2023 down 8.5% falling
49 Switzerland 76.3% 2023 down 10.5% falling
50 Curacao 76.1% 2023 up 44,031.3% volatile
51 Dominica 75.8% 2023 down 4.7% falling
52 Samoa 75.2% 2023 down 4.8% falling
53 Suriname 74.1% 2023 down 8.1% falling
54 Israel 73.9% 2023 down 5.3% falling
55 Trinidad and Tobago 73.7% 2023 up 48.1% falling
56 Bulgaria 72.8% 2023 down 11.5% falling
57 Morocco 72.8% 2023 down 1.1% falling
58 Italy 72.5% 2023 down 1.5% falling
59 Fiji 72.5% 2023 down 6.7% falling
60 Palestine 71.8% 2023 down 14.9% falling
61 Canada 71.6% 2023 down 2.3% falling
62 Seychelles 71.0% 2023 down 2.5% rising
63 Oman 71.0% 2023 down 5.1% falling
64 Spain 70.9% 2023 up 0.4% falling
65 Slovenia 70.1% 2023 down 14.8% falling
66 Tonga 69.9% 2023 down 14.7% falling
67 Netherlands 69.6% 2023 down 5.5% falling
68 Turkey 69.5% 2023 down 1.4% falling
69 Guyana 69.4% 2023 up 13.8% falling
70 North Macedonia 68.7% 2023 down 0.7% falling
71 Serbia 68.7% 2023 down 9.8% falling
72 Vanuatu 68.3% 2023 down 11.2% falling
73 American Samoa 68.3% 2023 up 14.0% falling
74 China 68.1% 2023 down 5.2% falling
75 Mexico 68.0% 2023 down 9.8% falling
76 French Polynesia 68.0% 2023 down 16.1% falling
77 Gabon 67.9% 2023 down 11.7% falling
78 Jamaica 67.1% 2023 up 5.2% falling
79 Bosnia and Herzegovina 66.9% 2023 down 10.5% falling
80 Qatar 65.9% 2023 down 12.8% falling
81 Nigeria 65.4% 2023 up 10.5% falling
82 Mauritania 65.3% 2023 down 20.8% falling
83 Ukraine 65.0% 2023 down 13.4% falling
84 Tunisia 64.3% 2023 down 8.4% falling
85 Macao 63.5% 2023 up 0.0% falling
86 New Zealand 63.0% 2023 down 6.6% falling
87 Kiribati 62.9% 2023 down 16.1% falling
88 Bahrain 62.6% 2023 down 24.4% falling
89 Greece 62.3% 2023 down 12.3% falling
90 Albania 62.3% 2023 down 13.7% falling
91 Egypt 62.2% 2023 down 1.9% falling
92 Comoros 62.2% 2023 up 26.9% falling
93 Armenia 62.1% 2023 down 5.5% falling
94 Sudan 62.1% 2023 down 0.2% falling
95 India 61.4% 2023 up 4.8% falling
96 Costa Rica 61.4% 2023 down 12.2% falling
97 Lebanon 61.3% 2023 down 7.4% falling
98 Kuwait 60.3% 2023 down 12.9% falling
99 Singapore 60.3% 2023 up 0.6% falling
100 Dominican Republic 60.2% 2023 down 5.6% falling
101 Georgia 59.7% 2023 up 19.4% falling
102 Papua New Guinea 58.9% 2023 down 20.9% falling
103 Moldova 58.5% 2023 down 9.8% falling
104 South Korea 58.5% 2023 down 12.5% falling
105 Malaysia 58.4% 2023 down 5.0% falling
106 Mauritius 58.1% 2023 up 47.3% falling
107 Japan 57.7% 2023 down 0.3% falling
108 Angola 57.5% 2023 down 19.0% falling
109 Guinea 57.0% 2023 down 8.0% falling
110 Saudi Arabia 57.0% 2023 down 14.3% falling
111 Ghana 56.4% 2023 up 3.6% falling
112 Brazil 56.4% 2023 up 0.4% falling
113 Jordan 56.3% 2023 down 12.8% falling
114 Belize 55.0% 2023 down 6.0% falling
115 Yemen 54.7% 2023 down 17.7% falling
116 Senegal 54.2% 2023 down 0.5% falling
117 Thailand 54.2% 2023 down 16.0% falling
118 Australia 54.0% 2023 down 8.1% falling
119 Maldives 53.8% 2023 down 18.6% falling
120 Equatorial Guinea 53.8% 2023 down 13.2% falling
121 Colombia 53.5% 2023 down 2.8% falling
122 South Africa 53.3% 2023 down 7.1% falling
123 Algeria 53.3% 2023 down 21.8% falling
124 Pakistan 52.9% 2023 down 18.8% falling
125 Mongolia 52.6% 2023 down 16.2% falling
126 United States 52.5% 2023 up 1.9% falling
127 Kazakhstan 52.4% 2023 down 22.9% falling
128 Cuba 52.2% 2023 up 26.4% falling
129 Montenegro 52.0% 2023 up 7.0% falling
130 Guatemala 51.9% 2023 down 10.5% falling
131 Ecuador 51.8% 2023 down 14.4% falling
132 Libya 51.5% 2023 up 1.7% falling
133 Iran 50.6% 2023 down 10.8% falling
134 Sao Tome and Principe 50.1% 2023 down 26.2% falling
135 Azerbaijan 50.1% 2023 down 19.2% rising
136 Panama 50.0% 2023 down 17.0% falling
137 Cameroon 49.8% 2023 up 11.3% falling
138 Kenya 49.4% 2023 up 2.5% falling
139 Vietnam 48.0% 2023 down 12.1% falling
140 Philippines 48.0% 2023 down 29.9% falling
141 Hong Kong 47.4% 2023 up 13.8% falling
142 Indonesia 47.2% 2023 down 20.0% falling
143 Peru 47.0% 2023 down 3.3% falling
144 Brunei 46.4% 2023 down 15.5% falling
145 Honduras 46.4% 2023 down 20.4% falling
146 Madagascar 46.2% 2023 down 11.8% falling
147 Sri Lanka 44.9% 2023 down 13.4% falling
148 Burundi 44.8% 2023 down 1.9% falling
149 El Salvador 44.8% 2023 down 15.9% falling
150 Eritrea 44.7% 2023 down 10.5% falling
151 Cote d'Ivoire 44.5% 2023 up 4.6% falling
152 Chile 44.4% 2023 down 13.0% falling
153 Tajikistan 44.2% 2023 up 14.4% falling
154 Democratic Republic of Congo 43.8% 2023 up 16.0% falling
155 Solomon Islands 43.4% 2023 down 41.9% falling
156 Mozambique 42.4% 2023 down 12.1% falling
157 Haiti 42.3% 2023 down 11.7% falling
158 Niger 41.9% 2023 up 30.4% falling
159 Burkina Faso 41.7% 2023 down 18.2% falling
160 Tanzania 41.7% 2023 down 17.7% falling
161 Uzbekistan 41.6% 2023 down 29.6% falling
162 Benin 41.4% 2023 down 7.7% falling
163 United Arab Emirates 40.3% 2023 down 30.8% falling
164 Rwanda 38.9% 2023 down 5.6% falling
165 Ethiopia 38.6% 2023 down 16.4% falling
166 Togo 38.5% 2023 down 31.0% falling
167 Central African Republic 38.4% 2023 down 38.2% falling
168 Kyrgyzstan 38.3% 2023 down 30.1% falling
169 Syria 37.8% 2023 up 27.1% falling
170 Zambia 37.6% 2023 up 43.5% falling
171 Djibouti 37.5% 2023 down 18.4% falling
172 Guinea-Bissau 37.3% 2023 down 31.0% falling
173 Nicaragua 37.3% 2023 up 28.1% falling
174 Malawi 37.0% 2023 up 6.0% falling
175 East Timor 36.8% 2023 down 11.9% rising
176 Argentina 36.0% 2023 down 20.3% falling
177 Sierra Leone 35.2% 2023 down 28.8% falling
178 Uganda 35.0% 2023 down 3.9% falling
179 Myanmar 34.3% 2023 down 30.3% falling
180 Bolivia 34.1% 2023 down 19.0% falling
181 Bangladesh 34.0% 2023 down 14.1% falling
182 Venezuela 32.7% 2023 down 32.0% falling
183 Namibia 32.6% 2023 up 65.1% rising
184 Uruguay 29.7% 2023 down 4.7% falling
185 Chad 29.6% 2023 down 25.3% falling
186 Congo 28.4% 2023 down 20.8% falling
187 Paraguay 27.5% 2023 up 7.3% falling
188 Turkmenistan 27.2% 2023 down 39.0% falling
189 Iraq 26.9% 2023 down 28.3% falling
190 Russia 22.0% 2023 down 63.4% falling
191 Liberia 20.5% 2023 down 35.3% falling
192 Cambodia 17.6% 2023 down 54.1% falling
193 Laos 17.4% 2023 up 100.9% volatile
194 Mali 16.0% 2023 down 52.6% falling
195 Somalia 15.8% 2023 down 61.0% falling
196 South Sudan 14.2% 2023 down 63.5% volatile
197 Afghanistan 13.3% 2023 up 34.1% volatile
198 Nepal 12.6% 2023 down 13.1% volatile
199 Eswatini 10.8% 2023 up 99.3% flat
200 Botswana 9.3% 2023 down 51.6% rising
201 Zimbabwe 8.7% 2023 down 29.8% volatile
202 Lesotho 5.8% 2023 down 61.1% volatile
203 Bhutan 4.9% 2023 down 53.6% falling
204 North Korea 0.2% 2023 down 96.8% 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 from high-income economies (% 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, 13,495 data points, 1960–2023
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Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. 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.