Data for 1974

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1974

Name: Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1974
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1974, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1974 covers 99 countries. Singapore is highest, at 164.493; China is lowest, at 5.343. The middle country reads 29.770. Against 1973, 98 values changed (84 up, 14 down), 1 country joined.

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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1974

HighestSingapore

164.493

LowestChina

5.343

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

99countries
1measure
1974the year it describes
99distinct 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), 1974, 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), 1974: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	164.493
2	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	101.081
3	Panama`PAN`Central America	82.551
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	81.842
5	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	77.073
6	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	76.386
7	Guyana`GUY`South America	66.419
8	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	64.775
9	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	59.475
10	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	55.454
11	Honduras`HND`Central America	53.339
12	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	53.098
13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	52.569
14	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	52.378
15	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	48.121
16	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	48.075
17	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	47.757
18	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	45.318
19	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	44.172
20	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	43.715
21	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	43.336
22	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	43.261
23	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	42.607
24	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	41.735
25	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	41.243
26	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	40.948
27	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	40.898
28	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	40.870
29	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	40.831
30	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	39.842
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	39.754
32	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	39.259
33	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	39.248
34	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	38.376
35	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	36.100
36	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	35.490
37	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	34.973
38	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	34.039
39	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	33.898
40	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	33.746
41	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	32.928
42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	32.891
43	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	32.784
44	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	32.659
45	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	32.207
46	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	31.640
47	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	31.574
48	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	31.297
49	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	30.573
50	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	29.770
51	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	29.531
52	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	29.495
53	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	29.431
54	Niger`NER`Western Africa	28.973
55	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	28.193
56	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	26.804
57	Bolivia`BOL`South America	26.798
58	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	26.133
59	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	25.665
60	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	25.208
61	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	24.642
62	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	24.637
63	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	24.473
64	Canada`CAN`Northern America	24.091
65	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	24.034
66	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	23.956
67	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	22.800
68	France`FRA`Western Europe	22.499
69	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	22.228
70	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	21.803
71	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	21.420
72	Peru`PER`South America	21.349
73	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	20.725
74	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	20.393
75	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	20.207
76	Chile`CHL`South America	18.868
77	Ecuador`ECU`South America	18.752
78	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	18.652
79	Venezuela`VEN`South America	18.537
80	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	18.524
81	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	17.255
82	Paraguay`PRY`South America	17.159
83	Uruguay`URY`South America	16.891
84	Colombia`COL`South America	15.630
85	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	15.046
86	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	13.842
87	Brazil`BRA`South America	13.295
88	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	13.291
89	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	13.202
90	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	13.176
91	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	11.275
92	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10.572
93	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.548
94	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10.349
95	United States`USA`Northern America	8.249
96	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	8.032
97	Argentina`ARG`South America	6.289
98	India`IND`Southern Asia	6.021
99	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	5.343

02In 1974

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore164.493
2Malta101.081
3Panama82.551
4Hong Kong81.842
5Lesotho77.073

Lowest

99China5.343
98India6.021
97Argentina6.289
96Brunei8.032
95United States8.249

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 29.770. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
98values changed, of 98 in both
84 · 14rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Singapore127.392 → 164.493+37.101
Malta75.912 → 101.081+25.169
Panama60.200 → 82.551+22.350
Mali22.843 → 40.870+18.027
Republic of the Congo43.377 → 59.475+16.097

Fell most

Kiribati48.596 → 29.431−19.166
Gabon57.666 → 43.261−14.405
Kuwait22.168 → 13.842−8.326
Saudi Arabia20.915 → 13.202−7.713
Oman55.195 → 47.757−7.438

+ Brunei

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 1974.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 99 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1974). Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/imports-to-gdp/1974

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