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Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) by country

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a...

Countries reporting
201
Highest
23.7%
Afghanistan
Lowest
0.0%
American Samoa
Median
0.6%
Years covered
64
1960–2023
Data points
12,316

What the numbers show

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 23.7% in Afghanistan; the lowest is 0.0% in American Samoa.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6%, and the mean is 1.7%.

Over the past decade 114 countries rose and 87 fell. The largest increase was in Grenada (up 1,272,650.0%), and the largest decrease in American Samoa (down 99.9%).

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle Ea: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 23.7% 2023 down 34.4% volatile
2 Syria 21.7% 2023 down 16.2% volatile
3 Greece 12.0% 2023 down 4.0% rising
4 Tunisia 9.8% 2023 up 18.4% rising
5 Sudan 9.1% 2023 down 25.1% volatile
6 Ethiopia 8.0% 2023 up 352.9% volatile
7 Palestine 8.0% 2023 up 205.1% rising
8 Mauritania 8.0% 2023 up 150.0% volatile
9 Lebanon 7.4% 2023 up 17.9% volatile
10 Italy 5.8% 2023 down 7.6% falling
11 India 5.5% 2023 down 30.3% volatile
12 Jordan 5.4% 2023 down 30.9% falling
13 Armenia 5.2% 2023 down 1.9% falling
14 Spain 5.1% 2023 down 25.0% falling
15 Iraq 4.9% 2023 down 29.7% volatile
16 Cote d'Ivoire 4.8% 2023 up 140.9% volatile
17 Guinea 4.6% 2023 up 5.3% volatile
18 Sierra Leone 4.6% 2023 up 18.6% volatile
19 Benin 4.4% 2023 up 260.1% volatile
20 Senegal 4.3% 2023 up 57.1% volatile
21 Togo 4.3% 2023 up 104.7% volatile
22 Saudi Arabia 3.9% 2023 up 53.1% volatile
23 Pakistan 3.9% 2023 up 182.5% flat
24 Yemen 3.9% 2023 up 40.8% falling
25 Burkina Faso 3.8% 2023 up 142.1% volatile
26 Algeria 3.6% 2023 up 8.7% volatile
27 Turkey 3.4% 2023 down 42.3% volatile
28 France 3.3% 2023 up 5.7% volatile
29 Oman 3.3% 2023 up 11.5% volatile
30 Kuwait 3.3% 2023 up 11.6% volatile
31 United Arab Emirates 3.3% 2023 up 39.4% flat
32 Serbia 3.0% 2023 up 830.6% volatile
33 Ghana 3.0% 2023 up 31.9% volatile
34 Cameroon 3.0% 2023 up 109.2% volatile
35 Azerbaijan 2.9% 2023 up 45.4% volatile
36 Madagascar 2.9% 2023 up 92.0% volatile
37 Somalia 2.9% 2023 down 58.6% volatile
38 Liberia 2.9% 2023 up 125.4% volatile
39 Eritrea 2.8% 2023 down 37.8% flat
40 Gabon 2.8% 2023 up 178.2% volatile
41 Chad 2.7% 2023 up 73.4% volatile
42 Central African Republic 2.7% 2023 up 14.7% volatile
43 Kenya 2.6% 2023 up 11.5% volatile
44 Djibouti 2.6% 2023 up 61.9% volatile
45 Equatorial Guinea 2.5% 2023 up 28.2% volatile
46 Albania 2.5% 2023 down 10.1% volatile
47 Mali 2.3% 2023 up 29.2% volatile
48 Brunei 2.2% 2022 up 5,560.3% volatile
49 Morocco 2.2% 2023 down 71.4% volatile
50 Tajikistan 2.1% 2023 down 17.8% volatile
51 Cyprus 2.1% 2023 up 106.0% volatile
52 Rwanda 2.1% 2023 down 19.0% volatile
53 Niger 2.0% 2023 down 12.8% volatile
54 Georgia 2.0% 2023 up 3.6% rising
55 South Korea 2.0% 2023 down 48.2% volatile
56 Malta 1.9% 2023 up 21.2% volatile
57 China 1.9% 2023 down 37.9% volatile
58 Qatar 1.8% 2023 down 11.8% volatile
59 Romania 1.7% 2023 up 252.9% volatile
60 South Sudan 1.7% 2023 up 2,987.6% volatile
61 Seychelles 1.7% 2023 up 175.4% volatile
62 Brazil 1.6% 2023 down 33.7% volatile
63 Congo 1.6% 2023 up 232.8% volatile
64 Bahrain 1.6% 2023 up 117.4% volatile
65 Mauritius 1.6% 2023 up 63.7% volatile
66 Portugal 1.5% 2023 down 13.8% volatile
67 Burundi 1.5% 2023 down 44.1% volatile
68 Bulgaria 1.4% 2023 up 120.0% volatile
69 Bangladesh 1.4% 2023 down 9.2% volatile
70 Netherlands 1.3% 2023 down 13.5% volatile
71 Guinea-Bissau 1.3% 2023 down 17.7% volatile
72 Argentina 1.2% 2023 up 350.0% volatile
73 Tanzania 1.2% 2023 up 55.6% volatile
74 Comoros 1.1% 2023 down 29.7% volatile
75 Egypt 1.1% 2023 down 54.1% volatile
76 United Kingdom 1.1% 2023 down 31.8% volatile
77 Uganda 1.0% 2023 down 10.3% volatile
78 Uzbekistan 1.0% 2023 up 26.2% volatile
79 Slovenia 1.0% 2023 down 8.8% rising
80 Uruguay 0.9% 2023 down 37.9% volatile
81 Germany 0.9% 2023 down 24.1% volatile
82 Sri Lanka 0.9% 2023 up 294.6% volatile
83 Austria 0.9% 2023 up 5.7% volatile
84 Malawi 0.9% 2023 up 254.0% volatile
85 Gibraltar 0.9% 2023 down 28.5% volatile
86 Iran 0.9% 2023 up 216.5% volatile
87 Grenada 0.8% 2023 up 1,272,650.0% volatile
88 Ukraine 0.8% 2023 up 73.1% volatile
89 Lithuania 0.8% 2023 up 184.6% volatile
90 Belgium 0.7% 2023 down 21.0% falling
91 Nigeria 0.7% 2023 up 28.0% volatile
92 Iceland 0.7% 2023 up 119.9% volatile
93 Israel 0.7% 2023 up 25.6% volatile
94 Gambia 0.7% 2023 down 42.0% volatile
95 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.7% 2023 up 132.9% volatile
96 United States 0.7% 2023 down 38.6% volatile
97 Zimbabwe 0.7% 2023 up 199.8% volatile
98 Russia 0.7% 2023 up 27.5% volatile
99 Angola 0.7% 2023 down 20.0% volatile
100 Kazakhstan 0.7% 2023 up 119.7% volatile
101 Eswatini 0.6% 2023 up 50.0% volatile
102 North Macedonia 0.6% 2023 up 59.9% volatile
103 Thailand 0.6% 2023 down 33.9% volatile
104 Indonesia 0.6% 2023 down 26.1% volatile
105 Moldova 0.6% 2023 up 127.4% volatile
106 Maldives 0.5% 2023 up 137.0% volatile
107 Cape Verde 0.5% 2023 down 14.2% volatile
108 Slovakia 0.5% 2023 up 124.0% volatile
109 Singapore 0.5% 2023 down 49.5% volatile
110 Paraguay 0.5% 2023 up 167.8% volatile
111 Switzerland 0.5% 2023 down 50.2% volatile
112 South Africa 0.5% 2023 up 56.7% volatile
113 Philippines 0.5% 2023 up 26.5% volatile
114 Norway 0.4% 2023 up 27.1% volatile
115 Dominican Republic 0.4% 2023 up 719.1% volatile
116 Sweden 0.4% 2023 up 95.2% volatile
117 Colombia 0.4% 2023 up 153.3% volatile
118 Kyrgyzstan 0.4% 2023 down 10.8% volatile
119 Sao Tome and Principe 0.3% 2023 down 29.5% volatile
120 Canada 0.3% 2023 down 80.7% volatile
121 Trinidad and Tobago 0.3% 2023 up 566.8% volatile
122 Ecuador 0.3% 2023 up 1,223.7% volatile
123 Finland 0.3% 2023 up 16.3% volatile
124 Namibia 0.3% 2023 up 128.6% volatile
125 Hungary 0.3% 2023 down 1.0% volatile
126 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.3% 2023 down 63.0% volatile
127 Malaysia 0.3% 2023 down 39.6% volatile
128 Australia 0.3% 2023 down 36.1% volatile
129 Zambia 0.3% 2023 down 63.3% volatile
130 French Polynesia 0.2% 2023 down 37.4% rising
131 Montenegro 0.2% 2023 down 1.5% rising
132 Czechia 0.2% 2023 up 46.2% volatile
133 New Caledonia 0.2% 2004 up 22.8% volatile
134 Poland 0.2% 2023 up 62.9% volatile
135 Croatia 0.2% 2023 down 62.6% volatile
136 Venezuela 0.2% 2023 up 43.3% volatile
137 Denmark 0.2% 2023 down 23.1% volatile
138 Belarus 0.2% 2023 down 0.5% volatile
139 Panama 0.2% 2023 up 428.1% volatile
140 Ireland 0.2% 2023 down 72.0% volatile
141 Guatemala 0.2% 2023 up 549.0% volatile
142 Japan 0.2% 2023 down 88.9% volatile
143 Jamaica 0.2% 2023 up 2,826.8% volatile
144 Mexico 0.2% 2023 up 44.7% volatile
145 Latvia 0.2% 2023 up 115.6% volatile
146 Nicaragua 0.2% 2023 up 1,300.7% volatile
147 New Zealand 0.2% 2023 down 38.4% volatile
148 Haiti 0.2% 2023 up 148.6% volatile
149 Mozambique 0.2% 2023 down 24.2% volatile
150 El Salvador 0.1% 2023 up 186.4% volatile
151 Honduras 0.1% 2023 up 1,431.0% volatile
152 Cuba 0.1% 2023 down 94.8% volatile
153 Tuvalu 0.1% 2020 up 556.8% volatile
154 Costa Rica 0.1% 2023 down 8.0% volatile
155 Bolivia 0.1% 2023 up 201.2% volatile
156 Kiribati 0.1% 2023 up 153.3% volatile
157 Chile 0.1% 2023 down 11.7% volatile
158 Estonia 0.1% 2023 up 141.3% volatile
159 Curacao 0.1% 2023 up 253.9% volatile
160 Guyana 0.1% 2023 down 36.6% volatile
161 Greenland 0.1% 2023 up 457.9% volatile
162 Hong Kong 0.1% 2023 down 10.4% volatile
163 Suriname 0.1% 2023 up 119.0% volatile
164 Luxembourg 0.1% 2023 up 504.5% volatile
165 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1% 2023 up 271.9% volatile
166 Myanmar 0.1% 2023 down 39.2% volatile
167 Mongolia 0.1% 2023 up 87.0% volatile
168 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.1% 2023 up 39.3% volatile
169 Faroe Islands 0.1% 2023 down 26.8% volatile
170 Dominica 0.1% 2023 down 96.6% volatile
171 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1% 2023 up 129.1% volatile
172 San Marino 0.1% 2023 up 1,441.6% volatile
173 Turkmenistan 0.1% 2023 up 644.6% volatile
174 Macao 0.1% 2023 up 32.9% volatile
175 Aruba 0.0% 2023 up 670.4% volatile
176 Belize 0.0% 2023 up 3,253.3% volatile
177 Libya 0.0% 2023 down 99.6% volatile
178 Micronesia (country) 0.0% 2023 down 66.4% volatile
179 East Timor 0.0% 2023 down 65.3% volatile
180 Bermuda 0.0% 2023 down 29.9% volatile
181 Peru 0.0% 2023 down 70.5% volatile
182 Fiji 0.0% 2017 down 79.3% volatile
183 Vanuatu 0.0% 2011 down 17.5% volatile
184 Botswana 0.0% 2021 up 1,824.6% volatile
185 Nepal 0.0% 2023 down 86.7% volatile
186 Cambodia 0.0% 2014 down 78.0% volatile
187 Lesotho 0.0% 2023 down 81.8% volatile
188 Barbados 0.0% 2023 down 27.6% volatile
189 Saint Lucia 0.0% 2023 up 70.8% volatile
190 Bahamas 0.0% 2023 down 54.7% volatile
191 Laos 0.0% 2023 up 97.6% volatile
192 Nauru 0.0% 2021 up 860.8% volatile
193 Vietnam 0.0% 2023 up 6.1% volatile
194 Palau 0.0% 2023 up 49,595.0% volatile
195 North Korea 0.0% 2021 down 99.3% volatile
196 Bhutan 0.0% 2023 down 33.4% volatile
197 Papua New Guinea 0.0% 2023 down 92.5% volatile
198 Marshall Islands 0.0% 2023 down 80.7% volatile
199 Samoa 0.0% 2009 down 99.0% volatile
200 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2021 up 86.0% volatile
201 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.

About this data

Indicator
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% 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
249 places, 12,316 data points, 1960–2023
Last refreshed

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa 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.