Data for 1996

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1996

Name: Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1996
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1996, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1996 covers 162 countries. Singapore is highest, at 159.27; Venezuela is lowest, at 0.00. The middle country reads 34.71. Against 1995, 161 values changed (91 up, 70 down), the same countries are covered.

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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1996

HighestSingapore

159.27

LowestVenezuela

0.00

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

162countries
1measure
1996the year it describes
162distinct values16 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), 1996, 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), 1996: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	159.27
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	123.17
3	Guyana`GUY`South America	108.72
4	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	90.19
5	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	89.99
6	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	88.70
7	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	87.66
8	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	87.38
9	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	86.99
10	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	84.51
11	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	83.88
12	Panama`PAN`Central America	82.18
13	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	80.06
14	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	78.18
15	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	77.94
16	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	75.40
17	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	73.91
18	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	73.25
19	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	71.70
20	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	70.74
21	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	70.64
22	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	67.02
23	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	63.96
24	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	63.42
25	Honduras`HND`Central America	62.03
26	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	61.92
27	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	59.95
28	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	58.86
29	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	58.02
30	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	57.82
31	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	57.71
32	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	56.56
33	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	55.99
34	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	55.92
35	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	55.29
36	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	55.25
37	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	53.65
38	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	51.84
39	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	51.14
40	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	51.07
41	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	50.92
42	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	50.87
43	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	50.43
44	Paraguay`PRY`South America	50.29
45	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	49.83
46	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	48.92
47	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	48.40
48	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	48.33
49	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	48.20
50	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	47.62
51	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	47.46
52	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	47.43
53	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	45.26
54	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	44.05
55	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	43.90
56	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	43.80
57	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	43.61
58	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	42.70
59	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	42.45
60	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	42.04
61	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	41.25
62	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	41.06
63	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	40.48
64	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	40.09
65	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	39.78
66	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	39.19
67	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	39.18
68	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	38.09
69	Belize`BLZ`Central America	37.82
70	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	37.76
71	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	37.50
72	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	37.32
73	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	37.13
74	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	36.75
75	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	36.62
76	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	36.03
77	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	36.00
78	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	35.94
79	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	35.64
80	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	35.34
81	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	34.97
82	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	34.46
83	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	34.32
84	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	34.14
85	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	34.11
86	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	33.66
87	Canada`CAN`Northern America	33.16
88	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	33.01
89	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	32.92
90	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	32.71
91	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	32.37
92	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	32.15
93	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	32.11
94	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	31.84
95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	31.64
96	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	31.43
97	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	31.29
98	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	31.14
99	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	30.95
100	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	30.38
101	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	30.31
102	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	30.02
103	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	29.43
104	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	29.16
105	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	29.07
106	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	28.90
107	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	28.19
108	Chile`CHL`South America	27.97
109	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	27.75
110	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	27.62
111	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	27.46
112	Bolivia`BOL`South America	27.27
113	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	26.92
114	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	26.77
115	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	26.63
116	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	26.44
117	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	26.20
118	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	25.79
119	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	25.68
120	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	25.61
121	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	25.26
122	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	24.98
123	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	24.75
124	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	24.38
125	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	23.94
126	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	23.89
127	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	23.42
128	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	23.39
129	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	23.22
130	Mexico`MEX`Central America	23.04
131	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	22.58
132	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	22.51
133	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	22.00
134	France`FRA`Western Europe	21.99
135	Ecuador`ECU`South America	21.94
136	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	21.85
137	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	21.62
138	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	21.43
139	Niger`NER`Western Africa	21.24
140	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20.85
141	Colombia`COL`South America	20.84
142	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	20.42
143	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	20.09
144	Uruguay`URY`South America	19.86
145	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	19.31
146	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	19.14
147	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	18.86
148	Peru`PER`South America	18.34
149	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	17.31
150	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	16.81
151	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	16.70
152	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	16.37
153	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	15.80
154	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	15.03
155	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	13.87
156	United States`USA`Northern America	11.94
157	India`IND`Southern Asia	11.54
158	Argentina`ARG`South America	11.08
159	Brazil`BRA`South America	8.91
160	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	8.76
161	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.02
162	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.00

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore159.27
2Hong Kong123.17
3Guyana108.72
4Malaysia90.19
5Marshall Islands89.99

Lowest

162Venezuela0.00
161Iraq0.02
160Japan8.76
159Brazil8.91
158Argentina11.08

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 34.71. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
161values changed, of 162 in both
91 · 70rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Seychelles43.08 → 70.74+27.67
Bulgaria22.92 → 37.32+14.40
Kyrgyzstan42.36 → 56.56+14.20
Faroe Islands34.97 → 48.92+13.95
Bosnia and Herzegovina71.47 → 83.88+12.41

Fell most

Solomon Islands69.17 → 53.65−15.52
Mozambique52.41 → 39.18−13.23
Georgia42.33 → 32.37−9.96
Kiribati85.16 → 75.40−9.76
Côte d’Ivoire34.44 → 24.75−9.69

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 1996.
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World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 162 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (1996). Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/imports-to-gdp/1996

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