Barbados vs Botswana: Value of imported goods as a share of GDP

Barbados

48.2%

in 2014

Botswana

48.8%

in 2014

Barbados rank

71st

Botswana rank

69th

Value of imported goods as a share of GDP over time

Barbados
Botswana

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 48.8% against 48.2% in Barbados, a difference of 0.6%.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 71st and Botswana ranks 69th of 193 countries.

Individual pages

Value of imported goods as a share of GDP in Barbados
Value of imported goods as a share of GDP in Botswana
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Value of imported goods as a share of GDP
Unit: %
Source: Fouquin and Hugot (2016) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 193 places, 12,772 data points, 1827–2014
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Estimates correspond to merchandise import-to-GDP ratios for countries and regions. All ratios are taken at current prices. See source for more details.