Data for 1977

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1977

Name: Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1977
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1977, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1977 covers 106 countries. Singapore is highest, at 164.225; China is lowest, at 4.600. The middle country reads 31.782. Against 1976, 105 values changed (59 up, 46 down), 1 country joined.

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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1977

HighestSingapore

164.225

LowestChina

4.600

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

106countries
1measure
1977the year it describes
106distinct 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), 1977, 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), 1977: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	164.225
2	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	112.433
3	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	90.429
4	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	82.908
5	Guyana`GUY`South America	78.768
6	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	77.628
7	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	76.829
8	Panama`PAN`Central America	71.712
9	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	70.913
10	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	69.310
11	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	67.762
12	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	66.143
13	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	65.266
14	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	61.630
15	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	59.215
16	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	58.655
17	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	57.177
18	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	53.783
19	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	51.261
20	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	50.814
21	Honduras`HND`Central America	49.127
22	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	48.170
23	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	47.517
24	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	47.234
25	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	46.269
26	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	45.379
27	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	44.185
28	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	44.043
29	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	43.618
30	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	43.443
31	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	43.408
32	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	42.921
33	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	42.635
34	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	41.740
35	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	40.833
36	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	40.766
37	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	40.662
38	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	40.272
39	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	38.338
40	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	38.013
41	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	37.473
42	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	37.426
43	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	37.321
44	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	36.335
45	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	36.331
46	Venezuela`VEN`South America	35.052
47	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	34.781
48	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	34.325
49	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	32.602
50	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	32.561
51	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	32.451
52	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	32.175
53	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	31.972
54	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	31.593
55	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	31.366
56	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	30.443
57	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	30.156
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	29.645
59	Niger`NER`Western Africa	29.330
60	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	29.093
61	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	28.950
62	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	28.373
63	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	28.277
64	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	27.806
65	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	27.750
66	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	27.447
67	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	26.730
68	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	26.257
69	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	26.233
70	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	26.093
71	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	25.536
72	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	25.378
73	Canada`CAN`Northern America	23.056
74	Uruguay`URY`South America	22.659
75	Paraguay`PRY`South America	22.441
76	Peru`PER`South America	22.119
77	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	21.928
78	Chile`CHL`South America	21.548
79	France`FRA`Western Europe	21.074
80	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	20.862
81	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	20.383
82	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	20.218
83	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	20.079
84	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	20.055
85	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	20.049
86	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	19.836
87	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	19.579
88	Ecuador`ECU`South America	18.139
89	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	17.857
90	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	16.628
91	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	15.923
92	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	14.610
93	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	14.317
94	Colombia`COL`South America	13.199
95	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12.381
96	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	11.547
97	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	10.707
98	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	10.616
99	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10.222
100	United States`USA`Northern America	8.764
101	Brazil`BRA`South America	7.910
102	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	7.798
103	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	7.572
104	Argentina`ARG`South America	7.326
105	India`IND`Southern Asia	6.265
106	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.600

02In 1977

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore164.225
2Lesotho112.433
3Malta90.429
4Jordan82.908
5Guyana78.768

Lowest

106China4.600
105India6.265
104Argentina7.326
103Brunei7.572
102Uganda7.798

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 31.782. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

What changed between 1976 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
105values changed, of 105 in both
59 · 46rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Somalia22.091 → 59.215+37.124
Kuwait32.555 → 43.443+10.888
Saudi Arabia24.252 → 32.561+8.309
Singapore156.419 → 164.225+7.806
Syria34.293 → 40.662+6.369

Fell most

Lesotho138.629 → 112.433−26.196
Guyana91.004 → 78.768−12.237
Seychelles79.492 → 70.913−8.579
Bangladesh17.636 → 12.381−5.255
Niger34.338 → 29.330−5.008

+ Bahamas

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 1977.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 106 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1977). Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/imports-to-gdp/1977

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