Data for 1989

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1989

Name: Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1989
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1989, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1989 covers 127 countries. Singapore is highest, at 168.28; Brazil is lowest, at 5.46. The middle country reads 30.12. Against 1988, 122 values changed (81 up, 41 down), 5 countries joined, 1 left.

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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1989

HighestSingapore

168.28

LowestBrazil

5.46

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

127countries
1measure
1989the year it describes
127distinct 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), 1989, 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), 1989: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	168.28
2	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	131.41
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	106.87
4	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	104.58
5	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	91.58
6	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	89.20
7	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	86.65
8	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	82.47
9	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	77.07
10	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	74.40
11	Guyana`GUY`South America	73.53
12	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	70.58
13	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	65.31
14	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	65.28
15	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	65.19
16	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	62.81
17	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	62.21
18	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	61.37
19	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	60.36
20	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	59.87
21	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	59.01
22	Panama`PAN`Central America	57.34
23	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	57.17
24	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	53.88
25	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	53.54
26	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	52.75
27	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	50.80
28	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	50.63
29	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	49.87
30	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	49.19
31	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	48.16
32	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	47.66
33	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	46.51
34	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	46.19
35	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	46.14
36	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	45.28
37	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	44.76
38	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	43.26
39	Belize`BLZ`Central America	43.21
40	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	41.52
41	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	41.37
42	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.20
43	Honduras`HND`Central America	40.21
44	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	39.69
45	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	39.58
46	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	39.19
47	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	38.80
48	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	38.73
49	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	38.08
50	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	37.49
51	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	36.76
52	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	35.66
53	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	35.40
54	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	34.83
55	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	34.06
56	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.52
57	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	33.39
58	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	32.34
59	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	32.14
60	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	32.00
61	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	31.65
62	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	31.41
63	Paraguay`PRY`South America	31.08
64	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	30.12
65	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	30.10
66	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	29.87
67	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	29.36
68	Chile`CHL`South America	29.11
69	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	29.06
70	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	28.56
71	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	28.51
72	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	27.80
73	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	27.55
74	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	26.92
75	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	26.57
76	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	26.46
77	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	26.04
78	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	25.63
79	Canada`CAN`Northern America	25.02
80	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	24.86
81	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	24.85
82	Ecuador`ECU`South America	24.83
83	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	24.80
84	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	24.34
85	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	23.82
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	23.69
87	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	23.65
88	Niger`NER`Western Africa	23.30
89	France`FRA`Western Europe	23.21
90	Bolivia`BOL`South America	23.16
91	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	22.99
92	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	22.87
93	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	22.84
94	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	22.47
95	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	22.40
96	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	22.28
97	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	21.72
98	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	21.54
99	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	21.47
100	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	21.09
101	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	21.01
102	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	20.80
103	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	20.43
104	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	20.42
105	Venezuela`VEN`South America	20.41
106	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	20.35
107	Mexico`MEX`Central America	19.20
108	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	18.99
109	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	18.49
110	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	18.11
111	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	18.09
112	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	17.78
113	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	17.77
114	Uruguay`URY`South America	17.70
115	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	17.67
116	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	16.93
117	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	16.41
118	Colombia`COL`South America	13.82
119	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	13.24
120	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12.79
121	Peru`PER`South America	11.21
122	United States`USA`Northern America	10.48
123	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9.34
124	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	8.43
125	India`IND`Southern Asia	8.15
126	Argentina`ARG`South America	6.58
127	Brazil`BRA`South America	5.46

02In 1989

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore168.28
2Solomon Islands131.41
3Hong Kong106.87
4Kiribati104.58
5Lebanon91.58

Lowest

127Brazil5.46
126Argentina6.58
125India8.15
124Japan8.43
123Sudan9.34

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 30.12. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+5 / −1countries joined / left
122values changed, of 122 in both
81 · 41rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Somalia21.90 → 41.52+19.61
Vietnam15.01 → 34.06+19.05
Jordan64.68 → 74.40+9.72
Panama47.86 → 57.34+9.48
Malaysia56.21 → 65.31+9.10

Fell most

Mongolia66.02 → 53.88−12.15
Bhutan51.21 → 39.58−11.63
Faroe Islands49.40 → 39.69−9.71
Benin32.08 → 24.80−7.28
Peru18.12 → 11.21−6.92

+ Bahamas

+ Brunei

+ Lebanon

+ Russia

+ Ukraine

− Oman

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 1989.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 127 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1989). Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/imports-to-gdp/1989

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