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Countries by imports of goods and services, share of GDP

Hong Kong had the highest imports of goods and services, share of GDP of 182 countries in 2019, at 176.1% of GDP. Cuba had the lowest, at 10.6% of GDP. The median was 41.3% of GDP and the figure for the World was 27.4% of GDP. Source: the World Bank.

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Highest176.1Hong Kong
Lowest10.6Cuba
Median41.3182 countries
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Map of countries, 2019

United Arab Emirates: 70.5 % of GDPAntigua and Barbuda: 68.4 % of GDPAlbania: 44.4 % of GDPArmenia: 55.6 % of GDPAngola: 23.4 % of GDPArgentina: 14.7 % of GDPAustria: 52.3 % of GDPAustralia: 21.9 % of GDPAzerbaijan: 36.8 % of GDPBosnia and Herzegovina: 54.5 % of GDPBangladesh: 18.5 % of GDPBelgium: 82.5 % of GDPBurkina Faso: 31.2 % of GDPBulgaria: 61 % of GDPBenin: 34.1 % of GDPBrunei: 50.6 % of GDPBolivia: 25.8 % of GDPBrazil: 14.8 % of GDPBahamas: 33.8 % of GDPBhutan: 44.7 % of GDPBotswana: 46 % of GDPBelarus: 65.8 % of GDPBelize: 50.4 % of GDPCanada: 33.8 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 32.4 % of GDPCentral African Republic: 34.3 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo: 35.4 % of GDPSwitzerland: 56.9 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 22 % of GDPChile: 29.7 % of GDPCameroon: 23.5 % of GDPChina: 17.3 % of GDPColombia: 21.7 % of GDPCosta Rica: 31.3 % of GDPCuba: 10.6 % of GDPCape Verde: 56.9 % of GDPCyprus: 74.7 % of GDPCzechia: 66 % of GDPGermany: 36.7 % of GDPDjibouti: 154.2 % of GDPDenmark: 52.9 % of GDPDominican Republic: 27.6 % of GDPAlgeria: 26.1 % of GDPEcuador: 24 % of GDPEstonia: 68.3 % of GDPEgypt: 24.5 % of GDPSpain: 31.7 % of GDPEthiopia: 20.9 % of GDPFinland: 39.9 % of GDPFiji: 60 % of GDPFaroe Islands: 52.9 % of GDPFrance: 33.5 % of GDPGabon: 22 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: 33.1 % of GDPGeorgia: 63.5 % of GDPGhana: 39.4 % of GDPGreenland: 51.1 % of GDPGambia: 35.8 % of GDPGuinea: 43.4 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea: 43.7 % of GDPGreece: 41 % of GDPGuatemala: 27.9 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 31.7 % of GDPHong Kong: 176.1 % of GDPHonduras: 59.2 % of GDPCroatia: 50.9 % of GDPHaiti: 34 % of GDPHungary: 78.9 % of GDPIndonesia: 19 % of GDPIreland: 126.4 % of GDPIsrael: 27.4 % of GDPIndia: 21.2 % of GDPIraq: 30.9 % of GDPIran: 26.3 % of GDPIceland: 39.1 % of GDPItaly: 27.7 % of GDPJapan: 17.3 % of GDPKenya: 20.3 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: 61 % of GDPCambodia: 60.3 % of GDPKiribati: 83.4 % of GDPSouth Korea: 34.4 % of GDPKuwait: 39.6 % of GDPCayman Islands: 45.4 % of GDPKazakhstan: 28.4 % of GDPLebanon: 42.3 % of GDPSri Lanka: 27.6 % of GDPLesotho: 94.3 % of GDPLithuania: 71.6 % of GDPLuxembourg: 176.1 % of GDPLatvia: 62.8 % of GDPLibya: 36.6 % of GDPMorocco: 41.9 % of GDPMoldova: 56.4 % of GDPMontenegro: 65.7 % of GDPMadagascar: 34.2 % of GDPNorth Macedonia: 76.2 % of GDPMali: 32.3 % of GDPMongolia: 65.2 % of GDPMauritania: 51.1 % of GDPMauritius: 67.6 % of GDPMalawi: 31.2 % of GDPMexico: 38.9 % of GDPMalaysia: 57.8 % of GDPMozambique: 68.4 % of GDPNamibia: 46.5 % of GDPNew Caledonia: 39.9 % of GDPNiger: 27.3 % of GDPNicaragua: 49.2 % of GDPNetherlands: 75.4 % of GDPNorway: 33.2 % of GDPNepal: 41.5 % of GDPNew Zealand: 27.1 % of GDPOman: 37 % of GDPPanama: 40.2 % of GDPPeru: 22.9 % of GDPFrench Polynesia: 42.7 % of GDPPhilippines: 40.5 % of GDPPakistan: 19.5 % of GDPPoland: 49 % of GDPPuerto Rico: 47 % of GDPPalestine: 53.5 % of GDPPortugal: 43.1 % of GDPPalau: 77.2 % of GDPParaguay: 35.1 % of GDPQatar: 37.9 % of GDPRomania: 44.6 % of GDPSerbia: 58.6 % of GDPRussia: 20.8 % of GDPRwanda: 26.9 % of GDPSaudi Arabia: 24.6 % of GDPSolomon Islands: 46.5 % of GDPSudan: 17.7 % of GDPSweden: 44.5 % of GDPSingapore: 147.5 % of GDPSlovenia: 75.7 % of GDPSlovakia: 91.9 % of GDPSierra Leone: 27.9 % of GDPSenegal: 39.3 % of GDPSomalia: 57.2 % of GDPEl Salvador: 46.1 % of GDPSyria: 29 % of GDPEswatini: 41.9 % of GDPChad: 21.7 % of GDPTogo: 32.4 % of GDPThailand: 50.2 % of GDPTajikistan: 41.1 % of GDPTimor-Leste: 49.4 % of GDPTurkmenistan: 13 % of GDPTunisia: 56.4 % of GDPTürkiye: 29.5 % of GDPTanzania: 17 % of GDPUkraine: 49.3 % of GDPUganda: 22.3 % of GDPUnited States: 14.5 % of GDPUruguay: 21.8 % of GDPUzbekistan: 38 % of GDPVenezuela: 10.9 % of GDPVietnam: 79.5 % of GDPVanuatu: 54.4 % of GDPSamoa: 48.3 % of GDPSouth Africa: 26.7 % of GDPZambia: 34.2 % of GDPZimbabwe: 18.5 % of GDP
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% of GDP, 2019. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: World Bank, Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Top 40 countries, 2019

Hong Kong: 176.1 % of GDPHong Kong176.1Luxembourg: 176.1 % of GDPLuxembourg176.1Djibouti: 154.2 % of GDPDjibouti154.2Singapore: 147.5 % of GDPSingapore147.5San Marino: 143.3 % of GDPSan Marino143.3Ireland: 126.4 % of GDPIreland126.4Marshall Islands: 115.9 % of GDPMarshall Islands115.9Malta: 108.6 % of GDPMalta108.6U.S. Virgin Islands: 100.5 % of GDPU.S. Virgin Islands100.5Nauru: 95.5 % of GDPNauru95.5American Samoa: 94.9 % of GDPAmerican Samoa94.9Lesotho: 94.3 % of GDPLesotho94.3Slovakia: 91.9 % of GDPSlovakia91.9Seychelles: 91.1 % of GDPSeychelles91.1Kiribati: 83.4 % of GDPKiribati83.4Belgium: 82.5 % of GDPBelgium82.5Vietnam: 79.5 % of GDPVietnam79.5Hungary: 78.9 % of GDPHungary78.9Palau: 77.2 % of GDPPalau77.2North Macedonia: 76.2 % of GDPNorth Macedonia76.2Slovenia: 75.7 % of GDPSlovenia75.7Netherlands: 75.4 % of GDPNetherlands75.4Cyprus: 74.7 % of GDPCyprus74.7Maldives: 71.6 % of GDPMaldives71.6Lithuania: 71.6 % of GDPLithuania71.6Aruba: 71.2 % of GDPAruba71.2Micronesia: 71.1 % of GDPMicronesia71.1United Arab Emirates: 70.5 % of GDPUnited Arab Emirates70.5Mozambique: 68.4 % of GDPMozambique68.4Antigua and Barbuda: 68.4 % of GDPAntigua and Barbuda68.4Estonia: 68.3 % of GDPEstonia68.3Mauritius: 67.6 % of GDPMauritius67.6Czechia: 66 % of GDPCzechia66Tonga: 65.8 % of GDPTonga65.8Belarus: 65.8 % of GDPBelarus65.8Montenegro: 65.7 % of GDPMontenegro65.7Mongolia: 65.2 % of GDPMongolia65.2Georgia: 63.5 % of GDPGeorgia63.5Latvia: 62.8 % of GDPLatvia62.8Bahrain: 62.3 % of GDPBahrain62.3Hong Kong: 176.1 % of GDPHong Kong176.1Luxembourg: 176.1 % of GDPLuxembourg176.1Djibouti: 154.2 % of GDPDjibouti154.2Singapore: 147.5 % of GDPSingapore147.5San Marino: 143.3 % of GDPSan Marino143.3Ireland: 126.4 % of GDPIreland126.4Marshall Islands: 115.9 % of GDPMarshall Islands115.9Malta: 108.6 % of GDPMalta108.6U.S. Virgin Islands: 100.5 % of GDPU.S. Virgin Islands100.5Nauru: 95.5 % of GDPNauru95.5American Samoa: 94.9 % of GDPAmerican Samoa94.9Lesotho: 94.3 % of GDPLesotho94.3Slovakia: 91.9 % of GDPSlovakia91.9Seychelles: 91.1 % of GDPSeychelles91.1Kiribati: 83.4 % of GDPKiribati83.4Belgium: 82.5 % of GDPBelgium82.5Vietnam: 79.5 % of GDPVietnam79.5Hungary: 78.9 % of GDPHungary78.9Palau: 77.2 % of GDPPalau77.2North Macedonia: 76.2 % of GDPNorth Macedonia76.2Slovenia: 75.7 % of GDPSlovenia75.7Netherlands: 75.4 % of GDPNetherlands75.4Cyprus: 74.7 % of GDPCyprus74.7Maldives: 71.6 % of GDPMaldives71.6Lithuania: 71.6 % of GDPLithuania71.6Aruba: 71.2 % of GDPAruba71.2Micronesia: 71.1 % of GDPMicronesia71.1United Arab Emirates: 70.5 % of GDPUnited Arab Emirates70.5Mozambique: 68.4 % of GDPMozambique68.4Antigua and Barbuda: 68.4 % of GDPAntigua and Barbuda68.4Estonia: 68.3 % of GDPEstonia68.3Mauritius: 67.6 % of GDPMauritius67.6Czechia: 66 % of GDPCzechia66Tonga: 65.8 % of GDPTonga65.8Belarus: 65.8 % of GDPBelarus65.8Montenegro: 65.7 % of GDPMontenegro65.7Mongolia: 65.2 % of GDPMongolia65.2Georgia: 63.5 % of GDPGeorgia63.5Latvia: 62.8 % of GDPLatvia62.8Bahrain: 62.3 % of GDPBahrain62.3
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankCountries2019
% of GDP		Change on 2018
1Hong Kong176.1-12.5 pts
2Luxembourg176.1+11.4 pts
3Djibouti154.2+10.4 pts
4Singapore147.5-0.6 pts
5San Marino143.3+0.4 pts
6Ireland126.4+29.9 pts
7Marshall Islands115.9+27.2 pts
8Malta108.6+3.8 pts
9U.S. Virgin Islands100.5-5.7 pts
10Nauru95.5+9.6 pts
11American Samoa94.9-8.7 pts
12Lesotho94.3-0.3 pts
13Slovakia91.9-1.9 pts
14Seychelles91.1-7.6 pts
15Kiribati83.4+9.2 pts
16Belgium82.5-2.3 pts
17Vietnam79.5-0.7 pts
18Hungary78.9-0.4 pts
19Palau77.2+2.2 pts
20North Macedonia76.2+3.3 pts
21Slovenia75.7-1.4 pts
22Netherlands75.4-1.1 pts
23Cyprus74.7+1.6 pts
24Maldives71.6-4.4 pts
25Lithuania71.6-1.1 pts
26Aruba71.2+0.8 pts
27Micronesia71.1+3.4 pts
28United Arab Emirates70.5+6.6 pts
29Mozambique68.4-10.6 pts
30Antigua and Barbuda68.4+0.2 pts
31Estonia68.3-2.3 pts
32Mauritius67.6+2.6 pts
33Czechia66-3.5 pts
34Tonga65.8+0.9 pts
35Belarus65.8-3.2 pts
36Montenegro65.7-1.9 pts
37Mongolia65.2-3 pts
38Georgia63.5+3.4 pts
39Latvia62.8-1.6 pts
40Bahrain62.3-6 pts
41Northern Mariana Islands62.3+4.2 pts
42Bulgaria61-2.3 pts
43Kyrgyzstan61-6.3 pts
44Cambodia60.3-2.7 pts
45Fiji60+4.6 pts
46Honduras59.2-2.9 pts
47Serbia58.6+1.7 pts
48Malaysia57.8-4.1 pts
49Somalia57.2-2.4 pts
50Cape Verde56.9-3.1 pts
51Switzerland56.9+0.1 pts
52Moldova56.4-0.3 pts
53Tunisia56.4-2 pts
54Guam55.8+2.1 pts
55Armenia55.6+2.5 pts
56Bosnia and Herzegovina54.5-2 pts
57Vanuatu54.4+2.6 pts
58Palestine53.5-2 pts
59Denmark52.9+1.1 pts
60Faroe Islands52.9-1.2 pts
61Austria52.3-0.4 pts
62Greenland51.1+5.8 pts
63Mauritania51.1-1.5 pts
64Croatia50.9+0.9 pts
65São Tomé and Príncipe50.9-7.3 pts
66Brunei50.6+8.6 pts
67Belize50.4+1.2 pts
68Thailand50.2-5.8 pts
69Timor-Leste49.4-12.5 pts
70Ukraine49.3-4.7 pts
71Nicaragua49.2-2.5 pts
72Poland49-1.2 pts
73Samoa48.3+1.3 pts
74Puerto Rico47+0.9 pts
75Solomon Islands46.5+0.1 pts
76Namibia46.5+0.7 pts
77El Salvador46.1-0.6 pts
78Botswana46+2.8 pts
79Cayman Islands45.4-0.2 pts
80Bhutan44.7-5.9 pts
81Romania44.6-0.7 pts
82Sweden44.5-0 pts
83Albania44.4-0.1 pts
84Equatorial Guinea43.7-0.3 pts
85Guinea43.4-5.4 pts
86Portugal43.1+0.1 pts
87French Polynesia42.7-1.3 pts
88Lebanon42.3-5.2 pts
89Morocco41.9-1.5 pts
90Eswatini41.9-2.7 pts
91Nepal41.5+0.8 pts
92Tajikistan41.1-0.4 pts
93Greece41+0.4 pts
94Philippines40.5-1.5 pts
95Panama40.2-3.6 pts
96Finland39.9-0 pts
97New Caledonia39.9+1.8 pts
98Kuwait39.6-5.8 pts
99Ghana39.4+4.9 pts
100Senegal39.3+0.4 pts
101Iceland39.1-3.4 pts
102Mexico38.9-2.2 pts
103Uzbekistan38-0.3 pts
104Qatar37.9+2 pts
105Oman37-1.7 pts
106Azerbaijan36.8-0.8 pts
107Germany36.7+0.1 pts
108Libya36.6+12.5 pts
109Gambia35.8-6.7 pts
110Republic of the Congo35.4-3 pts
111Paraguay35.1-0.1 pts
112South Korea34.4-0.8 pts
113Central African Republic34.3+0.6 pts
114Madagascar34.2-2.1 pts
115Zambia34.2-2.8 pts
116Benin34.1-0.5 pts
117Haiti34-0.3 pts
118Canada33.8-0.5 pts
119Bahamas33.8-3.1 pts
120France33.5-0.3 pts
121Norway33.2+2.3 pts
122United Kingdom33.10 pts
123Macao32.6-1.1 pts
124Democratic Republic of the Congo32.4-5.6 pts
125Togo32.4-0.8 pts
126Mali32.3+2.2 pts
127Spain31.7-0.4 pts
128Guinea-Bissau31.7+2.1 pts
129Costa Rica31.3-1.9 pts
130Malawi31.2-0.7 pts
131Burkina Faso31.2-1.4 pts
132Iraq30.9+5.9 pts
133Chile29.7+0.1 pts
134Türkiye29.5-1.5 pts
135Comoros29.5-0.6 pts
136Syria29-6.8 pts
137Kazakhstan28.4+2.5 pts
138Guatemala27.9-0.9 pts
139Sierra Leone27.9+1.7 pts
140Italy27.7-0.7 pts
141Sri Lanka27.6-0.8 pts
142Dominican Republic27.6-0.8 pts
143Israel27.4-1.7 pts
144Niger27.3+1 pts
145New Zealand27.1-0.9 pts
146Rwanda26.9+0.5 pts
147South Africa26.7-0.3 pts
148Iran26.3-0.7 pts
149Algeria26.1-2.9 pts
150Bermuda25.8-0.3 pts
151Bolivia25.8-0.8 pts
152Saudi Arabia24.6+1.1 pts
153Egypt24.5-3.4 pts
154Ecuador24-0.4 pts
155Cameroon23.5+1.7 pts
156Angola23.4+1 pts
157Peru22.9-0.5 pts
158Uganda22.3+0.7 pts
159Côte d’Ivoire22-1.3 pts
160Gabon22-0.7 pts
161Australia21.9+0.2 pts
162Uruguay21.8+0.5 pts
163Chad21.7+0.8 pts
164Colombia21.7+1.1 pts
165India21.2-2.4 pts
166Ethiopia20.9-2 pts
167Russia20.80 pts
168Kenya20.3-1.5 pts
169Pakistan19.5+0.5 pts
170Indonesia19-3 pts
171Zimbabwe18.5-9.9 pts
172Bangladesh18.5-1.4 pts
173Sudan17.7+3.4 pts
174Japan17.3-0.6 pts
175China17.3-0.8 pts
176Tanzania17-0.9 pts
177Brazil14.8+0.5 pts
178Argentina14.7-1.6 pts
179United States14.5-0.7 pts
180Turkmenistan13-0.1 pts
181Venezuela10.9-1.2 pts
182Cuba10.6-2 pts

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Goods whose economic ownership passes from non-residents to residents, and services non-residents provide to residents, as a percentage of GDP. World Bank national accounts data, compiled from national statistical offices and central banks and from OECD national accounts files.

Can pass 100% in re-export hubs, because imports are gross while GDP is value added. National accounts basis, so it differs from customs trade totals. For the amount in dollars see imports_goods_services_usd.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 11 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2019 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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