Imports of personal protective equipment per capita by country

Total imports of pandemic-related customs (commodity codes: 392620, 401519, 401511, 611610, 621600, 630790, 902000, 900490).

Countries reporting
188
Highest
67.12 current US$
Hong Kong
Lowest
0 current US$
South Africa
Median
4.78 current US$
Years covered
35
1988–2022
Data points
4,625

What the numbers show

Imports of personal protective equipment per capita is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 67.12 current US$ in Hong Kong; the lowest is 0 current US$ in South Africa.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.78 current US$, and the mean is 12.45 current US$.

Over the past decade 160 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 15,887.4%), and the largest decrease in Bermuda (down 100.0%).

Imports of personal protective equipment per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Hong Kong 67.12 current US$ 2022 up 12.8% rising
2 Montserrat 59.47 current US$ 2022 up 296.5% volatile
3 Denmark 56.78 current US$ 2022 up 70.2% volatile
4 Netherlands 54.29 current US$ 2022 up 62.7% volatile
5 Iceland 53.91 current US$ 2022 up 98.2% volatile
6 Switzerland 50.3 current US$ 2022 up 45.5% volatile
7 Australia 50.11 current US$ 2022 up 78.9% volatile
8 Norway 48.64 current US$ 2022 up 28.2% volatile
9 Andorra 47.65 current US$ 2022 up 15.1% rising
10 Kuwait 46.85 current US$ 2021 up 610.3% volatile
11 New Zealand 46.7 current US$ 2022 up 77.2% volatile
12 Austria 46.44 current US$ 2022 up 46.6% volatile
13 United Arab Emirates 46.43 current US$ 2021 up 125.3% volatile
14 Sweden 45.27 current US$ 2022 up 43.4% volatile
15 Macao 44.83 current US$ 2022 up 554.4% volatile
16 Aruba 44.44 current US$ 2021 up 170.1% rising
17 Belgium 41.88 current US$ 2022 up 27.7% volatile
18 Seychelles 41.08 current US$ 2021 up 31.8% volatile
19 Finland 40.53 current US$ 2022 up 67.9% volatile
20 Brunei 37.79 current US$ 2022 up 191.1% volatile
21 Slovenia 37.31 current US$ 2022 up 87.6% volatile
22 Singapore 36.04 current US$ 2022 up 44.6% volatile
23 Estonia 35.62 current US$ 2022 up 68.2% volatile
24 Germany 34.25 current US$ 2022 up 43.6% volatile
25 Ireland 34.01 current US$ 2022 up 91.0% volatile
26 Luxembourg 33.93 current US$ 2022 up 52.1% volatile
27 Czechia 33.25 current US$ 2022 up 76.5% volatile
28 United States 32.53 current US$ 2022 up 25.5% volatile
29 Barbados 29.99 current US$ 2022 up 160.6% volatile
30 Lithuania 28.23 current US$ 2022 up 218.5% volatile
31 New Caledonia 27.89 current US$ 2015 up 110.6% rising
32 France 27.51 current US$ 2022 up 49.5% volatile
33 Japan 27.05 current US$ 2022 up 48.2% volatile
34 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 26.74 current US$ 2021 up 453.5% volatile
35 Anguilla 26.62 current US$ 2008 up 127.6% rising
36 Faroe Islands 26.39 current US$ 2009 up 102.9% rising
37 Maldives 25.36 current US$ 2021 up 264.9% volatile
38 Latvia 24.97 current US$ 2022 up 65.8% volatile
39 Greenland 22.57 current US$ 2018 up 9.0% rising
40 French Polynesia 22.48 current US$ 2022 up 112.4% volatile
41 Saint Lucia 20.74 current US$ 2020 up 257.0% volatile
42 Slovakia 20.7 current US$ 2022 up 1.3% volatile
43 Qatar 20.6 current US$ 2022 up 97.3% volatile
44 United Kingdom 20.44 current US$ 2022 up 18.4% volatile
45 Portugal 20.42 current US$ 2022 up 151.4% volatile
46 Costa Rica 20.05 current US$ 2021 up 292.8% volatile
47 Italy 19.68 current US$ 2022 up 75.3% volatile
48 Malta 19.11 current US$ 2022 up 98.7% volatile
49 Grenada 18.7 current US$ 2022 up 290.8% volatile
50 Poland 18.48 current US$ 2022 up 66.6% volatile
51 Georgia 18.01 current US$ 2022 up 265.2% volatile
52 South Korea 17.95 current US$ 2021 up 130.7% volatile
53 Malaysia 17.87 current US$ 2021 up 210.7% volatile
54 Spain 17.68 current US$ 2022 up 92.9% volatile
55 Israel 17.5 current US$ 2022 up 61.3% volatile
56 Greece 17.42 current US$ 2022 up 232.6% volatile
57 Bahamas 17.24 current US$ 2020 up 71.3% rising
58 Hungary 16.29 current US$ 2022 up 52.4% volatile
59 Trinidad and Tobago 15.04 current US$ 2021 up 148.2% volatile
60 Croatia 14.09 current US$ 2022 up 127.5% volatile
61 Chile 14.03 current US$ 2022 up 37.5% volatile
62 Cape Verde 13.56 current US$ 2020 up 1,596.5% volatile
63 Cyprus 13.51 current US$ 2022 up 95.2% volatile
64 Saint Kitts and Nevis 13.41 current US$ 2017 up 81.2% volatile
65 Guyana 11.84 current US$ 2022 up 464.1% volatile
66 Belize 11.2 current US$ 2022 up 297.0% volatile
67 Antigua and Barbuda 11.07 current US$ 2019 up 43.9% rising
68 Romania 10.72 current US$ 2022 up 81.6% volatile
69 Tuvalu 10.64 current US$ 2008 up 1,084.3% volatile
70 Bulgaria 9.52 current US$ 2022 up 151.3% volatile
71 Belarus 9.39 current US$ 2021 up 237.2% volatile
72 Bahrain 9.37 current US$ 2022 up 14.8% volatile
73 Mauritius 9.16 current US$ 2022 up 80.9% volatile
74 Saudi Arabia 8.97 current US$ 2021 up 235.8% volatile
75 Panama 8.85 current US$ 2022 down 8.8% volatile
76 Oman 8.49 current US$ 2021 up 196.0% volatile
77 Peru 8.28 current US$ 2021 up 309.8% volatile
78 Eswatini 7.31 current US$ 2021 down 25.7% volatile
79 Russia 6.86 current US$ 2021 up 137.6% volatile
80 Montenegro 6.73 current US$ 2022 up 111.6% volatile
81 Serbia 6.72 current US$ 2022 up 269.4% volatile
82 Uruguay 6.48 current US$ 2022 up 43.5% volatile
83 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.12 current US$ 2022 up 100.4% volatile
84 Thailand 5.9 current US$ 2021 up 230.3% volatile
85 Jamaica 5.7 current US$ 2021 up 170.7% volatile
86 Suriname 5.55 current US$ 2022 up 13.0% volatile
87 Dominica 5.5 current US$ 2012 up 261.6% volatile
88 Moldova 5.39 current US$ 2022 down 50.5% volatile
89 Mongolia 5.37 current US$ 2021 up 322.5% volatile
90 Fiji 5.36 current US$ 2022 up 53.0% volatile
91 Vietnam 5.03 current US$ 2021 up 242.8% volatile
92 El Salvador 4.84 current US$ 2022 up 196.6% volatile
93 North Macedonia 4.78 current US$ 2022 up 58.4% volatile
94 Honduras 4.78 current US$ 2021 up 449.9% volatile
95 Colombia 4.78 current US$ 2021 up 165.9% volatile
96 Sao Tome and Principe 4.73 current US$ 2022 up 688.1% volatile
97 Cook Islands 4.4 current US$ 2011 down 68.4% volatile
98 Argentina 4.38 current US$ 2022 up 112.1% volatile
99 Mayotte 4.38 current US$ 2009 up 516.7% volatile
100 Ecuador 4.37 current US$ 2021 up 116.3% volatile
101 Namibia 4.26 current US$ 2022 up 28.7% volatile
102 Kazakhstan 3.84 current US$ 2022 down 2.0% volatile
103 Ukraine 3.79 current US$ 2022 up 114.9% volatile
104 Armenia 3.71 current US$ 2022 up 224.6% volatile
105 Turkey 3.27 current US$ 2022 down 21.3% volatile
106 Tunisia 3.26 current US$ 2021 up 4.2% volatile
107 Botswana 3.02 current US$ 2022 down 31.6% volatile
108 Dominican Republic 2.97 current US$ 2022 up 54.8% volatile
109 Nicaragua 2.77 current US$ 2022 up 172.9% volatile
110 Guatemala 2.7 current US$ 2022 up 91.8% volatile
111 Lebanon 2.68 current US$ 2022 down 40.5% rising
112 Wallis and Futuna 2.63 current US$ 2006 up 167.8% volatile
113 Libya 2.46 current US$ 2019 up 336.3% volatile
114 Venezuela 2.41 current US$ 2013 up 616.2% volatile
115 Brazil 2.11 current US$ 2022 up 3.9% volatile
116 Laos 2.05 current US$ 2021 up 2,324.6% volatile
117 Samoa 2.03 current US$ 2021 up 112.7% volatile
118 Lesotho 1.97 current US$ 2021 up 145.0% volatile
119 Azerbaijan 1.85 current US$ 2022 up 75.9% volatile
120 Kiribati 1.77 current US$ 2020 up 131.3% volatile
121 Nepal 1.76 current US$ 2021 up 1,693.9% volatile
122 Angola 1.73 current US$ 2022 up 27.4% volatile
123 Paraguay 1.69 current US$ 2022 down 8.1% volatile
124 Papua New Guinea 1.65 current US$ 2012 up 460.9% volatile
125 Zambia 1.64 current US$ 2021 up 424.3% volatile
126 Rwanda 1.58 current US$ 2022 up 766.9% volatile
127 Cambodia 1.56 current US$ 2021 up 851.3% volatile
128 Bolivia 1.52 current US$ 2022 up 54.7% volatile
129 Indonesia 1.5 current US$ 2021 up 348.1% volatile
130 Morocco 1.44 current US$ 2022 up 51.5% volatile
131 Malawi 1.41 current US$ 2021 up 753.8% volatile
132 Palestine 1.41 current US$ 2021 up 289.3% volatile
133 Gabon 1.36 current US$ 2009 up 160.3% rising
134 Zimbabwe 1.33 current US$ 2022 up 226.6% volatile
135 Jordan 1.19 current US$ 2022 down 21.0% volatile
136 Mauritania 1.13 current US$ 2021 up 294.6% volatile
137 Philippines 1.11 current US$ 2022 up 412.2% volatile
138 Senegal 1.02 current US$ 2021 up 327.7% volatile
139 Cote d'Ivoire 1.01 current US$ 2020 up 479.6% volatile
140 Cuba 0.9983 current US$ 2006 up 118.7% rising
141 Mozambique 0.98 current US$ 2022 up 227.5% volatile
142 Kyrgyzstan 0.9658 current US$ 2022 up 15.6% volatile
143 Comoros 0.8842 current US$ 2021 up 3,364.8% volatile
144 Micronesia (country) 0.845 current US$ 2013 down 31.6% rising
145 Sri Lanka 0.8265 current US$ 2022 down 52.6% rising
146 Tonga 0.8003 current US$ 2014 up 240.3% volatile
147 Burkina Faso 0.7783 current US$ 2021 up 305.0% volatile
148 Vanuatu 0.7705 current US$ 2011 up 95.2% rising
149 Algeria 0.7477 current US$ 2017 up 91.1% volatile
150 Bhutan 0.7215 current US$ 2012 up 15,887.4% volatile
151 Kenya 0.6834 current US$ 2021 up 120.9% volatile
152 Congo 0.5854 current US$ 2021 down 13.6% volatile
153 Ethiopia 0.5845 current US$ 2021 up 413.1% volatile
154 Central African Republic 0.5667 current US$ 2020 up 3,924.5% volatile
155 China 0.5175 current US$ 2022 up 140.4% volatile
156 Uganda 0.4801 current US$ 2020 up 340.3% volatile
157 Madagascar 0.4749 current US$ 2021 up 199.0% volatile
158 Tajikistan 0.46 current US$ 2021 up 92.3% volatile
159 Iran 0.4352 current US$ 2018 up 438.4% volatile
160 Togo 0.4038 current US$ 2022 up 1,915.3% volatile
161 Uzbekistan 0.3479 current US$ 2022 up 43.6% rising
162 Guinea 0.344 current US$ 2016 up 1,361.0% volatile
163 Solomon Islands 0.3406 current US$ 2018 up 17.5% falling
164 Pakistan 0.2886 current US$ 2021 up 330.6% volatile
165 Egypt 0.2624 current US$ 2022 down 28.2% volatile
166 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.2189 current US$ 2021 up 137.0% volatile
167 Gambia 0.2138 current US$ 2021 up 4,056.5% volatile
168 Ghana 0.2123 current US$ 2019 up 50.3% volatile
169 Albania 0.205 current US$ 2022 down 79.0% volatile
170 Sierra Leone 0.1994 current US$ 2018 volatile
171 Myanmar 0.1903 current US$ 2022 up 321.5% volatile
172 Tanzania 0.1717 current US$ 2022 down 44.7% volatile
173 Sudan 0.1524 current US$ 2018 up 31.9% rising
174 Benin 0.1492 current US$ 2022 up 226.7% volatile
175 Mali 0.1412 current US$ 2019 down 67.9% volatile
176 Cameroon 0.1396 current US$ 2018 up 6.5% volatile
177 India 0.1379 current US$ 2022 up 60.4% volatile
178 Nigeria 0.1218 current US$ 2021 down 88.2% volatile
179 Syria 0.121 current US$ 2010 down 78.3% volatile
180 Niger 0.1164 current US$ 2022 down 21.2% volatile
181 Bangladesh 0.1141 current US$ 2015 up 748.3% volatile
182 Burundi 0.0981 current US$ 2022 down 19.4% volatile
183 Yemen 0.0508 current US$ 2019 down 44.2% falling
184 Bermuda 0 current US$ 2022 down 100.0% volatile
184 Canada 0 current US$ 2021 down 100.0% volatile
184 Mexico 0 current US$ 2022 down 100.0% volatile
184 Palau 0 current US$ 2018 down 100.0% volatile
184 South Africa 0 current US$ 2022 volatile

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Indicator
Imports of personal protective equipment per capita
Unit
current US$
Source
UN Comtrade (2023); Population based on various sources (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
188 places, 4,625 data points, 1988–2022
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Total imports of pandemic-related customs (commodity codes: 392620, 401519, 401511, 611610, 621600, 630790, 902000, 900490).