Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports) by country
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports...
Countries reporting
201
Highest
97.1%
North Korea
Lowest
0.0%
Greenland
Median
13.1%
Years covered
64
1960–2023
Data points
13,074
What the numbers show
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports) is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 97.1% in North Korea; the lowest is 0.0% in Greenland.
The median across all reporting countries is 13.1%, and the mean is 19.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8,534.
Over the past decade 119 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in Marshall Islands (up 7,094.3%), and the largest decrease in Libya (down 99.6%).
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within regio: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Korea | 97.1% | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 2 | Bhutan | 91.5% | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 3 | Lesotho | 85.0% | 2023 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 4 | Botswana | 84.1% | 2023 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 5 | Laos | 81.9% | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 6 | Cambodia | 80.9% | 2023 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Eswatini | 76.0% | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 8 | South Sudan | 64.9% | 2023 | up 2,752.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Zimbabwe | 64.2% | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 10 | Mali | 62.5% | 2023 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 11 | Nepal | 61.5% | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 12 | Myanmar | 61.3% | 2023 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Solomon Islands | 55.6% | 2023 | up 137.3% | volatile |
| 14 | East Timor | 55.1% | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 15 | Brunei | 52.3% | 2023 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Nicaragua | 50.8% | 2023 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 17 | Hong Kong | 49.6% | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 18 | Philippines | 47.5% | 2023 | up 68.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Vietnam | 46.3% | 2023 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Turkmenistan | 45.2% | 2023 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 21 | Guinea-Bissau | 44.5% | 2023 | up 86.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Mongolia | 43.7% | 2023 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 23 | Namibia | 43.1% | 2023 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 24 | Congo | 41.7% | 2023 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Indonesia | 41.1% | 2023 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Australia | 40.0% | 2023 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Bolivia | 39.6% | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 28 | Uruguay | 39.3% | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 29 | Thailand | 39.3% | 2023 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Papua New Guinea | 39.2% | 2023 | up 62.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Zambia | 37.5% | 2023 | down 39.9% | rising |
| 32 | Japan | 36.6% | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 33 | Kiribati | 36.0% | 2023 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 34 | El Salvador | 35.0% | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 35 | Singapore | 34.4% | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 36 | Argentina | 34.4% | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 37 | Malaysia | 34.2% | 2023 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Sao Tome and Principe | 34.1% | 2023 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Liberia | 34.0% | 2023 | up 91.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Macao | 33.9% | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 41 | Burundi | 33.5% | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 42 | Paraguay | 33.5% | 2023 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 43 | Malawi | 33.0% | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 44 | Honduras | 33.0% | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 45 | South Korea | 32.9% | 2023 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 46 | New Zealand | 32.4% | 2023 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Central African Republic | 31.6% | 2023 | up 115.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Montenegro | 31.6% | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 49 | Vanuatu | 30.5% | 2023 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 50 | American Samoa | 30.2% | 2023 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 51 | Tonga | 30.1% | 2023 | up 66.6% | rising |
| 52 | Guatemala | 29.2% | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 53 | Tajikistan | 28.7% | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 54 | French Polynesia | 28.3% | 2023 | up 66.4% | rising |
| 55 | Burkina Faso | 27.7% | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 56 | Venezuela | 27.1% | 2023 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Uganda | 26.9% | 2023 | up 72.8% | rising |
| 58 | Chile | 26.9% | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 59 | Georgia | 26.6% | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 60 | Mozambique | 26.5% | 2023 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Panama | 26.5% | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 62 | Belize | 24.6% | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 63 | Samoa | 24.6% | 2023 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Fiji | 24.3% | 2023 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Rwanda | 24.2% | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 66 | Moldova | 24.2% | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 67 | Azerbaijan | 23.4% | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 68 | Peru | 23.1% | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 69 | Syria | 21.7% | 2023 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Sri Lanka | 21.6% | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 71 | Ecuador | 21.5% | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 72 | Afghanistan | 21.0% | 2023 | down 55.3% | rising |
| 73 | Maldives | 20.7% | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 74 | Chad | 20.4% | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 75 | Uzbekistan | 19.6% | 2023 | up 44.3% | falling |
| 76 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 19.6% | 2023 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Marshall Islands | 19.5% | 2023 | up 7,094.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Cote d'Ivoire | 19.5% | 2023 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Russia | 19.4% | 2023 | up 28.9% | falling |
| 80 | Costa Rica | 18.4% | 2023 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 81 | Colombia | 17.7% | 2023 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 82 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17.6% | 2023 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Albania | 17.1% | 2023 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Jamaica | 16.6% | 2023 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Togo | 16.4% | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 16.4% | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 16.2% | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 88 | Cuba | 15.5% | 2023 | up 35.0% | flat |
| 89 | Bulgaria | 15.5% | 2023 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Bangladesh | 15.4% | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 91 | North Macedonia | 15.4% | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 92 | China | 15.2% | 2023 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 93 | Benin | 15.2% | 2023 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 94 | Mauritius | 14.9% | 2023 | up 67.4% | falling |
| 95 | Palau | 14.4% | 2023 | up 99.5% | rising |
| 96 | Haiti | 14.1% | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Nauru | 13.9% | 2023 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Curacao | 13.3% | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 99 | Guyana | 13.2% | 2023 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Senegal | 13.1% | 2023 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 101 | Dominica | 13.1% | 2023 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 102 | Micronesia (country) | 12.4% | 2023 | up 69.8% | rising |
| 103 | Greece | 12.2% | 2023 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Niger | 11.7% | 2023 | down 46.3% | rising |
| 105 | Guam | 11.6% | 2023 | up 88.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Croatia | 11.4% | 2023 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Equatorial Guinea | 11.4% | 2023 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Romania | 11.3% | 2023 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Serbia | 11.1% | 2023 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 110 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.0% | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 111 | Brazil | 10.9% | 2023 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 112 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.8% | 2023 | down 58.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Seychelles | 10.5% | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 114 | Aruba | 10.4% | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 115 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.2% | 2023 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 116 | New Caledonia | 10.1% | 2023 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Gambia | 10.0% | 2023 | down 66.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Sierra Leone | 10.0% | 2023 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Ukraine | 9.9% | 2023 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 120 | Tunisia | 9.8% | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 121 | Slovenia | 9.3% | 2023 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Kazakhstan | 9.2% | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 123 | Angola | 9.1% | 2023 | up 56.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Tanzania | 8.9% | 2023 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Somalia | 8.8% | 2023 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Suriname | 8.6% | 2023 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.4% | 2023 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 128 | Kenya | 8.2% | 2023 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Madagascar | 8.1% | 2023 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 130 | South Africa | 8.1% | 2023 | down 30.0% | rising |
| 131 | Palestine | 8.0% | 2023 | up 205.1% | rising |
| 132 | Lebanon | 7.4% | 2023 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Cameroon | 7.3% | 2023 | down 69.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Barbados | 7.2% | 2023 | down 39.8% | rising |
| 135 | Grenada | 7.1% | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 136 | Ghana | 7.0% | 2023 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Faroe Islands | 6.8% | 2023 | up 1,016.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Tuvalu | 6.3% | 2023 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Italy | 6.0% | 2023 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Comoros | 5.9% | 2023 | down 63.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Armenia | 5.7% | 2023 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 142 | Jordan | 5.4% | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 143 | Iraq | 4.9% | 2023 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Switzerland | 4.7% | 2023 | up 148.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Guinea | 4.5% | 2023 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Hungary | 4.5% | 2023 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Turkey | 4.2% | 2023 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Belarus | 4.2% | 2023 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Sudan | 4.0% | 2023 | up 82.9% | rising |
| 150 | Mexico | 3.9% | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 151 | Saudi Arabia | 3.9% | 2023 | up 53.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Yemen | 3.9% | 2023 | up 40.8% | falling |
| 153 | Eritrea | 3.8% | 2023 | down 35.1% | flat |
| 154 | Latvia | 3.7% | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 155 | Algeria | 3.6% | 2023 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Poland | 3.6% | 2023 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Spain | 3.5% | 2023 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Austria | 3.4% | 2023 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Oman | 3.3% | 2023 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Lithuania | 3.3% | 2023 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 161 | Kuwait | 3.3% | 2023 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Saint Lucia | 3.3% | 2023 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 163 | United Arab Emirates | 3.3% | 2023 | up 39.4% | flat |
| 164 | Cyprus | 3.2% | 2023 | up 119.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Gabon | 3.0% | 2023 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Czechia | 3.0% | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 167 | Germany | 2.8% | 2023 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Slovakia | 2.6% | 2023 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 169 | Bahamas | 2.6% | 2023 | up 65.9% | volatile |
| 170 | Djibouti | 2.6% | 2023 | up 61.9% | volatile |
| 171 | United Kingdom | 2.3% | 2023 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 172 | Pakistan | 2.2% | 2023 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 173 | Morocco | 2.2% | 2023 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 174 | France | 2.1% | 2023 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Estonia | 2.0% | 2023 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 176 | Malta | 1.9% | 2023 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 177 | Portugal | 1.9% | 2023 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Nigeria | 1.9% | 2023 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 179 | Qatar | 1.8% | 2023 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.8% | 2023 | up 302.5% | volatile |
| 181 | Ethiopia | 1.7% | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 182 | San Marino | 1.7% | 2023 | up 130.6% | volatile |
| 183 | Netherlands | 1.6% | 2023 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Bahrain | 1.6% | 2023 | up 117.4% | volatile |
| 185 | Mauritania | 1.4% | 2023 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 186 | Norway | 1.4% | 2023 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 187 | Denmark | 1.4% | 2023 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 188 | Belgium | 1.4% | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 189 | Sweden | 1.3% | 2023 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Iceland | 1.3% | 2023 | up 86.6% | volatile |
| 191 | Finland | 1.2% | 2023 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 192 | Egypt | 1.1% | 2023 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 193 | Ireland | 1.0% | 2023 | up 104.9% | volatile |
| 194 | Luxembourg | 1.0% | 2023 | up 328.8% | volatile |
| 195 | Gibraltar | 0.9% | 2023 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 196 | Iran | 0.9% | 2023 | up 216.5% | volatile |
| 197 | India | 0.8% | 2023 | up 43.7% | volatile |
| 198 | Israel | 0.7% | 2023 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 199 | Cape Verde | 0.7% | 2023 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 200 | Libya | 0.0% | 2023 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 201 | Greenland | 0.0% | 2023 | down 96.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 32.2%
- East Asia & Pacific 30.6%
- Least developed countries: UN classification 27.4%
- IDA only 27.4%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 24.5%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 24.5%
- Low income 22.6%
- IDA total 22.1%
- Pacific island small states 21.3%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 21.1%
- Upper middle income 18.5%
- Low & middle income 16.9%
About this data
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are 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. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.