Data for 1972

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1972

Name: Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1972
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1972, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1972 covers 98 countries. Singapore is highest, at 122.314; China is lowest, at 2.561. The middle country reads 22.603. Against 1971, 97 values changed (40 up, 57 down), 1 country joined.

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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1972

HighestSingapore

122.314

LowestChina

2.561

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

98countries
1measure
1972the year it describes
98distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1972, 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), 1972: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	122.314
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	76.444
3	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	72.258
4	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	72.003
5	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	69.132
6	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	67.459
7	Panama`PAN`Central America	61.574
8	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	60.543
9	Guyana`GUY`South America	58.769
10	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	51.787
11	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	49.105
12	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	48.720
13	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	48.250
14	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	44.183
15	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	43.750
16	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	41.077
17	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	40.756
18	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	39.274
19	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	39.039
20	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	37.732
21	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	37.363
22	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	36.693
23	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	36.605
24	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	35.630
25	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	35.144
26	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	33.984
27	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	33.813
28	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.363
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	33.010
30	Honduras`HND`Central America	31.034
31	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	30.708
32	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	29.642
33	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	29.034
34	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	29.007
35	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	28.727
36	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	28.126
37	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	27.473
38	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	26.817
39	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	26.800
40	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	26.086
41	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	25.735
42	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	25.727
43	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	24.895
44	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	24.740
45	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	24.643
46	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	24.135
47	Bolivia`BOL`South America	24.019
48	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	23.900
49	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	23.700
50	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	21.506
51	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	21.482
52	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	21.405
53	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	21.289
54	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	21.201
55	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	20.733
56	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	20.663
57	Canada`CAN`Northern America	20.635
58	Niger`NER`Western Africa	20.495
59	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	20.476
60	Venezuela`VEN`South America	19.982
61	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	19.569
62	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	19.384
63	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	19.314
64	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	19.223
65	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	19.203
66	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	19.184
67	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	19.128
68	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	18.896
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	18.536
70	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	18.323
71	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	18.272
72	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	17.375
73	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	16.779
74	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	16.667
75	France`FRA`Western Europe	16.428
76	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	16.124
77	Ecuador`ECU`South America	15.550
78	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	15.526
79	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	15.474
80	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	15.204
81	Uruguay`URY`South America	14.894
82	Peru`PER`South America	14.397
83	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	13.851
84	Paraguay`PRY`South America	13.839
85	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	13.733
86	Chile`CHL`South America	12.918
87	Colombia`COL`South America	12.798
88	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	11.936
89	Brazil`BRA`South America	8.860
90	Mexico`MEX`Central America	8.830
91	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	8.646
92	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	8.544
93	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7.918
94	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	7.667
95	Argentina`ARG`South America	6.838
96	United States`USA`Northern America	5.802
97	India`IND`Southern Asia	3.709
98	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.561

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore122.314
2Hong Kong76.444
3Gabon72.258
4Luxembourg72.003
5Lesotho69.132

Lowest

98China2.561
97India3.709
96United States5.802
95Argentina6.838
94Japan7.667

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 22.603. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
97values changed, of 97 in both
40 · 57rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Gabon52.331 → 72.258+19.927
Mauritania16.995 → 33.984+16.989
Lesotho54.845 → 69.132+14.287
Oman32.134 → 43.750+11.616
Niger15.601 → 20.495+4.894

Fell most

Singapore139.833 → 122.314−17.519
Papua New Guinea58.239 → 48.250−9.989
Hong Kong85.154 → 76.444−8.710
Uganda23.955 → 16.779−7.176
Luxembourg79.179 → 72.003−7.176

+ Kiribati

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

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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 1972.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 98 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (1972). Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/imports-to-gdp/1972

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