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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1997

1997, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1997 covers 163 countries. Singapore is highest, at 154.5675; Venezuela is lowest, at 0.0000. The middle country reads 37.2323. Against 1996, 161 values changed (99 up, 62 down), 1 country joined.

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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1997

HighestSingapore

154.5675

LowestVenezuela

0.0000

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), 1997, 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 163 countries · select a heading to sort

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1997: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia154.5675
2Hong KongHKGEastern Asia118.3988
3GuyanaGUYSouth America109.4766
4LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe95.8678
5TajikistanTJKCentral Asia94.1721
6MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia92.3757
7MicronesiaFSMMicronesia89.0423
8ArubaABWCaribbean86.2509
9EritreaERIEastern Africa85.8000
10PanamaPANCentral America85.7936
11Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia81.6617
12MaltaMLTSouthern Europe80.8784
13EstoniaESTNorthern Europe80.6690
14KiribatiKIRMicronesia77.1797
15MoldovaMDAEastern Europe74.3603
16PalestinePSEWestern Asia73.0411
17Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe72.7973
18JordanJORWestern Asia71.4895
19CyprusCYPWestern Asia70.5774
20BelarusBLREastern Europe65.6563
21MauritiusMUSEastern Africa65.4619
22IrelandIRLNorthern Europe65.1447
23TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia64.6715
24Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa64.5874
25SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe63.7675

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Singapore154.5675
  2. 2Hong Kong118.3988
  3. 3Guyana109.4766
  4. 4Luxembourg95.8678
  5. 5Tajikistan94.1721

Lowest

  1. 163Venezuela0.0000
  2. 162Japan9.2206
  3. 161Brazil9.5926
  4. 160India11.9287
  5. 159United States12.3086

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 37.2323. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 161values changed, of 162 in both
  • 99 · 62rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Uzbekistan

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 1997.

  • The position is ours

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 163 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 (1997). Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/imports-to-gdp/1997

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07Questions

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Imports as a share of GDP in Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1997?

Singapore, at 154.5675, of the 163 countries in the file.

What year does Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1997 cover?

163.

Where can I download Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1997?

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), 1997 the newest?

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

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