Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) by country
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total...
Countries reporting
204
Highest
75.3%
Somalia
Lowest
0.2%
Samoa
Median
20.3%
Years covered
64
1960–2023
Data points
13,287
What the numbers show
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 75.3% in Somalia; the lowest is 0.2% in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 20.3%, and the mean is 22.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 474.
Over the past decade 156 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in San Marino (up 6,130.1%), and the largest decrease in Curacao (down 91.6%).
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside regi: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somalia | 75.3% | 2023 | up 69.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Iraq | 68.2% | 2023 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Afghanistan | 65.6% | 2023 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Djibouti | 60.0% | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 59.7% | 2023 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Russia | 58.6% | 2023 | up 136.7% | volatile |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 56.4% | 2023 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Sierra Leone | 54.8% | 2023 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Eritrea | 51.5% | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 50.6% | 2023 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Chad | 50.1% | 2023 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Tanzania | 49.4% | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 13 | Iran | 48.5% | 2023 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Libya | 48.4% | 2023 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 15 | United States | 47.4% | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 16 | Niger | 46.4% | 2023 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Madagascar | 45.7% | 2023 | up 22.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Liberia | 45.5% | 2023 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Kyrgyzstan | 45.5% | 2023 | up 76.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Togo | 45.1% | 2023 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Pakistan | 44.9% | 2023 | up 52.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Benin | 43.4% | 2023 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Algeria | 43.1% | 2023 | up 51.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Cameroon | 42.9% | 2023 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Kenya | 42.5% | 2023 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Haiti | 41.5% | 2023 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Yemen | 41.5% | 2023 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 28 | Syria | 40.5% | 2023 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Venezuela | 40.2% | 2023 | up 90.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 39.1% | 2023 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Paraguay | 38.9% | 2023 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Uzbekistan | 38.8% | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 33 | South Africa | 38.6% | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 34 | Guinea | 38.4% | 2023 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Kazakhstan | 38.4% | 2023 | up 86.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Jordan | 38.3% | 2023 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Uganda | 38.1% | 2023 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 38 | India | 37.8% | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 39 | Rwanda | 36.9% | 2023 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Egypt | 36.6% | 2023 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Ghana | 36.6% | 2023 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 36.6% | 2023 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Kuwait | 36.4% | 2023 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Cote d'Ivoire | 36.0% | 2023 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Bahrain | 35.9% | 2023 | up 117.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Equatorial Guinea | 34.9% | 2023 | up 91.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Sudan | 33.9% | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 48 | Sri Lanka | 33.5% | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 49 | Angola | 33.4% | 2023 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Mauritania | 33.3% | 2023 | up 119.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Nigeria | 32.7% | 2023 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Senegal | 32.7% | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 53 | Brazil | 32.5% | 2023 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Qatar | 32.3% | 2023 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Armenia | 32.2% | 2023 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 56 | Comoros | 31.8% | 2023 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Mozambique | 31.1% | 2023 | up 88.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Uruguay | 31.0% | 2023 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Lebanon | 30.8% | 2023 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Burkina Faso | 30.6% | 2023 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Malawi | 30.1% | 2023 | up 41.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Central African Republic | 30.0% | 2023 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Congo | 29.9% | 2023 | up 142.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Peru | 29.8% | 2023 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Cuba | 29.8% | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 66 | Argentina | 29.7% | 2023 | up 40.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Gabon | 29.1% | 2023 | up 66.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Netherlands | 28.8% | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 69 | Chile | 28.7% | 2023 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Colombia | 28.6% | 2023 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Canada | 28.4% | 2023 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Mexico | 28.0% | 2023 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Turkmenistan | 27.6% | 2023 | up 70.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Tajikistan | 27.1% | 2023 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Zimbabwe | 27.0% | 2023 | up 75.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Mauritius | 27.0% | 2023 | down 47.7% | rising |
| 77 | Azerbaijan | 26.5% | 2023 | up 100.6% | rising |
| 78 | Ecuador | 26.5% | 2023 | up 54.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Bolivia | 26.3% | 2023 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Turkey | 26.1% | 2023 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Nepal | 25.9% | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 82 | Tunisia | 25.8% | 2023 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Oman | 25.7% | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 84 | Maldives | 25.5% | 2023 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 85 | Israel | 25.4% | 2023 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Greece | 25.4% | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 87 | Spain | 25.4% | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 88 | Ukraine | 25.1% | 2023 | up 58.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Morocco | 25.0% | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 90 | Zambia | 25.0% | 2023 | up 118.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Namibia | 24.4% | 2023 | up 159.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Panama | 23.5% | 2023 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 22.9% | 2023 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Burundi | 21.6% | 2023 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 95 | Mali | 21.5% | 2023 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Italy | 21.4% | 2023 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 97 | South Sudan | 21.0% | 2023 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Norway | 20.7% | 2023 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Honduras | 20.6% | 2023 | up 173.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Albania | 20.6% | 2023 | up 59.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Slovenia | 20.6% | 2023 | up 126.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Belize | 20.4% | 2023 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 103 | El Salvador | 20.2% | 2023 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Serbia | 20.2% | 2023 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 105 | Palestine | 20.1% | 2023 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 106 | Costa Rica | 20.1% | 2023 | up 63.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Switzerland | 19.0% | 2023 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Guatemala | 18.8% | 2023 | up 62.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Seychelles | 18.4% | 2023 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Guinea-Bissau | 18.2% | 2023 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Gibraltar | 18.2% | 2023 | up 1,000.4% | volatile |
| 112 | United Kingdom | 18.1% | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 113 | Iceland | 17.3% | 2023 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Moldova | 17.3% | 2023 | up 48.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Suriname | 17.2% | 2023 | up 86.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Guyana | 17.0% | 2023 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 117 | China | 16.7% | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 118 | Montenegro | 16.4% | 2023 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 119 | Jamaica | 16.3% | 2023 | up 88.0% | volatile |
| 120 | North Macedonia | 15.9% | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 121 | Czechia | 15.8% | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 122 | Sao Tome and Principe | 15.7% | 2023 | up 323.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Cape Verde | 15.5% | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 124 | Portugal | 15.5% | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 125 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15.5% | 2023 | up 49.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Trinidad and Tobago | 15.4% | 2023 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 127 | France | 14.7% | 2023 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 128 | Germany | 14.1% | 2023 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 129 | Poland | 14.0% | 2023 | up 69.8% | flat |
| 130 | Belgium | 14.0% | 2023 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 131 | Georgia | 13.7% | 2023 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Malta | 13.4% | 2023 | up 35.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Eswatini | 13.2% | 2023 | up 131.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Gambia | 12.3% | 2023 | down 67.2% | rising |
| 135 | Belarus | 12.3% | 2023 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Cyprus | 12.1% | 2023 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 137 | Nicaragua | 12.0% | 2023 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Indonesia | 11.7% | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 139 | Bulgaria | 11.6% | 2023 | up 98.7% | falling |
| 140 | Denmark | 11.4% | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 141 | Hungary | 11.0% | 2023 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 142 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.0% | 2023 | up 72.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Ireland | 10.8% | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 144 | Sweden | 9.9% | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 145 | Romania | 9.8% | 2023 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9.5% | 2023 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Nauru | 9.5% | 2023 | up 5,565.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Lesotho | 9.3% | 2023 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Faroe Islands | 9.1% | 2023 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Finland | 9.0% | 2023 | up 25.4% | flat |
| 151 | Grenada | 8.9% | 2023 | up 257.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8.8% | 2023 | up 126.8% | volatile |
| 153 | South Korea | 8.7% | 2023 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Curacao | 8.4% | 2023 | down 91.6% | volatile |
| 155 | East Timor | 8.1% | 2023 | up 510.2% | volatile |
| 156 | Aruba | 7.8% | 2023 | up 123.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Saint Lucia | 7.7% | 2023 | up 259.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Dominica | 7.6% | 2023 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Malaysia | 7.4% | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 160 | Austria | 7.3% | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 161 | Slovakia | 7.3% | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 162 | Botswana | 6.6% | 2023 | up 216.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Thailand | 6.6% | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 164 | Croatia | 6.1% | 2023 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 165 | Estonia | 6.0% | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 166 | Australia | 6.0% | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 167 | Lithuania | 5.9% | 2023 | up 63.5% | rising |
| 168 | Barbados | 5.7% | 2023 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Japan | 5.7% | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 170 | Vietnam | 5.7% | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 171 | Latvia | 5.6% | 2023 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 172 | Singapore | 5.3% | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 173 | New Zealand | 4.6% | 2023 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 174 | Philippines | 4.4% | 2023 | up 37.1% | flat |
| 175 | Myanmar | 4.3% | 2023 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Marshall Islands | 4.1% | 2023 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Bahamas | 3.9% | 2023 | up 66.3% | volatile |
| 178 | French Polynesia | 3.7% | 2023 | up 88.0% | rising |
| 179 | Mongolia | 3.7% | 2023 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Bhutan | 3.6% | 2023 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 181 | San Marino | 3.3% | 2023 | up 6,130.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Fiji | 3.2% | 2023 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Hong Kong | 3.0% | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 184 | North Korea | 2.7% | 2023 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 185 | Macao | 2.6% | 2023 | up 83.4% | volatile |
| 186 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2.5% | 2023 | up 225.7% | volatile |
| 187 | Luxembourg | 1.9% | 2023 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Papua New Guinea | 1.8% | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 189 | Greenland | 1.6% | 2023 | down 52.8% | volatile |
| 190 | American Samoa | 1.6% | 2023 | up 259.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Cambodia | 1.4% | 2023 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 192 | Bermuda | 1.3% | 2023 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 193 | Brunei | 1.3% | 2023 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 194 | Vanuatu | 1.2% | 2023 | up 57.7% | volatile |
| 195 | Micronesia (country) | 1.1% | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 196 | Kiribati | 1.1% | 2023 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 197 | Guam | 1.1% | 2023 | up 80.3% | rising |
| 198 | Tuvalu | 1.0% | 2023 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 199 | Solomon Islands | 0.9% | 2023 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 200 | Palau | 0.8% | 2023 | up 220.1% | volatile |
| 201 | Laos | 0.7% | 2023 | up 99.2% | volatile |
| 202 | Tonga | 0.6% | 2011 | up 104.1% | volatile |
| 203 | New Caledonia | 0.5% | 2023 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 204 | Samoa | 0.2% | 2023 | down 60.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Arab World 44.9%
- North America 44.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 43.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 42.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 41.6%
- Pre-demographic dividend 41.4%
- Low income 39.7%
- South Asia 38.3%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 38.3%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 37.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 36.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 36.3%
About this data
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions 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.