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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1991

1991, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1991 covers 144 countries. Singapore is highest, at 155.342; Venezuela is lowest, at 0.000. The middle country reads 30.295. Against 1990, 140 values changed (57 up, 83 down), 4 countries joined, 1 left.

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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1991

HighestSingapore

155.342

LowestVenezuela

0.000

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), 1991, 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 144 countries · select a heading to sort

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1991: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia155.342
2KuwaitKWTWestern Asia125.711
3GuyanaGUYSouth America120.295
4Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia115.425
5Hong KongHKGEastern Asia112.533
6KiribatiKIRMicronesia109.275
7LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe89.058
8MaltaMLTSouthern Europe87.866
9BahrainBHRWestern Asia84.111
10MongoliaMNGEastern Asia82.535
11MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia81.486
12LebanonLBNWestern Asia79.926
13JordanJORWestern Asia79.872
14MacauMACEastern Asia76.890
15PanamaPANCentral America75.894
16MauritiusMUSEastern Africa65.171
17Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa64.390
18SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe61.658
19TongaTONPolynesia60.559
20FijiFJIMelanesia60.504
21ArmeniaARMWestern Asia60.120
22BelgiumBELWestern Europe58.360
23CyprusCYPWestern Asia57.094
24BahamasBHSCaribbean55.168
25VanuatuVUTMelanesia54.209

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Singapore155.342
  2. 2Kuwait125.711
  3. 3Guyana120.295
  4. 4Solomon Islands115.425
  5. 5Hong Kong112.533

Lowest

  1. 144Venezuela0.000
  2. 143Iraq2.501
  3. 142Argentina6.078
  4. 141Brazil7.914
  5. 140Japan7.975

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 30.295. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +4 / −1countries joined / left
  • 140values changed, of 140 in both
  • 57 · 83rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Hungary+ Mozambique+ French Polynesia+ Turkmenistan− Somalia

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 1991.

  • The position is ours

    World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 144 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 (1991). Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/imports-to-gdp/1991

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07Questions

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1991: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Imports as a share of GDP in Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1991?

Singapore, at 155.342, of the 144 countries in the file.

What year does Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1991 describe?

1991.

How many countries does Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1991 cover?

144.

Where can I download Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1991?

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), 1991 the newest?

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

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