Data for 1978

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1978

Name: Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1978
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1978, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1978 covers 106 countries. Singapore is highest, at 169.164; Argentina is lowest, at 5.715. The middle country reads 30.950. Against 1977, 106 values changed (43 up, 63 down), the same countries are covered.

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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1978

HighestSingapore

169.164

LowestArgentina

5.715

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

106countries
1measure
1978the 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), 1978, 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), 1978: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	169.164
2	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	90.595
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	84.570
4	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	80.532
5	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	79.832
6	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	77.248
7	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	68.524
8	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	67.873
9	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	67.595
10	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	67.516
11	Panama`PAN`Central America	66.793
12	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	65.254
13	Guyana`GUY`South America	63.099
14	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	62.922
15	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	61.069
16	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	59.888
17	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	58.721
18	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	57.127
19	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	56.147
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	55.012
21	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	54.823
22	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	49.934
23	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	48.727
24	Honduras`HND`Central America	47.522
25	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	46.921
26	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	46.551
27	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	45.420
28	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	44.943
29	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	44.786
30	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	44.150
31	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	43.491
32	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	42.256
33	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	41.598
34	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	40.169
35	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	39.866
36	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	39.545
37	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	39.530
38	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	39.058
39	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	38.737
40	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	38.688
41	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	37.435
42	Venezuela`VEN`South America	37.263
43	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	36.053
44	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	36.031
45	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	35.526
46	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	34.545
47	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	33.936
48	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	33.886
49	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	32.319
50	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	32.043
51	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	31.649
52	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	31.249
53	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	31.227
54	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	30.673
55	Bolivia`BOL`South America	30.108
56	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	30.068
57	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	29.829
58	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	29.656
59	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	29.466
60	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	28.761
61	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	28.122
62	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	28.115
63	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	27.968
64	Niger`NER`Western Africa	27.829
65	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	27.751
66	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	27.263
67	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	26.679
68	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	25.900
69	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	25.369
70	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	24.763
71	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	24.555
72	Canada`CAN`Northern America	24.314
73	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	24.113
74	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	24.057
75	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	24.008
76	Chile`CHL`South America	23.107
77	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	22.527
78	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	22.220
79	Paraguay`PRY`South America	22.115
80	Uruguay`URY`South America	21.155
81	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	20.848
82	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	19.985
83	France`FRA`Western Europe	19.838
84	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	19.544
85	Peru`PER`South America	19.528
86	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	19.477
87	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	18.863
88	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	18.688
89	Ecuador`ECU`South America	18.564
90	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	18.488
91	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	15.481
92	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	15.472
93	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	15.214
94	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	14.550
95	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	13.855
96	Colombia`COL`South America	13.799
97	Mexico`MEX`Central America	11.040
98	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	9.687
99	United States`USA`Northern America	9.026
100	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	8.692
101	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	8.186
102	Brazil`BRA`South America	7.885
103	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	7.289
104	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	6.853
105	India`IND`Southern Asia	6.588
106	Argentina`ARG`South America	5.715

02In 1978

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore169.164
2Lesotho90.595
3Hong Kong84.570
4Malta80.532
5Jordan79.832

Lowest

106Argentina5.715
105India6.588
104Brunei6.853
103Türkiye7.289
102Brazil7.885

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 30.950. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031977 → 1978

Since 1977

What changed between 1977 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
106values changed, of 106 in both
43 · 63rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Togo45.379 → 65.254+19.875
Gambia47.517 → 59.888+12.371
Uganda7.798 → 18.863+11.064
Tonga57.177 → 67.873+10.695
Mali19.579 → 29.829+10.249

Fell most

Lesotho112.433 → 90.595−21.838
Guyana78.768 → 63.099−15.669
Malta90.429 → 80.532−9.897
Syria40.662 → 31.227−9.435
Iraq40.833 → 31.649−9.185

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 1978.
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 (1978). Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1978 [data set], describing 1978. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/imports-to-gdp/1978

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