Data for 2023

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2023

Name: Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2023
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2023, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2023 covers 176 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 185.187; Sudan is lowest, at 1.366. The middle country reads 44.774. Against 2022, 176 values changed (43 up, 133 down), 7 left.

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Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 2023

HighestLuxembourg

185.187

LowestSudan

1.366

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

176countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
176distinct 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), 2023, 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), 2023: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	185.187
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	176.340
3	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	154.991
4	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	143.271
5	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	135.161
6	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	103.123
7	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	101.385
8	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	100.621
9	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	98.336
10	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	98.040
11	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	95.485
12	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	94.351
13	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	94.167
14	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	92.199
15	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	89.897
16	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	83.174
17	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	81.183
18	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	80.617
19	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	80.397
20	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	79.924
21	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	78.280
22	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	78.259
23	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	77.544
24	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	77.231
25	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	76.818
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	76.721
27	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	75.469
28	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	75.306
29	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	74.907
30	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	73.860
31	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	73.655
32	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	73.142
33	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	72.057
34	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	70.311
35	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	70.097
36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	69.653
37	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	68.775
38	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	67.578
39	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	67.314
40	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	66.607
41	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	66.533
42	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	66.382
43	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	65.558
44	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	64.880
45	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	64.875
46	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	63.915
47	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	63.489
48	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	63.279
49	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	62.410
50	Honduras`HND`Central America	61.423
51	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	60.426
52	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	60.311
53	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	60.160
54	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	59.418
55	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	59.417
56	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	59.178
57	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	59.154
58	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	59.089
59	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	58.882
60	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	57.895
61	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	57.884
62	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	56.666
63	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	56.142
64	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	55.752
65	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	55.701
66	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	54.710
67	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	54.632
68	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	53.758
69	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	53.457
70	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	53.349
71	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	52.424
72	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	52.144
73	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	51.697
74	Belize`BLZ`Central America	51.470
75	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	51.224
76	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	51.091
77	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	51.020
78	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	50.764
79	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	50.700
80	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	49.695
81	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	49.209
82	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	48.632
83	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	48.488
84	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	48.443
85	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	48.013
86	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	47.604
87	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	45.980
88	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	44.862
89	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	44.686
90	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	44.131
91	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	43.934
92	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	43.264
93	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	43.192
94	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	42.746
95	Panama`PAN`Central America	42.720
96	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	40.937
97	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	40.783
98	Paraguay`PRY`South America	40.320
99	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	39.787
100	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	39.314
101	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	38.995
102	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	38.738
103	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	38.332
104	Mexico`MEX`Central America	37.591
105	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	37.396
106	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	37.216
107	France`FRA`Western Europe	36.170
108	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	36.039
109	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	35.347
110	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	34.693
111	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	34.564
112	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	34.539
113	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	34.323
114	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	34.204
115	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	34.129
116	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	33.981
117	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	33.770
118	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	33.342
119	Canada`CAN`Northern America	33.233
120	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	33.080
121	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	32.909
122	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	32.843
123	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	32.731
124	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	32.617
125	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	32.426
126	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	31.773
127	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	31.712
128	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	31.193
129	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	30.996
130	Chile`CHL`South America	29.902
131	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	29.830
132	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	29.040
133	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	28.694
134	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	28.520
135	Ecuador`ECU`South America	28.513
136	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	27.750
137	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	27.684
138	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	27.649
139	Bolivia`BOL`South America	27.206
140	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	26.382
141	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	26.235
142	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	25.472
143	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	25.042
144	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	24.886
145	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	24.660
146	Uruguay`URY`South America	24.346
147	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	24.220
148	India`IND`Southern Asia	23.968
149	Peru`PER`South America	23.737
150	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	23.174
151	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	22.884
152	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	22.748
153	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	22.536
154	Niger`NER`Western Africa	22.466
155	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	22.343
156	Colombia`COL`South America	22.326
157	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	22.048
158	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	21.740
159	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	21.344
160	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	21.038
161	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	21.017
162	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	20.938
163	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	19.950
164	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	19.652
165	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	18.570
166	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	17.974
167	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	17.826
168	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	17.761
169	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	17.337
170	Brazil`BRA`South America	15.697
171	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	14.002
172	United States`USA`Northern America	13.879
173	Argentina`ARG`South America	13.855
174	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	12.504
175	Venezuela`VEN`South America	10.028
176	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1.366

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg185.187
2Hong Kong176.340
3San Marino154.991
4Singapore143.271
5Djibouti135.161

Lowest

176Sudan1.366
175Venezuela10.028
174Turkmenistan12.504
173Argentina13.855
172United States13.879

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 44.774. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −7countries joined / left
176values changed, of 176 in both
43 · 133rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Timor-Leste42.009 → 66.382+24.372
Cuba53.371 → 74.907+21.536
Solomon Islands46.704 → 64.875+18.172
Libya64.341 → 75.469+11.128
Armenia52.308 → 62.410+10.103

Fell most

Macau85.576 → 53.457−32.119
Mozambique85.449 → 60.426−25.024
San Marino173.024 → 154.991−18.033
Hungary95.160 → 77.231−17.928
Lithuania89.368 → 72.057−17.310

− American Samoa

− Antigua and Barbuda

− Guam

− Northern Mariana Islands

− Qatar

− Syria

− United States Virgin Islands

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 2023.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 176 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2023). Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/imports-to-gdp/2023

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