Data for 1973

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1973

Name: Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1973
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1973, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1973 covers 98 countries. Singapore is highest, at 127.39; China is lowest, at 3.79. The middle country reads 24.83. Against 1972, 98 values changed (74 up, 24 down), the same countries are covered.

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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1973

HighestSingapore

127.39

LowestChina

3.79

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

98countries
1measure
1973the 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), 1973, 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), 1973: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	127.39
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	79.11
3	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	75.91
4	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	71.86
5	Guyana`GUY`South America	68.89
6	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	67.78
7	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	61.97
8	Panama`PAN`Central America	60.20
9	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	57.67
10	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	55.19
11	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	49.93
12	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	48.60
13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	46.11
14	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	44.18
15	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	43.38
16	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	42.52
17	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	42.38
18	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	42.27
19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	41.22
20	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	40.73
21	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	40.45
22	Honduras`HND`Central America	38.65
23	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	38.32
24	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	37.80
25	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	37.03
26	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	36.87
27	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	36.49
28	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	35.91
29	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	35.85
30	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	34.82
31	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	33.23
32	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	32.98
33	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	32.00
34	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	31.59
35	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	29.88
36	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	28.67
37	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	28.44
38	Bolivia`BOL`South America	28.32
39	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	28.17
40	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	27.65
41	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	27.32
42	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	27.29
43	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	26.97
44	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	26.41
45	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	26.30
46	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	25.95
47	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	25.77
48	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	25.56
49	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	24.90
50	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	24.76
51	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	24.61
52	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	24.00
53	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	23.86
54	Niger`NER`Western Africa	23.74
55	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	23.50
56	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	23.40
57	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	22.92
58	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	22.84
59	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	22.25
60	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	22.17
61	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	22.11
62	Canada`CAN`Northern America	21.60
63	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	20.92
64	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	20.66
65	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	20.20
66	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	20.05
67	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	19.48
68	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	19.46
69	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	19.27
70	Venezuela`VEN`South America	19.15
71	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	18.88
72	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.16
73	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	17.92
74	France`FRA`Western Europe	17.52
75	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	17.02
76	Ecuador`ECU`South America	16.66
77	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	16.40
78	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	16.29
79	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.88
80	Peru`PER`South America	15.35
81	Chile`CHL`South America	15.02
82	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	14.80
83	Paraguay`PRY`South America	14.27
84	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	14.22
85	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	13.15
86	Colombia`COL`South America	12.66
87	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	11.86
88	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	10.99
89	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.37
90	Uruguay`URY`South America	9.51
91	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9.46
92	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	9.27
93	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	9.09
94	Brazil`BRA`South America	9.01
95	United States`USA`Northern America	6.40
96	Argentina`ARG`South America	5.71
97	India`IND`Southern Asia	4.72
98	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.79

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore127.39
2Hong Kong79.11
3Malta75.91
4Luxembourg71.86
5Guyana68.89

Lowest

98China3.79
97India4.72
96Argentina5.71
95United States6.40
94Brazil9.01

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 24.83. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
98values changed, of 98 in both
74 · 24rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Oman43.75 → 55.19+11.44
Guyana58.77 → 68.89+10.12
Israel33.01 → 42.52+9.51
Somalia19.13 → 28.17+9.04
Malta67.46 → 75.91+8.45

Fell most

Gabon72.26 → 57.67−14.59
Papua New Guinea48.25 → 34.82−13.43
Republic of the Congo51.79 → 43.38−8.41
Sierra Leone29.03 → 23.40−5.63
Uruguay14.89 → 9.51−5.39

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 1973.
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 (1973). Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/imports-to-gdp/1973

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