Data for 1970

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1970

Name: Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1970
Creator: World Bank Group
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1970, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1970 covers 97 countries. Singapore is highest, at 145.03; China is lowest, at 2.37. The middle country reads 22.27.

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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1970

HighestSingapore

145.03

LowestChina

2.37

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

97countries
1measure
1970the year it describes
97distinct values14 decimals, as published
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1970, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1970: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	145.03
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	85.48
3	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	71.36
4	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	71.05
5	Panama`PAN`Central America	61.59
6	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	60.91
7	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	57.76
8	Guyana`GUY`South America	57.00
9	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	53.94
10	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	49.92
11	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	48.88
12	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	44.18
13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	42.99
14	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	42.77
15	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	41.56
16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	41.33
17	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	41.32
18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	41.31
19	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	41.23
20	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	40.91
21	Honduras`HND`Central America	39.78
22	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	37.99
23	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	37.83
24	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	36.07
25	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	35.86
26	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	34.58
27	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	30.66
28	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	30.53
29	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	30.19
30	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	29.98
31	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	29.28
32	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	29.19
33	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	29.15
34	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	29.11
35	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	28.60
36	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	27.93
37	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	27.58
38	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	25.55
39	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	25.08
40	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	24.75
41	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	24.67
42	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	24.55
43	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	24.46
44	Bolivia`BOL`South America	24.36
45	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	24.12
46	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	24.10
47	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	23.25
48	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	22.71
49	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	22.27
50	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	22.05
51	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	21.59
52	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	21.58
53	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	21.56
54	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	21.38
55	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	21.20
56	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	21.06
57	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	20.97
58	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	20.94
59	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	20.19
60	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	20.12
61	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	19.66
62	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.65
63	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	19.38
64	Venezuela`VEN`South America	18.79
65	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	18.20
66	Niger`NER`Western Africa	18.10
67	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	18.00
68	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	17.78
69	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	17.24
70	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	17.09
71	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	16.53
72	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	16.41
73	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16.14
74	Paraguay`PRY`South America	16.12
75	France`FRA`Western Europe	16.01
76	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15.84
77	Peru`PER`South America	15.58
78	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	15.52
79	Uruguay`URY`South America	15.21
80	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	14.90
81	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	14.60
82	Colombia`COL`South America	14.55
83	Chile`CHL`South America	13.79
84	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	13.70
85	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	13.18
86	Ecuador`ECU`South America	13.01
87	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12.51
88	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	10.35
89	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9.66
90	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	8.82
91	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.30
92	Brazil`BRA`South America	7.45
93	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	6.36
94	United States`USA`Northern America	5.20
95	Argentina`ARG`South America	4.74
96	India`IND`Southern Asia	3.88
97	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.37

02In 1970

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore145.03
2Hong Kong85.48
3Malta71.36
4Luxembourg71.05
5Panama61.59

Lowest

97China2.37
96India3.88
95Argentina4.74
94United States5.20
93Türkiye6.36

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 22.27. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1970.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 97 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (1970). Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1970 [data set], describing 1970. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/imports-to-gdp/1970

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