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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1979

1979, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1979 covers 106 countries. Singapore is highest, at 190.333; Türkiye is lowest, at 5.882. The middle country reads 31.383. Against 1978, 106 values changed (72 up, 34 down), the same countries are covered.

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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1979

HighestSingapore

190.333

LowestTürkiye

5.882

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), 1979, 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 106 countries · select a heading to sort

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1979: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia190.333
2LesothoLSOSouthern Africa123.619
3Hong KongHKGEastern Asia88.339
4JordanJORWestern Asia86.738
5MaltaMLTSouthern Europe84.619
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe81.470
7SomaliaSOMEastern Africa75.637
8KiribatiKIRMicronesia73.686
9PanamaPANCentral America72.914
10TongaTONPolynesia69.803
11GuyanaGUYSouth America69.226
12SeychellesSYCEastern Africa66.358
13BotswanaBWASouthern Africa65.250
14CyprusCYPWestern Asia63.766
15GambiaGMBWestern Africa63.255
16TogoTGOWestern Africa61.090
17IrelandIRLNorthern Europe60.788
18BahamasBHSCaribbean60.204
19Puerto RicoPRICaribbean57.936
20MauritiusMUSEastern Africa53.701
21BelgiumBELWestern Europe51.651
22HondurasHNDCentral America48.926
23Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa48.627
24MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia47.139
25NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe46.344

02In 1979

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Singapore190.333
  2. 2Lesotho123.619
  3. 3Hong Kong88.339
  4. 4Jordan86.738
  5. 5Malta84.619

Lowest

  1. 106Türkiye5.882
  2. 105Argentina6.330
  3. 104Brunei6.558
  4. 103India8.169
  5. 102China8.700

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 31.383. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031978 → 1979

Since 1978

What changed between 1978 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 106values changed, of 106 in both
  • 72 · 34rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 1979.

  • 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

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 (1979). Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1979 [data set], describing 1979. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/imports-to-gdp/1979

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07Questions

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1979: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Imports as a share of GDP in Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1979?

Singapore, at 190.333, of the 106 countries in the file.

What year does Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1979 describe?

1979.

How many countries does Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1979 cover?

106.

Where can I download Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1979?

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), 1979 the newest?

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

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