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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1971

1971, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1971 covers 97 countries. Singapore is highest, at 139.833; China is lowest, at 2.234. The middle country reads 22.791. Against 1970, 97 values changed (48 up, 49 down), the same countries are covered.

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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1971

HighestSingapore

139.833

LowestChina

2.234

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1971, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 97 countries · select a heading to sort

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1971: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia139.833
2Hong KongHKGEastern Asia85.154
3LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe79.179
4MaltaMLTSouthern Europe68.939
5BotswanaBWASouthern Africa61.564
6PanamaPANCentral America60.725
7Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia58.239
8LesothoLSOSouthern Africa54.845
9GuyanaGUYSouth America54.689
10Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa52.649
11GabonGABMiddle Africa52.331
12Puerto RicoPRICaribbean50.986
13CubaCUBCaribbean44.183
14IcelandISLNorthern Europe41.887
15BelgiumBELWestern Europe41.817
16NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe41.657
17Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe40.916
18IrelandIRLNorthern Europe39.880
19SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe39.075
20MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia39.027
21Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa37.423
22GambiaGMBWestern Africa37.181
23Costa RicaCRICentral America37.105
24IsraelISRWestern Asia36.605
25NorwayNORNorthern Europe36.391

02In 1971

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Singapore139.833
  2. 2Hong Kong85.154
  3. 3Luxembourg79.179
  4. 4Malta68.939
  5. 5Botswana61.564

Lowest

  1. 97China2.234
  2. 96India4.002
  3. 95United States5.352
  4. 94Argentina6.608
  5. 93Brazil8.194

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 22.791. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031970 → 1971

Since 1970

What changed between 1970 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 97values changed, of 97 in both
  • 48 · 49rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

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 1971.

  • 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.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1971). Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1971 [data set], describing 1971. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/imports-to-gdp/1971

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07Questions

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1971: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Imports as a share of GDP in Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1971?

Singapore, at 139.833, of the 97 countries in the file.

What year does Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1971 describe?

1971.

How many countries does Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1971 cover?

97.

Where can I download Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1971?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1971 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2025.

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