Data for 2022

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2022

Name: Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2022
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2022, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2022 covers 183 countries. Hong Kong is highest, at 190.398; Sudan is lowest, at 1.128. The middle country reads 47.501. Against 2021, 183 values changed (153 up, 30 down), the same countries are covered.

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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 2022

HighestHong Kong

190.398

LowestSudan

1.128

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

183countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
183distinct values14 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), 2022, 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), 2022: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	190.398
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	189.869
3	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	173.024
4	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	145.236
5	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	143.035
6	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	116.282
7	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	108.262
8	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	104.989
9	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	101.087
10	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	100.625
11	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	99.648
12	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	98.249
13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	96.694
14	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	95.868
15	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	95.747
16	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	95.160
17	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	93.362
18	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	92.331
19	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	89.733
20	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	89.368
21	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	88.360
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	88.257
23	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	88.214
24	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	87.664
25	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	87.449
26	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	85.576
27	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	85.449
28	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	83.690
29	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	82.391
30	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	80.635
31	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	80.059
32	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	79.815
33	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	79.573
34	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	77.727
35	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	75.861
36	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	74.111
37	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	73.667
38	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	73.077
39	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	71.602
40	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	71.386
41	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	71.267
42	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	71.180
43	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	71.175
44	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	70.894
45	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	70.891
46	Honduras`HND`Central America	70.259
47	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	69.617
48	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	69.233
49	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	68.865
50	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	67.480
51	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	65.899
52	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	65.559
53	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	64.770
54	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	64.341
55	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	63.980
56	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	63.959
57	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	63.300
58	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	62.288
59	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	62.217
60	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	62.152
61	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	61.898
62	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	61.489
63	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	61.271
64	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	61.241
65	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	60.669
66	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	60.585
67	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	60.072
68	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	59.364
69	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	58.890
70	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	58.804
71	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	58.310
72	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	56.973
73	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	56.268
74	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	56.195
75	Belize`BLZ`Central America	55.261
76	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	55.119
77	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	54.505
78	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	53.371
79	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	52.800
80	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	52.698
81	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	52.575
82	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	52.308
83	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	51.951
84	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	51.882
85	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	50.437
86	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	49.362
87	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	49.082
88	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	48.747
89	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	48.278
90	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	48.076
91	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	47.709
92	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	47.501
93	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	46.704
94	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	46.291
95	Mexico`MEX`Central America	45.866
96	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	45.810
97	Panama`PAN`Central America	45.449
98	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	45.320
99	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	45.290
100	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	45.002
101	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	44.042
102	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	43.157
103	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	42.591
104	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	42.495
105	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	42.271
106	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	42.009
107	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	41.757
108	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	39.961
109	Chile`CHL`South America	39.612
110	Paraguay`PRY`South America	39.474
111	France`FRA`Western Europe	39.347
112	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	39.160
113	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	38.824
114	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	38.794
115	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	38.464
116	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	37.815
117	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	37.442
118	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	36.917
119	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	36.566
120	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	36.302
121	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	36.152
122	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	35.536
123	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	35.497
124	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	35.451
125	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	35.137
126	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	35.091
127	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	34.349
128	Canada`CAN`Northern America	33.232
129	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	32.933
130	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	32.352
131	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	32.274
132	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	31.615
133	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	31.408
134	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	31.242
135	Ecuador`ECU`South America	30.956
136	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	30.470
137	Bolivia`BOL`South America	29.731
138	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	29.271
139	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	29.162
140	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	29.103
141	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	28.846
142	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	28.660
143	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	28.599
144	Peru`PER`South America	28.453
145	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	28.274
146	Colombia`COL`South America	27.894
147	Uruguay`URY`South America	27.311
148	Niger`NER`Western Africa	27.001
149	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	26.995
150	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	26.989
151	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	26.765
152	India`IND`Southern Asia	26.658
153	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	26.342
154	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	25.860
155	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	25.123
156	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	24.845
157	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	24.484
158	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	24.318
159	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	24.233
160	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	24.213
161	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	23.566
162	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	23.352
163	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	22.491
164	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	22.483
165	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	21.965
166	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	21.896
167	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	20.962
168	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	20.898
169	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	20.839
170	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	20.525
171	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	20.399
172	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	20.233
173	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	19.590
174	Brazil`BRA`South America	19.185
175	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	18.352
176	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	17.285
177	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	16.253
178	Argentina`ARG`South America	15.299
179	United States`USA`Northern America	15.254
180	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	15.057
181	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	12.635
182	Venezuela`VEN`South America	11.549
183	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1.128

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Hong Kong190.398
2Luxembourg189.869
3San Marino173.024
4Singapore145.236
5Djibouti143.035

Lowest

183Sudan1.128
182Venezuela11.549
181Turkmenistan12.635
180Russia15.057
179United States15.254

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 47.501. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
183values changed, of 183 in both
153 · 30rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Kiribati70.683 → 99.648+28.965
Lebanon52.803 → 80.059+27.257
Kyrgyzstan64.456 → 87.449+22.994
Djibouti120.750 → 143.035+22.285
United States Virgin Islands90.016 → 108.262+18.246

Fell most

Syria44.051 → 28.660−15.391
American Samoa92.533 → 77.727−14.807
Guinea58.977 → 48.747−10.230
Belarus65.182 → 56.973−8.209
Hong Kong198.445 → 190.398−8.048

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 2022.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 183 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2022). Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/imports-to-gdp/2022

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