Data for 1975

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1975

Name: Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1975
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1975, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1975 covers 102 countries. Singapore is highest, at 146.45; China is lowest, at 5.10. The middle country reads 30.60. Against 1974, 99 values changed (46 up, 53 down), 3 countries joined.

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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1975

HighestSingapore

146.45

LowestChina

5.10

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

102countries
1measure
1975the year it describes
102distinct 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), 1975, 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), 1975: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	146.45
2	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	103.98
3	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	86.33
4	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	82.67
5	Panama`PAN`Central America	80.83
6	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	77.81
7	Guyana`GUY`South America	74.91
8	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	70.82
9	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	63.79
10	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	63.75
11	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	60.39
12	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	56.69
13	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	50.69
14	Honduras`HND`Central America	50.27
15	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	49.84
16	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	47.90
17	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	46.16
18	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	45.75
19	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	45.61
20	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	45.10
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	44.82
22	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	44.19
23	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	43.96
24	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	43.61
25	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	42.97
26	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	42.64
27	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	42.57
28	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	41.71
29	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	41.35
30	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	39.92
31	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	39.76
32	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	38.55
33	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	38.22
34	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	36.94
35	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	36.58
36	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	35.55
37	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	35.38
38	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	34.96
39	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	34.51
40	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	34.47
41	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	34.39
42	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	34.16
43	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	33.97
44	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	33.41
45	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	33.35
46	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	32.92
47	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	32.24
48	Bolivia`BOL`South America	32.22
49	Niger`NER`Western Africa	30.99
50	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	30.86
51	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	30.83
52	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	30.37
53	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	30.15
54	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	30.03
55	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	29.26
56	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	28.62
57	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	28.20
58	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	27.09
59	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	26.01
60	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	25.97
61	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	25.95
62	Chile`CHL`South America	25.92
63	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	25.85
64	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	25.59
65	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	25.55
66	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	25.54
67	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	25.24
68	Venezuela`VEN`South America	24.99
69	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	24.43
70	Canada`CAN`Northern America	23.90
71	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	23.53
72	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	22.97
73	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	22.70
74	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	21.97
75	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	21.73
76	Peru`PER`South America	21.36
77	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	20.91
78	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	20.89
79	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	20.70
80	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	20.32
81	Uruguay`URY`South America	20.28
82	Ecuador`ECU`South America	19.33
83	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	18.73
84	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	18.63
85	France`FRA`Western Europe	18.51
86	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	18.44
87	Paraguay`PRY`South America	17.85
88	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	16.72
89	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	14.69
90	Colombia`COL`South America	14.01
91	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	13.37
92	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	11.82
93	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	11.23
94	Brazil`BRA`South America	11.02
95	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	10.96
96	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	10.92
97	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9.62
98	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	8.10
99	United States`USA`Northern America	7.28
100	India`IND`Southern Asia	6.65
101	Argentina`ARG`South America	5.98
102	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	5.10

02In 1975

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore146.45
2Lesotho103.98
3Malta86.33
4Luxembourg82.67
5Panama80.83

Lowest

102China5.10
101Argentina5.98
100India6.65
99United States7.28
98Bangladesh8.10

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 30.60. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031974 → 1975

Since 1974

What changed between 1974 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
99values changed, of 99 in both
46 · 53rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Lesotho77.07 → 103.98+26.91
Togo24.64 → 45.75+21.12
Kuwait13.84 → 26.01+12.17
Iran24.03 → 35.38+11.35
Iraq31.57 → 42.57+11.00

Fell most

Singapore164.49 → 146.45−18.04
Malta101.08 → 86.33−14.75
Guinea-Bissau39.25 → 25.95−13.30
Mali40.87 → 29.26−11.61
Costa Rica48.12 → 38.55−9.57

+ Cyprus

+ Tonga

+ Zimbabwe

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 1975.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 102 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1975). Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1975 [data set], describing 1975. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/imports-to-gdp/1975

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How it has moved, charted by country

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