Imports of goods and services (current US$), per square kilometre by country

Imports of goods and services (current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
190
Highest
1.02 billion current US$ per square kilometre
Singapore
Lowest
291.68 current US$ per square kilometre
Sudan
Median
234,748 current US$ per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,792

What the numbers show

Imports of goods and services (current US$), per square kilometre is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 1.02 billion current US$ per square kilometre in Singapore; the lowest is 291.68 current US$ per square kilometre in Sudan.

The median across all reporting countries is 234,748 current US$ per square kilometre, and the mean is 15.47 million current US$ per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 162 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Lao People's Democratic Republic (up 340.3%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 92.7%).

Imports of goods and services (current US$), per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 1.02 billion current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 36.3% volatile
2 Macau, China 739.11 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 41.3% volatile
3 Hong Kong, China 639.47 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 10.2% volatile
4 Malta 71.68 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 136.7% volatile
5 Luxembourg 63.87 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 74.9% rising
6 San Marino 52.37 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 50.7% rising
7 Bahrain 40.47 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 10.0% volatile
8 Bermuda 39.64 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 34.3% rising
9 Netherlands 26.15 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 41.8% volatile
10 Belgium 17.75 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 30.6% rising
11 Maldives 16.73 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 81.8% rising
12 Aruba 15.37 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 23.5% rising
13 United States Virgin Islands 14.45 million current US$ per square kilometre 2022 up 60.6% volatile
14 Switzerland 13.96 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 25.3% volatile
15 Ireland 8.49 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 167.6% volatile
16 Guam 8.19 million current US$ per square kilometre 2022 up 45.6% rising
17 Republic of Korea 7.74 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 16.9% volatile
18 Naoero 7.61 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 105.9% rising
19 United Arab Emirates 6.78 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 90.8% volatile
20 Israel 6.56 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 51.8% volatile
21 Qatar 6.49 million current US$ per square kilometre 2022 up 37.7% volatile
22 Puerto Rico 6.41 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 26.1% volatile
23 Curaçao 6.31 million current US$ per square kilometre 2018 down 4.3% falling
24 Denmark 6.10 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 45.4% volatile
25 Mauritius 5.52 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 22.5% volatile
26 Germany 5.09 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 29.9% volatile
27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4.68 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 28.4% volatile
28 Seychelles 4.64 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 57.3% volatile
29 Cyprus 3.58 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 131.6% volatile
30 Kuwait 3.56 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 36.2% volatile
31 Austria 3.55 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 34.3% volatile
32 American Samoa 3.38 million current US$ per square kilometre 2022 up 4.8% rising
33 Czechia 2.84 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 47.2% volatile
34 Japan 2.71 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 4.2% volatile
35 Antigua and Barbuda 2.67 million current US$ per square kilometre 2022 up 27.2% rising
36 Slovenia 2.64 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 58.1% volatile
37 Slovakia 2.50 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 37.6% volatile
38 Italy 2.49 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 32.2% volatile
39 France 2.05 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 25.7% volatile
40 Palestine, State of 1.83 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 61.0% volatile
41 Hungary 1.80 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 52.1% volatile
42 Brunei Darussalam 1.72 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 17.0% volatile
43 Northern Mariana Islands 1.69 million current US$ per square kilometre 2022 up 62.6% flat
44 Faroe Islands 1.62 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 43.0% volatile
45 Portugal 1.47 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 54.2% volatile
46 Lebanon 1.45 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 47.0% volatile
47 Poland 1.38 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 83.1% volatile
48 Marshall Islands 1.17 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 2.2% rising
49 Spain 1.10 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 39.9% volatile
50 Viet Nam 1.08 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 147.7% volatile
51 Lithuania 924,965 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 61.4% volatile
52 Greece 916,602 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 53.1% volatile
53 French Polynesia 841,743 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 29.0% rising
54 Croatia 837,094 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 88.9% rising
55 El Salvador 826,506 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 53.5% volatile
56 Malaysia 778,043 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 17.9% volatile
57 Estonia 745,535 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 56.9% volatile
58 Sweden 745,277 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 33.6% volatile
59 Dominican Republic 712,779 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 75.1% volatile
60 Romania 667,020 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 96.4% volatile
61 Thailand 640,373 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 19.2% volatile
62 Bangladesh 599,883 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 94.5% volatile
63 Philippines 597,797 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 111.8% volatile
64 Bahamas 590,989 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 26.4% volatile
65 Serbia 574,771 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 116.1% rising
66 Costa Rica 571,459 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 71.1% volatile
67 Bulgaria 545,052 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 62.8% volatile
68 Armenia 535,281 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 178.5% volatile
69 Tonga 532,682 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 36.0% volatile
70 North Macedonia 505,436 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 91.7% volatile
71 Türkiye 500,751 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 39.7% volatile
72 Palau 483,976 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 13.9% rising
73 Panama 482,668 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 11.6% volatile
74 Latvia 478,827 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 52.3% volatile
75 Micronesia, Federated States of 462,857 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 23.2% rising
76 Norway 427,326 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 5.0% volatile
77 United States of America 421,962 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 39.5% volatile
78 Finland 415,127 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 19.0% volatile
79 Montenegro 384,028 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 88.3% rising
80 Albania 376,664 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 72.0% volatile
81 Kiribati 362,309 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 69.5% volatile
82 Mexico 346,994 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 59.1% volatile
83 Cape Verde 346,481 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 41.5% volatile
84 China 337,391 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 49.5% volatile
85 Sri Lanka 309,193 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 16.8% volatile
86 Guatemala 308,653 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 79.9% volatile
87 Azerbaijan 302,679 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 28.5% volatile
88 Bosnia and Herzegovina 300,182 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 56.0% rising
89 Republic of Moldova 298,825 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 62.7% volatile
90 India 282,223 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 59.1% volatile
91 Comoros 268,847 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 48.4% volatile
92 Rwanda 259,231 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 180.2% volatile
93 Georgia 256,375 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 92.4% volatile
94 New Zealand 255,439 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 29.5% volatile
95 Sao Tome and Principe 235,408 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 25.7% rising
96 Belarus 234,087 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% volatile
97 Djibouti 227,315 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 34.7% rising
98 Fiji 206,163 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 29.4% volatile
99 Samoa 205,343 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 46.3% rising
100 Honduras 188,600 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 66.9% volatile
101 New Caledonia 185,408 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 22.6% volatile
102 Iraq 184,755 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 23.2% volatile
103 Tunisia 183,344 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 8.2% volatile
104 Jordan 177,928 current US$ per square kilometre 2007 up 203.1% volatile
105 Morocco 165,899 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 46.7% volatile
106 Cambodia 161,443 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 110.8% volatile
107 Haiti 156,581 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 2.9% volatile
108 Ukraine 153,914 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 8.4% volatile
109 Oman 153,901 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 13.9% volatile
110 Indonesia 142,379 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 18.5% volatile
111 Saudi Arabia 141,952 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 32.7% volatile
112 Ecuador 138,677 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 14.8% volatile
113 Eswatini 137,624 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 22.2% rising
114 Iceland 136,027 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 87.1% volatile
115 Chile 135,172 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 9.6% volatile
116 Ghana 115,465 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 18.4% volatile
117 Uruguay 110,183 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 19.2% volatile
118 Equatorial Guinea 102,320 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 66.7% falling
119 South Africa 101,959 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% volatile
120 Nepal 98,977 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 96.6% volatile
121 Uzbekistan 97,087 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 143.6% volatile
122 Timor-Leste 92,843 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 33.6% rising
123 Nicaragua 87,525 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 45.8% volatile
124 Egypt 84,894 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 25.4% volatile
125 Canada 83,060 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 26.4% volatile
126 Pakistan 78,501 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 25.0% volatile
127 Cuba 77,717 current US$ per square kilometre 2020 down 21.6% rising
128 Gambia 77,468 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 115.2% volatile
129 Senegal 77,307 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 105.5% volatile
130 Kyrgyzstan 75,576 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 115.3% volatile
131 Colombia 73,829 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 7.7% volatile
132 Iran, Islamic Republic of 71,826 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 6.7% volatile
133 Belize 68,875 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 46.6% volatile
134 Lesotho 68,779 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 7.3% volatile
135 Côte d'Ivoire 67,016 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 70.7% volatile
136 Togo 63,190 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 18.8% volatile
137 Uganda 52,874 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 37.9% volatile
138 Australia 50,381 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 15.2% volatile
139 Peru 49,704 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 26.6% volatile
140 Vanuatu 48,437 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 42.3% volatile
141 Guinea 47,144 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 156.3% volatile
142 Kenya 44,824 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 39.4% volatile
143 Malawi 44,214 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 42.9% rising
144 Paraguay 43,924 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 30.8% volatile
145 Benin 43,024 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 22.5% volatile
146 Tajikistan 42,737 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 16.7% volatile
147 Bhutan 42,143 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 43.4% volatile
148 Brazil 41,150 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 1.0% volatile
149 Syrian Arab Republic 37,048 current US$ per square kilometre 2022 down 43.0% volatile
150 Solomon Islands 34,909 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 41.6% volatile
151 Argentina 32,879 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 10.8% volatile
152 Sierra Leone 30,509 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 14.7% volatile
153 Lao People's Democratic Republic 28,876 current US$ per square kilometre 2016 up 340.3% volatile
154 Kazakhstan 26,850 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 14.3% volatile
155 Burkina Faso 25,135 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 38.4% volatile
156 Russian Federation 23,203 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 18.9% volatile
157 Cameroon 21,724 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 16.9% volatile
158 Zimbabwe 21,489 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 18.7% volatile
159 Guinea-Bissau 21,191 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 100.8% volatile
160 Gabon 20,881 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 8.1% volatile
161 Algeria 20,766 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 24.1% volatile
162 Yemen 19,366 current US$ per square kilometre 2018 down 12.5% rising
163 Libya 18,884 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 5.1% volatile
164 Tanzania, United Republic of 18,751 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 22.8% volatile
165 Angola 17,809 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 53.6% volatile
166 Congo 17,638 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 16.3% volatile
167 Ethiopia 16,859 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 37.8% rising
168 Mozambique 16,081 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 9.7% volatile
169 Somalia 14,180 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 171.5% volatile
170 Zambia 13,873 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 8.0% volatile
171 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 13,767 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 132.8% volatile
172 Afghanistan 13,350 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 volatile
173 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 13,144 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 25.1% volatile
174 Botswana 12,748 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 21.4% volatile
175 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 11,639 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 87.7% volatile
176 Suriname 10,455 current US$ per square kilometre 2010 rising
177 Turkmenistan 10,383 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 75.3% volatile
178 Namibia 10,120 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 14.9% volatile
179 Madagascar 9,934 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 40.6% volatile
180 Mongolia 8,687 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 75.0% volatile
181 Mali 6,669 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 53.7% volatile
182 Mauritania 5,574 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 39.8% volatile
183 Papua New Guinea 5,109 current US$ per square kilometre 2004 up 5.7% volatile
184 Eritrea 4,986 current US$ per square kilometre 2011 up 9.3% falling
185 Guyana 4,598 current US$ per square kilometre 2005 up 29.9% volatile
186 Greenland 4,141 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 8.7% rising
187 Niger 3,006 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 27.0% volatile
188 Chad 2,589 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 14.7% volatile
189 Central African Republic 1,191 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 87.3% volatile
190 Sudan 291.68 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 92.7% volatile

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Imports of goods and services (current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Imports of goods and services (current US$) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Imports of goods and services (current US$), per square kilometre
Unit
current US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
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Coverage
235 places, 10,792 data points, 1961–2023
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Imports of goods and services (current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.