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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1999

1999, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1999 covers 163 countries. Singapore is highest, at 159.740; Venezuela is lowest, at 0.000. The middle country reads 36.463. Against 1998, 162 values changed (77 up, 85 down), the same countries are covered.

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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1999

HighestSingapore

159.740

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), 1999, 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), 1999: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia159.740
2LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe109.986
3Hong KongHKGEastern Asia107.554
4GuyanaGUYSouth America104.551
5MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia96.260
6Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe94.177
7EritreaERIEastern Africa86.725
8Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia85.691
9MaltaMLTSouthern Europe84.896
10ArubaABWCaribbean84.630
11KiribatiKIRMicronesia84.010
12MicronesiaFSMMicronesia79.190
13PalestinePSEWestern Asia78.748
14EstoniaESTNorthern Europe74.250
15IrelandIRLNorthern Europe73.411
16PanamaPANCentral America67.773
17HondurasHNDCentral America67.676
18TajikistanTJKCentral Asia67.509
19MauritiusMUSEastern Africa66.000
20SeychellesSYCEastern Africa65.431
21MoldovaMDAEastern Europe65.210
22CyprusCYPWestern Asia64.283
23MongoliaMNGEastern Asia62.083
24BelarusBLREastern Europe61.632
25FijiFJIMelanesia61.600

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Singapore159.740
  2. 2Luxembourg109.986
  3. 3Hong Kong107.554
  4. 4Guyana104.551
  5. 5Malaysia96.260

Lowest

  1. 163Venezuela0.000
  2. 162Japan8.226
  3. 161Brazil11.417
  4. 160Argentina11.556
  5. 159United States13.004

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 36.463. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 162values changed, of 163 in both
  • 77 · 85rose · 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 1999.

  • 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 (1999). Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/imports-to-gdp/1999

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07Questions

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1999: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Imports as a share of GDP in Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1999?

Singapore, at 159.740, of the 163 countries in the file.

What year does Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1999 describe?

1999.

How many countries does Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1999 cover?

163.

Where can I download Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1999?

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), 1999 the newest?

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

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