Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) by country
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total...
Countries reporting
204
Highest
85.0%
Lesotho
Lowest
0.0%
Bhutan
Median
0.7%
Years covered
64
1960–2023
Data points
12,747
What the numbers show
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 85.0% in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.0% in Bhutan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.7%, and the mean is 6.3%.
Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 99 fell. The largest increase was in Nauru (up 75,826.7%), and the largest decrease in Curacao (down 99.8%).
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Sahar: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 85.0% | 2023 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 2 | Botswana | 84.1% | 2023 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 3 | Eswatini | 76.0% | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 4 | South Sudan | 64.9% | 2023 | up 2,752.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 64.2% | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 6 | Mali | 62.5% | 2023 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 7 | Guinea-Bissau | 44.5% | 2023 | up 86.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Namibia | 43.1% | 2023 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 9 | Congo | 41.7% | 2023 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Zambia | 37.5% | 2023 | down 39.9% | rising |
| 11 | Sao Tome and Principe | 34.1% | 2023 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Liberia | 34.0% | 2023 | up 91.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Burundi | 33.5% | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 14 | Malawi | 33.0% | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 15 | Central African Republic | 31.6% | 2023 | up 115.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Burkina Faso | 27.7% | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 17 | Uganda | 26.9% | 2023 | up 72.8% | rising |
| 18 | Mozambique | 26.5% | 2023 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Rwanda | 24.2% | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 20 | Chad | 20.4% | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 21 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 19.6% | 2023 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Cote d'Ivoire | 19.5% | 2023 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Togo | 16.4% | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 24 | Benin | 15.2% | 2023 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 25 | Mauritius | 14.9% | 2023 | up 67.4% | falling |
| 26 | Senegal | 13.1% | 2023 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 12.8% | 2023 | up 59.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Niger | 11.7% | 2023 | down 46.3% | rising |
| 29 | Equatorial Guinea | 11.4% | 2023 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Seychelles | 10.5% | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 31 | Gambia | 10.0% | 2023 | down 66.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 10.0% | 2023 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Nauru | 9.3% | 2023 | up 75,826.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Angola | 9.1% | 2023 | up 56.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Tanzania | 8.9% | 2023 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Somalia | 8.8% | 2023 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Gibraltar | 8.3% | 2023 | up 4,561.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Kenya | 8.2% | 2023 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Madagascar | 8.1% | 2023 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 40 | South Africa | 8.1% | 2023 | down 30.0% | rising |
| 41 | Cameroon | 7.3% | 2023 | down 69.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Ghana | 7.0% | 2023 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Comoros | 5.9% | 2023 | down 63.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Russia | 5.1% | 2023 | up 904.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Kazakhstan | 5.1% | 2023 | up 1,203.9% | volatile |
| 46 | India | 4.8% | 2023 | down 31.5% | rising |
| 47 | Switzerland | 4.8% | 2023 | up 72.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Uruguay | 4.6% | 2023 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Guinea | 4.5% | 2023 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Djibouti | 4.4% | 2023 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 51 | China | 4.2% | 2023 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Sudan | 4.0% | 2023 | up 82.9% | rising |
| 53 | Indonesia | 4.0% | 2023 | up 65.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Eritrea | 3.8% | 2023 | down 35.1% | flat |
| 55 | Pakistan | 3.8% | 2023 | up 104.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Gabon | 3.0% | 2023 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Bangladesh | 2.9% | 2023 | up 185.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Spain | 2.9% | 2023 | down 37.5% | flat |
| 59 | Netherlands | 2.7% | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 60 | Portugal | 2.6% | 2023 | down 70.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Jamaica | 2.2% | 2023 | up 3,176.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Egypt | 2.0% | 2023 | up 77.4% | falling |
| 63 | North Macedonia | 1.9% | 2023 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Nigeria | 1.9% | 2023 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 65 | North Korea | 1.9% | 2023 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Ethiopia | 1.7% | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 67 | Saudi Arabia | 1.7% | 2023 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Malaysia | 1.7% | 2023 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 69 | France | 1.6% | 2023 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Sri Lanka | 1.6% | 2023 | up 223.1% | volatile |
| 71 | United Kingdom | 1.6% | 2023 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Italy | 1.5% | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 73 | Belgium | 1.5% | 2023 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 74 | Algeria | 1.4% | 2023 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Brazil | 1.4% | 2023 | down 72.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Mauritania | 1.4% | 2023 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Oman | 1.3% | 2023 | up 94.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Yemen | 1.3% | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 79 | Bahamas | 1.3% | 2023 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Japan | 1.2% | 2023 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Norway | 1.2% | 2023 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Greece | 1.2% | 2023 | up 168.7% | volatile |
| 83 | South Korea | 1.2% | 2023 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Thailand | 1.2% | 2023 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 85 | Canada | 1.1% | 2023 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 86 | Lebanon | 1.1% | 2023 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Bahrain | 1.1% | 2023 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Germany | 1.1% | 2023 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 89 | United States | 0.9% | 2023 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Croatia | 0.9% | 2023 | up 153.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Turkey | 0.9% | 2023 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Vietnam | 0.9% | 2023 | up 130.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Serbia | 0.9% | 2023 | up 192.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Jordan | 0.8% | 2023 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Qatar | 0.8% | 2023 | up 53.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Morocco | 0.8% | 2023 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Kuwait | 0.8% | 2023 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Australia | 0.7% | 2023 | down 64.6% | flat |
| 99 | Bulgaria | 0.7% | 2023 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Cape Verde | 0.7% | 2023 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Sweden | 0.7% | 2023 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Haiti | 0.7% | 2023 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Macao | 0.7% | 2023 | up 96.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Micronesia (country) | 0.7% | 2023 | up 315.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Marshall Islands | 0.7% | 2023 | up 407.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Israel | 0.7% | 2023 | up 97.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Nicaragua | 0.6% | 2023 | up 992.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Tunisia | 0.6% | 2023 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Hong Kong | 0.6% | 2023 | up 122.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Singapore | 0.6% | 2023 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Nepal | 0.6% | 2023 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Vanuatu | 0.6% | 2011 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Maldives | 0.5% | 2023 | up 56.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Brunei | 0.5% | 2022 | up 248.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Poland | 0.5% | 2023 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Ukraine | 0.5% | 2023 | down 27.6% | rising |
| 117 | Fiji | 0.5% | 2017 | up 140.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Tuvalu | 0.4% | 2023 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Argentina | 0.4% | 2023 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Palau | 0.4% | 2023 | up 336.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Syria | 0.4% | 2006 | up 98.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Colombia | 0.4% | 2023 | up 193.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Denmark | 0.4% | 2023 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Suriname | 0.4% | 2023 | up 55.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.4% | 2023 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Ireland | 0.4% | 2023 | down 61.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Guam | 0.4% | 2023 | up 664.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Cyprus | 0.3% | 2023 | up 75.4% | volatile |
| 129 | New Zealand | 0.3% | 2023 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 130 | El Salvador | 0.3% | 2023 | up 245.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Armenia | 0.3% | 2023 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Chile | 0.3% | 2023 | up 96.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Guyana | 0.3% | 2023 | up 113.5% | volatile |
| 134 | Belarus | 0.3% | 2023 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Honduras | 0.3% | 2023 | up 32.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Mexico | 0.3% | 2023 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Finland | 0.2% | 2023 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Panama | 0.2% | 2023 | up 158.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Estonia | 0.2% | 2023 | up 251.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Iceland | 0.2% | 2023 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Palestine | 0.2% | 2023 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Lithuania | 0.2% | 2023 | up 67.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Papua New Guinea | 0.2% | 2023 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Dominican Republic | 0.2% | 2023 | up 211.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Grenada | 0.2% | 2023 | up 141.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Belize | 0.2% | 2023 | up 199.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Slovenia | 0.2% | 2023 | down 42.1% | rising |
| 148 | Barbados | 0.2% | 2023 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Austria | 0.2% | 2023 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Moldova | 0.2% | 2023 | up 69.8% | volatile |
| 151 | Georgia | 0.2% | 2023 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Uzbekistan | 0.2% | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 153 | Venezuela | 0.2% | 2023 | up 148.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Romania | 0.2% | 2023 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Philippines | 0.2% | 2023 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Samoa | 0.2% | 2009 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Czechia | 0.2% | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 158 | Guatemala | 0.2% | 2023 | up 223.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Curacao | 0.1% | 2023 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1% | 2023 | down 99.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1% | 2023 | up 67.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Iraq | 0.1% | 2023 | up 658.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Cuba | 0.1% | 2023 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Malta | 0.1% | 2023 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Luxembourg | 0.1% | 2023 | up 256.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Faroe Islands | 0.1% | 2023 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Bermuda | 0.1% | 2023 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 168 | Albania | 0.1% | 2023 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Afghanistan | 0.1% | 2023 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 170 | Azerbaijan | 0.1% | 2023 | down 84.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Montenegro | 0.1% | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 172 | East Timor | 0.1% | 2023 | up 167.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Iran | 0.1% | 2023 | up 62.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Paraguay | 0.1% | 2023 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Cambodia | 0.1% | 2023 | up 87.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Peru | 0.1% | 2023 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Bolivia | 0.1% | 2023 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 178 | Aruba | 0.1% | 2023 | up 72.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Mongolia | 0.1% | 2023 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1% | 2023 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Slovakia | 0.1% | 2023 | up 184.4% | volatile |
| 182 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1% | 2023 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 183 | Ecuador | 0.1% | 2023 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 184 | New Caledonia | 0.1% | 2023 | down 72.9% | volatile |
| 185 | Hungary | 0.1% | 2023 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Laos | 0.1% | 2023 | up 298.7% | volatile |
| 187 | Tonga | 0.1% | 2011 | up 52.6% | volatile |
| 188 | French Polynesia | 0.1% | 2023 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 190 | Costa Rica | 0.0% | 2023 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 191 | Greenland | 0.0% | 2023 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 192 | Libya | 0.0% | 2023 | up 232.9% | volatile |
| 193 | San Marino | 0.0% | 2023 | up 315.4% | volatile |
| 194 | Dominica | 0.0% | 2023 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 195 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2023 | up 74.2% | volatile |
| 196 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2023 | down 94.8% | volatile |
| 197 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0% | 2023 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 198 | Latvia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 199 | Myanmar | 0.0% | 2023 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 200 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 201 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 202 | American Samoa | 0.0% | 2023 | down 93.6% | volatile |
| 203 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 94.9% | volatile |
| 204 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 94.7% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 19.4%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 16.8%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 15.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 15.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 15.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 15.2%
- Pre-demographic dividend 12.6%
- Africa Western and Central 12.5%
- Least developed countries: UN classification 11.8%
- IDA only 9.0%
- IDA total 8.6%
- IDA blend 7.7%
About this data
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan 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.