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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1998

1998, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1998 covers 163 countries. Singapore is highest, at 145.2917; Venezuela is lowest, at 0.0000. The middle country reads 37.5235. Against 1997, 162 values changed (97 up, 65 down), the same countries are covered.

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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1998

HighestSingapore

145.2917

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), 1998, 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), 1998: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia145.2917
2Hong KongHKGEastern Asia110.2986
3LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe108.8729
4GuyanaGUYSouth America107.9097
5Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe98.3634
6MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia93.7485
7Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia87.1956
8ArubaABWCaribbean83.6297
9MicronesiaFSMMicronesia83.5948
10EstoniaESTNorthern Europe83.2039
11MaltaMLTSouthern Europe81.7360
12PanamaPANCentral America81.0754
13EritreaERIEastern Africa80.0931
14IrelandIRLNorthern Europe73.4483
15Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa72.6240
16MoldovaMDAEastern Europe71.7836
17PalestinePSEWestern Asia70.9376
18KiribatiKIRMicronesia70.0113
19TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia66.5952
20CyprusCYPWestern Asia66.2123
21MauritiusMUSEastern Africa65.6317
22JordanJORWestern Asia64.2573
23BelarusBLREastern Europe63.9066
24HondurasHNDCentral America63.5195
25BelgiumBELWestern Europe60.5348

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Singapore145.2917
  2. 2Hong Kong110.2986
  3. 3Luxembourg108.8729
  4. 4Guyana107.9097
  5. 5Bosnia and Herzegovina98.3634

Lowest

  1. 163Venezuela0.0000
  2. 162Japan8.5213
  3. 161Brazil9.4081
  4. 160United States12.3106
  5. 159India12.6810

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 37.5235. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 162values changed, of 163 in both
  • 97 · 65rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 1998.

  • 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 (1998). Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/imports-to-gdp/1998

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07Questions

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1998: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Imports as a share of GDP in Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1998?

Singapore, at 145.2917, of the 163 countries in the file.

What year does Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1998 cover?

163.

Where can I download Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1998?

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), 1998 the newest?

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

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