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Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) by country

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of...

Countries reporting
204
Highest
45.2%
Turkmenistan
Lowest
0.0%
Kiribati
Median
1.6%
Years covered
64
1960–2023
Data points
11,192

What the numbers show

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 45.2% in Turkmenistan; the lowest is 0.0% in Kiribati.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.6%, and the mean is 4.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13,756.

Over the past decade 137 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Nauru (up 54,208.4%), and the largest decrease in North Korea (down 98.8%).

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe &: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Turkmenistan 45.2% 2023 up 15.2% falling
2 Montenegro 31.6% 2023 down 21.4% falling
3 Tajikistan 28.7% 2023 down 15.4% falling
4 Georgia 26.6% 2023 down 28.4% falling
5 Iraq 25.7% 2023 down 23.5% volatile
6 Moldova 24.2% 2023 up 2.9% falling
7 Azerbaijan 23.4% 2023 down 5.5% falling
8 Uzbekistan 19.6% 2023 up 44.3% falling
9 Russia 19.4% 2023 up 28.9% falling
10 Libya 18.7% 2023 up 37.3% volatile
11 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17.6% 2023 up 18.2% volatile
12 Albania 17.1% 2023 up 15.1% volatile
13 Afghanistan 17.0% 2023 down 41.5% volatile
14 Kyrgyzstan 16.2% 2023 down 16.7% falling
15 Bulgaria 15.5% 2023 up 31.6% volatile
16 North Macedonia 15.4% 2023 down 6.0% rising
17 Iran 13.0% 2023 up 39.3% volatile
18 Sierra Leone 12.3% 2023 up 78.9% volatile
19 Greece 12.2% 2023 up 38.7% volatile
20 Chad 11.9% 2023 up 208.2% volatile
21 Eritrea 11.8% 2023 up 711.8% volatile
22 Croatia 11.4% 2023 up 3.4% volatile
23 Somalia 11.3% 2023 up 161.3% volatile
24 Romania 11.3% 2023 up 25.4% volatile
25 Serbia 11.1% 2023 down 13.6% rising
26 Ukraine 9.9% 2023 up 9.5% falling
27 Djibouti 9.9% 2023 up 122.7% volatile
28 Lebanon 9.8% 2023 up 26.1% volatile
29 Syria 9.3% 2023 down 59.6% volatile
30 Slovenia 9.3% 2023 up 7.2% volatile
31 Kazakhstan 9.2% 2023 down 19.9% falling
32 Sudan 8.3% 2023 up 80.5% volatile
33 Tunisia 7.7% 2023 down 7.1% volatile
34 Palestine 7.6% 2023 up 25.1% rising
35 Faroe Islands 6.8% 2023 up 1,016.5% volatile
36 Algeria 6.7% 2023 up 62.2% volatile
37 Egypt 6.6% 2023 down 25.9% volatile
38 Italy 6.0% 2023 down 3.8% volatile
39 Morocco 6.0% 2023 up 21.1% volatile
40 Israel 6.0% 2023 up 34.8% volatile
41 United Arab Emirates 5.9% 2023 up 117.2% volatile
42 Armenia 5.7% 2023 down 54.1% falling
43 Sao Tome and Principe 5.4% 2023 up 4,583.3% volatile
44 Yemen 5.0% 2023 up 30.0% rising
45 Switzerland 4.7% 2023 up 148.8% volatile
46 Togo 4.7% 2023 up 119.0% volatile
47 Equatorial Guinea 4.7% 2023 up 69.2% volatile
48 Hungary 4.5% 2023 up 30.4% volatile
49 Brunei 4.4% 2022 up 11,361.8% volatile
50 Turkey 4.2% 2023 up 0.1% volatile
51 Belarus 4.2% 2023 down 37.8% volatile
52 Ethiopia 4.2% 2023 down 31.0% volatile
53 Comoros 3.8% 2023 up 296.2% volatile
54 Jordan 3.8% 2023 down 24.6% volatile
55 Latvia 3.7% 2023 down 14.9% falling
56 Mauritius 3.6% 2023 up 287.5% volatile
57 Cuba 3.6% 2023 up 75.0% volatile
58 Poland 3.6% 2023 up 28.6% volatile
59 Spain 3.5% 2023 up 32.2% volatile
60 Austria 3.4% 2023 up 0.5% volatile
61 Lithuania 3.3% 2023 down 35.2% falling
62 Cyprus 3.2% 2023 up 119.3% volatile
63 Cameroon 3.1% 2023 up 100.3% volatile
64 Venezuela 3.1% 2023 up 505.7% volatile
65 Malta 3.0% 2023 up 37.9% volatile
66 Czechia 3.0% 2023 down 6.0% rising
67 Senegal 3.0% 2023 down 39.3% volatile
68 Nepal 3.0% 2023 up 296.3% volatile
69 Qatar 2.9% 2023 up 137.1% volatile
70 Germany 2.8% 2023 up 7.0% volatile
71 Haiti 2.7% 2023 up 93.6% volatile
72 Slovakia 2.6% 2023 up 24.0% falling
73 Mauritania 2.6% 2023 up 4.4% volatile
74 Tanzania 2.4% 2023 up 73.9% volatile
75 Suriname 2.4% 2023 up 1,268.3% volatile
76 Burkina Faso 2.4% 2023 up 68.4% volatile
77 Gabon 2.3% 2023 up 156.9% volatile
78 United Kingdom 2.3% 2023 up 29.4% volatile
79 Mongolia 2.3% 2023 down 51.7% volatile
80 Cote d'Ivoire 2.2% 2023 up 94.4% volatile
81 South Sudan 2.1% 2023 down 26.2% volatile
82 Burundi 2.1% 2023 up 2.3% volatile
83 Kuwait 2.1% 2023 up 18.3% volatile
84 France 2.1% 2023 down 18.5% volatile
85 Trinidad and Tobago 2.1% 2023 up 447.7% volatile
86 Rwanda 2.1% 2023 up 15.2% volatile
87 Uruguay 2.1% 2023 up 337.6% volatile
88 Estonia 2.0% 2023 up 9.3% falling
89 Benin 2.0% 2023 down 12.2% volatile
90 Portugal 1.9% 2023 down 38.2% volatile
91 Kenya 1.9% 2023 down 11.2% volatile
92 Jamaica 1.8% 2023 up 134.3% volatile
93 Ghana 1.8% 2023 down 6.0% volatile
94 Guinea-Bissau 1.7% 2023 up 34.8% volatile
95 China 1.7% 2023 down 15.3% volatile
96 Liberia 1.7% 2023 down 76.6% volatile
97 Guinea 1.7% 2023 down 11.4% volatile
98 Gambia 1.7% 2023 down 64.0% volatile
99 Saudi Arabia 1.7% 2023 down 35.2% volatile
100 San Marino 1.7% 2023 up 130.6% volatile
101 Marshall Islands 1.6% 2023 down 89.7% volatile
102 Guyana 1.6% 2023 up 164.2% volatile
103 Mali 1.6% 2023 up 1.5% volatile
104 Netherlands 1.6% 2023 up 36.0% volatile
105 Madagascar 1.6% 2023 down 19.9% volatile
106 Bangladesh 1.6% 2023 down 62.2% volatile
107 Congo 1.5% 2023 up 131.4% volatile
108 Bahrain 1.5% 2023 up 43.6% volatile
109 Panama 1.5% 2023 up 20.2% volatile
110 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.5% 2023 up 147.5% volatile
111 Sri Lanka 1.4% 2023 up 83.1% volatile
112 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.4% 2023 up 35.7% volatile
113 Norway 1.4% 2023 down 12.1% volatile
114 Denmark 1.4% 2023 up 3.3% volatile
115 Nigeria 1.4% 2023 down 28.3% volatile
116 Belgium 1.4% 2023 up 5.2% rising
117 Oman 1.4% 2023 up 0.8% volatile
118 Central African Republic 1.3% 2023 up 98.0% volatile
119 Cape Verde 1.3% 2023 down 6.9% volatile
120 Sweden 1.3% 2023 up 29.0% volatile
121 Iceland 1.3% 2023 up 86.6% volatile
122 Niger 1.2% 2023 up 7.4% volatile
123 Angola 1.2% 2023 up 9.6% volatile
124 Finland 1.2% 2023 down 14.9% volatile
125 French Polynesia 1.1% 2023 up 347.3% volatile
126 South Africa 1.0% 2023 up 23.2% rising
127 Uganda 1.0% 2023 down 10.8% volatile
128 South Korea 1.0% 2023 up 218.2% volatile
129 Dominica 1.0% 2023 up 69.1% volatile
130 Ireland 1.0% 2023 up 104.9% volatile
131 Luxembourg 1.0% 2023 up 328.8% volatile
132 Seychelles 1.0% 2023 up 90.3% volatile
133 Pakistan 0.9% 2023 down 8.2% volatile
134 Maldives 0.9% 2023 up 126.1% volatile
135 Peru 0.9% 2023 up 12.8% volatile
136 Gibraltar 0.9% 2023 up 29.6% volatile
137 Brazil 0.9% 2023 down 2.7% volatile
138 Bolivia 0.8% 2023 up 229.2% volatile
139 Grenada 0.8% 2023 up 1,142.1% volatile
140 India 0.7% 2023 down 29.6% volatile
141 Indonesia 0.7% 2023 down 65.9% volatile
142 United States 0.7% 2023 up 35.2% rising
143 Barbados 0.6% 2023 up 354.4% volatile
144 Paraguay 0.6% 2023 up 119.3% volatile
145 Dominican Republic 0.6% 2023 up 115.5% volatile
146 Antigua and Barbuda 0.6% 2023 up 348.1% volatile
147 Costa Rica 0.6% 2023 up 104.4% volatile
148 Argentina 0.6% 2023 down 0.0% volatile
149 Zimbabwe 0.6% 2023 up 119.6% volatile
150 Botswana 0.6% 2023 up 1,687.3% volatile
151 Canada 0.5% 2023 down 46.4% volatile
152 Mozambique 0.5% 2023 up 26.7% volatile
153 Tuvalu 0.5% 2023 up 3,188.8% volatile
154 Nicaragua 0.5% 2023 up 79.1% volatile
155 Colombia 0.5% 2023 up 16.5% volatile
156 Chile 0.5% 2023 up 38.8% volatile
157 Namibia 0.5% 2023 up 2,215.0% volatile
158 Zambia 0.5% 2023 up 135.3% volatile
159 Australia 0.5% 2023 up 7.9% volatile
160 Saint Lucia 0.4% 2023 up 302.3% volatile
161 New Zealand 0.4% 2023 up 9.9% volatile
162 Mexico 0.4% 2023 up 76.9% volatile
163 Ecuador 0.4% 2023 down 17.2% volatile
164 Belize 0.4% 2023 up 631.8% volatile
165 Guatemala 0.4% 2023 down 20.9% volatile
166 Singapore 0.3% 2023 up 10.1% volatile
167 Japan 0.3% 2023 up 36.8% volatile
168 Malaysia 0.3% 2023 up 44.5% volatile
169 Honduras 0.3% 2023 up 37.7% volatile
170 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.3% 2023 up 6.7% volatile
171 Philippines 0.3% 2023 down 12.5% volatile
172 Vanuatu 0.3% 2011 down 18.1% volatile
173 Hong Kong 0.3% 2023 up 127.5% volatile
174 Malawi 0.3% 2023 down 50.4% volatile
175 Thailand 0.3% 2023 down 76.4% volatile
176 Aruba 0.2% 2023 up 153.3% volatile
177 Vietnam 0.2% 2023 down 21.7% volatile
178 Bahamas 0.2% 2023 up 1,075.5% volatile
179 Tonga 0.2% 2011 up 987.3% volatile
180 El Salvador 0.2% 2023 up 90.9% volatile
181 Macao 0.2% 2023 down 34.8% volatile
182 Palau 0.2% 2023 up 6,412.1% volatile
183 Myanmar 0.1% 2023 down 57.9% volatile
184 Eswatini 0.1% 2023 up 22.1% volatile
185 Guam 0.1% 2023 down 19.5% volatile
186 Fiji 0.1% 2017 up 361.1% volatile
187 Papua New Guinea 0.1% 2023 up 30.7% volatile
188 American Samoa 0.1% 2023 down 0.0% volatile
189 Micronesia (country) 0.1% 2023 down 65.5% volatile
190 Nauru 0.1% 2023 up 54,208.4% volatile
191 Solomon Islands 0.1% 2023 up 1,162.1% volatile
192 Bermuda 0.1% 2023 up 24.5% volatile
193 East Timor 0.0% 2023 up 135.1% volatile
194 Laos 0.0% 2023 up 38,698.7% volatile
195 Curacao 0.0% 2023 down 32.1% volatile
196 Cambodia 0.0% 2020 down 5.0% volatile
197 Lesotho 0.0% 2023 down 4.9% volatile
198 Bhutan 0.0% 2023 down 41.5% volatile
199 Samoa 0.0% 2009 up 300.5% volatile
200 Greenland 0.0% 2023 down 96.4% volatile
201 North Korea 0.0% 2023 down 98.8% volatile
202 New Caledonia 0.0% 2023 up 915.2% volatile
203 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0% 2023 up 260.4% volatile
204 Kiribati 0.0% 2023 down 95.8% 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 low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% 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, 11,192 data points, 1960–2023
Last refreshed

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region 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.