Data for 1980

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1980

Name: Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1980
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1980, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1980 covers 118 countries. Singapore is highest, at 208.931; Brunei is lowest, at 5.325. The middle country reads 33.565. Against 1979, 106 values changed (68 up, 38 down), 12 countries joined.

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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1980

HighestSingapore

208.931

LowestBrunei

5.325

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

118countries
1measure
1980the year it describes
118distinct 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), 1980, 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), 1980: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	208.931
2	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	110.086
3	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	101.350
4	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	94.902
5	Guyana`GUY`South America	93.641
6	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	89.262
7	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	88.645
8	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	86.406
9	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	85.303
10	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	83.697
11	Panama`PAN`Central America	72.471
12	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	67.719
13	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	66.976
14	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	66.442
15	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	63.598
16	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	63.067
17	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	63.008
18	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	62.877
19	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	61.409
20	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	60.607
21	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	60.128
22	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	59.837
23	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	57.941
24	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	57.658
25	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	56.275
26	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	55.042
27	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	54.799
28	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	53.322
29	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	52.938
30	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	51.926
31	Honduras`HND`Central America	51.641
32	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	49.044
33	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	48.169
34	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	46.037
35	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	45.601
36	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	45.055
37	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	45.051
38	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	44.281
39	Belize`BLZ`Central America	44.134
40	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	43.268
41	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	42.868
42	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	41.842
43	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	41.179
44	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	41.081
45	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	39.734
46	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	39.101
47	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	38.217
48	Niger`NER`Western Africa	38.126
49	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	37.655
50	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	37.322
51	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	36.819
52	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	36.502
53	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	36.421
54	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	35.900
55	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	35.436
56	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	35.270
57	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	34.298
58	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	34.069
59	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	33.884
60	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	33.245
61	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	33.191
62	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	33.100
63	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	32.780
64	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	32.121
65	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	31.630
66	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	31.562
67	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	31.263
68	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	31.165
69	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	30.692
70	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	30.368
71	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	30.338
72	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	29.889
73	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	28.866
74	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	28.747
75	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	28.624
76	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	28.006
77	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	27.300
78	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	27.131
79	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	26.920
80	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	26.523
81	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	26.089
82	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	26.032
83	Chile`CHL`South America	25.957
84	Canada`CAN`Northern America	25.810
85	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	24.919
86	Venezuela`VEN`South America	24.744
87	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	24.636
88	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	24.414
89	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	24.230
90	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	23.537
91	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	23.306
92	France`FRA`Western Europe	23.244
93	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	23.236
94	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	23.153
95	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	22.734
96	Bolivia`BOL`South America	22.286
97	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	22.180
98	Peru`PER`South America	22.123
99	Uruguay`URY`South America	20.631
100	Paraguay`PRY`South America	20.050
101	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	19.601
102	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	19.234
103	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	18.732
104	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	17.883
105	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17.877
106	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	17.282
107	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	15.864
108	Colombia`COL`South America	15.597
109	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	13.517
110	Mexico`MEX`Central America	12.292
111	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	11.928
112	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	11.407
113	Brazil`BRA`South America	11.193
114	United States`USA`Northern America	10.283
115	India`IND`Southern Asia	9.245
116	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	9.155
117	Argentina`ARG`South America	6.484
118	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.325

02In 1980

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore208.931
2Lesotho110.086
3Bahrain101.350
4Solomon Islands94.902
5Guyana93.641

Lowest

118Brunei5.325
117Argentina6.484
116Ghana9.155
115India9.245
114United States10.283

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 33.565. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+12 / −0countries joined / left
106values changed, of 106 in both
68 · 38rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Guyana69.226 → 93.641+24.415
Singapore190.333 → 208.931+18.597
Nicaragua28.132 → 43.268+15.136
Somalia75.637 → 88.645+13.008
Iran16.059 → 28.747+12.687

Fell most

Kiribati73.686 → 57.658−16.028
Lesotho123.619 → 110.086−13.532
Madagascar30.387 → 19.601−10.786
Mali27.226 → 19.234−7.992
Saudi Arabia34.244 → 27.300−6.944

+ Albania

+ Bulgaria

+ Bahrain

+ Belize

+ Bhutan

+ Comoros

+ Cabo Verde

+ Fiji

+ Namibia

+ Qatar

+ Solomon Islands

+ Vanuatu

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 1980.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 118 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1980). Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/imports-to-gdp/1980

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