Data for 2009

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2009

Name: Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2009
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2009, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2009 covers 179 countries. United States Virgin Islands is highest, at 253.297; Venezuela is lowest, at 0.000. The middle country reads 39.915. Against 2008, 178 values changed (42 up, 136 down), the same countries are covered.

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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 2009

HighestUnited States Virgin Islands

253.297

LowestVenezuela

0.000

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

179countries
1measure
2009the year it describes
179distinct values13 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), 2009, 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), 2009: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	253.297
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	170.262
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	167.348
4	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	148.520
5	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	116.547
6	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	115.608
7	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	114.131
8	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	101.006
9	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	88.087
10	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	84.018
11	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	83.499
12	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	82.815
13	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	82.524
14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	80.035
15	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	78.681
16	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	74.638
17	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	73.809
18	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	73.491
19	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	72.208
20	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	72.200
21	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	72.097
22	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	71.142
23	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	71.072
24	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	70.953
25	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	68.618
26	Panama`PAN`Central America	67.081
27	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	66.542
28	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	65.356
29	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	62.381
30	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	61.667
31	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	61.507
32	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	61.135
33	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	60.719
34	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	59.759
35	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	59.433
36	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	59.093
37	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	58.528
38	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	57.934
39	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	57.869
40	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	57.536
41	Honduras`HND`Central America	57.375
42	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	57.202
43	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	56.519
44	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	56.077
45	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	55.898
46	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	55.772
47	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	55.026
48	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	54.831
49	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	54.660
50	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	54.573
51	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	54.371
52	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	54.069
53	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	53.508
54	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	53.398
55	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	53.202
56	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	53.012
57	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	52.647
58	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	51.453
59	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	51.423
60	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	51.364
61	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	50.474
62	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	49.498
63	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	48.738
64	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	48.677
65	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	48.648
66	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	47.983
67	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	47.977
68	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	47.870
69	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	47.300
70	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	46.848
71	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	45.436
72	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	45.283
73	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	44.763
74	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	44.547
75	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	44.384
76	Belize`BLZ`Central America	44.137
77	Suriname`SUR`South America	43.796
78	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	42.729
79	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	42.603
80	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	42.396
81	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	42.330
82	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	42.303
83	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	42.300
84	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	42.175
85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	42.120
86	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	42.114
87	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	42.036
88	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	40.677
89	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	40.496
90	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	39.915
91	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	39.746
92	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	39.614
93	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	39.287
94	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	38.838
95	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	38.499
96	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	38.157
97	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	37.965
98	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	37.770
99	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	37.601
100	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	36.654
101	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	36.349
102	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	36.213
103	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	35.127
104	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	35.042
105	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	34.963
106	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	34.660
107	Niger`NER`Western Africa	34.534
108	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	34.521
109	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	34.199
110	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	34.045
111	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	34.011
112	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	33.928
113	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	33.673
114	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	32.913
115	Bolivia`BOL`South America	32.904
116	Paraguay`PRY`South America	32.745
117	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	32.467
118	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	32.448
119	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	31.983
120	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	31.699
121	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	31.597
122	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	31.333
123	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	31.260
124	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	30.884
125	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	30.685
126	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	30.667
127	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	30.583
128	Canada`CAN`Northern America	29.959
129	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	29.895
130	Chile`CHL`South America	29.570
131	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	29.558
132	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	29.377
133	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	29.009
134	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	28.585
135	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	28.450
136	Mexico`MEX`Central America	28.078
137	Ecuador`ECU`South America	28.038
138	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	27.946
139	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	27.821
140	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	27.648
141	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	27.170
142	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	27.138
143	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	26.870
144	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	26.725
145	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	26.507
146	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	26.349
147	France`FRA`Western Europe	26.318
148	Uruguay`URY`South America	26.295
149	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	26.031
150	India`IND`Southern Asia	25.872
151	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	25.338
152	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	24.775
153	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	24.605
154	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	24.180
155	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	23.851
156	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	23.444
157	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	23.281
158	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	23.153
159	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	23.132
160	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	23.108
161	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	22.864
162	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	22.657
163	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	22.594
164	Peru`PER`South America	21.670
165	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	21.653
166	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	21.353
167	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	20.988
168	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	20.936
169	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	20.497
170	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	20.089
171	Colombia`COL`South America	18.732
172	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	18.227
173	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	15.454
174	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	15.067
175	Argentina`ARG`South America	14.496
176	United States`USA`Northern America	13.827
177	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	11.865
178	Brazil`BRA`South America	11.255
179	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.000

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

179Venezuela0.000
178Brazil11.255
177Japan11.865
176United States13.827
175Argentina14.496

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 39.915. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
178values changed, of 179 in both
42 · 136rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Timor-Leste125.904 → 148.520+22.616
Turkmenistan37.350 → 57.869+20.519
Libya29.126 → 44.384+15.258
Republic of the Congo59.706 → 71.072+11.367
Iraq30.727 → 39.287+8.560

Fell most

United States Virgin Islands429.359 → 253.297−176.062
American Samoa135.357 → 82.815−52.542
Singapore208.333 → 167.348−40.985
Montenegro92.919 → 65.356−27.563
Honduras84.424 → 57.375−27.049

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 2009.
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World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 179 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2009). Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/imports-to-gdp/2009

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