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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1976

1976, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1976 covers 105 countries. Singapore is highest, at 156.419; China is lowest, at 4.767. The middle country reads 29.261. Against 1975, 102 values changed (45 up, 57 down), 3 countries joined.

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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1976

HighestSingapore

156.419

LowestChina

4.767

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), 1976, 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 105 countries · select a heading to sort

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1976: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia156.419
2LesothoLSOSouthern Africa138.629
3GuyanaGUYSouth America91.004
4MaltaMLTSouthern Europe86.491
5JordanJORWestern Asia79.778
6SeychellesSYCEastern Africa79.492
7Hong KongHKGEastern Asia78.762
8LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe77.179
9PanamaPANCentral America74.221
10Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa66.556
11BotswanaBWASouthern Africa66.321
12CyprusCYPWestern Asia62.624
13Puerto RicoPRICaribbean60.565
14MauritiusMUSEastern Africa56.887
15TongaTONPolynesia56.631
16MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa53.798
17IrelandIRLNorthern Europe49.828
18Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe48.287
19BelgiumBELWestern Europe48.261
20HondurasHNDCentral America47.109
21GambiaGMBWestern Africa46.355
22GabonGABMiddle Africa46.099
23OmanOMNWestern Asia45.969
24CubaCUBCaribbean44.191
25KiribatiKIRMicronesia44.146

02In 1976

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Singapore156.419
  2. 2Lesotho138.629
  3. 3Guyana91.004
  4. 4Malta86.491
  5. 5Jordan79.778

Lowest

  1. 105China4.767
  2. 104Argentina5.921
  3. 103India6.115
  4. 102United States8.068
  5. 101Brunei8.506

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 29.261. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

What changed between 1975 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −0countries joined / left
  • 102values changed, of 102 in both
  • 45 · 57rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Jordan+ Mauritius+ Seychelles

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 1976.

  • The position is ours

    World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 105 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 (1976). Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/imports-to-gdp/1976

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07Questions

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1976: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Imports as a share of GDP in Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1976?

Singapore, at 156.419, of the 105 countries in the file.

What year does Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1976 describe?

1976.

How many countries does Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1976 cover?

105.

Where can I download Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1976?

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), 1976 the newest?

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

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