Data for 1984

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1984

Name: Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1984
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1984, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1984 covers 120 countries. Singapore is highest, at 156.659; Argentina is lowest, at 4.756. The middle country reads 31.877. Against 1983, 119 values changed (58 up, 61 down), 1 country joined, 2 left.

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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1984

HighestSingapore

156.659

LowestArgentina

4.756

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

120countries
1measure
1984the year it describes
120distinct 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), 1984, 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), 1984: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	156.659
2	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	97.119
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	95.954
4	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	95.127
5	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	93.230
6	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	82.532
7	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	79.547
8	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	77.700
9	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	76.476
10	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	67.100
11	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	65.072
12	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	64.789
13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	63.818
14	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	63.320
15	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	62.955
16	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	61.639
17	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	61.147
18	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	58.394
19	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	58.307
20	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	57.962
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	54.995
22	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	54.445
23	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	53.146
24	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	52.361
25	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	51.976
26	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	51.761
27	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	51.545
28	Guyana`GUY`South America	51.359
29	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	51.328
30	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	51.281
31	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	50.513
32	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	49.724
33	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	47.607
34	Panama`PAN`Central America	47.370
35	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	45.623
36	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	45.222
37	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	44.641
38	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	44.328
39	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	44.132
40	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	44.109
41	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	43.896
42	Belize`BLZ`Central America	43.344
43	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	42.541
44	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	40.200
45	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	39.223
46	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	38.247
47	Honduras`HND`Central America	37.701
48	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	37.579
49	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	36.336
50	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	35.502
51	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	35.233
52	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	34.755
53	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	34.744
54	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	34.729
55	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	34.388
56	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	33.972
57	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	33.957
58	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.228
59	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	32.054
60	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	31.962
61	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	31.791
62	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	31.035
63	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	30.993
64	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	30.932
65	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	30.383
66	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	30.138
67	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	30.010
68	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	29.664
69	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	29.451
70	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	28.758
71	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	28.537
72	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	27.865
73	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	27.578
74	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	27.466
75	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	27.123
76	Niger`NER`Western Africa	26.970
77	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	26.921
78	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	26.168
79	Bolivia`BOL`South America	25.820
80	Canada`CAN`Northern America	24.540
81	France`FRA`Western Europe	24.495
82	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	24.433
83	Chile`CHL`South America	24.090
84	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	24.053
85	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	24.001
86	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	23.230
87	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	23.113
88	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	22.796
89	Paraguay`PRY`South America	22.753
90	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	21.968
91	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	21.382
92	Uruguay`URY`South America	21.375
93	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	20.894
94	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	20.805
95	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	20.253
96	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	20.075
97	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	19.674
98	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	19.449
99	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	17.882
100	Venezuela`VEN`South America	17.552
101	Peru`PER`South America	17.374
102	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	16.621
103	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	16.493
104	Ecuador`ECU`South America	15.682
105	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	15.151
106	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	14.966
107	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	14.325
108	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	13.415
109	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	12.515
110	Colombia`COL`South America	12.464
111	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	12.405
112	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	11.462
113	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	10.771
114	United States`USA`Northern America	10.033
115	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	9.488
116	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9.105
117	Brazil`BRA`South America	8.795
118	India`IND`Southern Asia	7.726
119	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6.341
120	Argentina`ARG`South America	4.756

02In 1984

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore156.659
2Macau97.119
3Hong Kong95.954
4Solomon Islands95.127
5Luxembourg93.230

Lowest

120Argentina4.756
119Laos6.341
118India7.726
117Brazil8.795
116Mexico9.105

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 31.877. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031983 → 1984

Since 1983

What changed between 1983 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −2countries joined / left
119values changed, of 119 in both
58 · 61rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Guinea-Bissau32.254 → 51.281+19.028
Faroe Islands49.420 → 61.639+12.218
Luxembourg84.471 → 93.230+8.758
Paraguay15.887 → 22.753+6.866
Dominican Republic24.363 → 30.010+5.647

Fell most

Guyana64.578 → 51.359−13.219
Somalia72.536 → 61.147−11.388
Kiribati73.167 → 63.320−9.847
Sierra Leone22.035 → 12.405−9.630
Singapore166.281 → 156.659−9.622

+ Laos

− Brunei

− Micronesia

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 1984.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 120 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (1984). Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1984 [data set], describing 1984. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/imports-to-gdp/1984

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