Value of imported goods as a share of GDP by country

Value of a country’s total goods imports, including freight and insurance costs, as a percentage of a country’s gross domestic product (GDP).

Countries reporting
201
Highest
6,750.6%
Marshall Islands
Lowest
6.7%
Cuba
Median
29.8%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
10,344

What the numbers show

Value of imported goods as a share of GDP is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 6,750.6% in Marshall Islands; the lowest is 6.7% in Cuba.

The median across all reporting countries is 29.8%, and the mean is 70.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,007.

Over the past decade 98 countries rose and 103 fell. The largest increase was in Curacao (up 21,253.4%), and the largest decrease in Vanuatu (down 70.3%).

Value of imported goods as a share of GDP (International Monetary): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Marshall Islands 6,750.6% 2025 up 612.0% volatile
2 Hong Kong 197.0% 2025 up 8.9% rising
3 Tuvalu 136.8% 2025 up 2.8% rising
4 Palestine 124.1% 2025 up 232.0% volatile
5 Slovenia 114.7% 2025 up 65.3% rising
6 Armenia 112.8% 2025 up 267.8% rising
7 Djibouti 98.2% 2025 down 8.9% rising
8 Saint Lucia 94.4% 2025 up 200.9% rising
9 Micronesia (country) 92.8% 2025 up 36.1% volatile
10 Uzbekistan 88.9% 2025 up 273.0% volatile
11 Palau 86.6% 2025 up 63.9% rising
12 Singapore 83.8% 2025 down 13.1% falling
13 Kiribati 83.5% 2025 up 44.3% flat
14 Vietnam 82.8% 2025 up 20.9% rising
15 Slovakia 79.3% 2025 down 2.9% rising
16 United Arab Emirates 78.4% 2024 up 78.4% rising
17 Belgium 75.6% 2025 down 6.9% rising
18 Nauru 72.1% 2025 down 31.4% volatile
19 Malaysia 72.0% 2025 up 24.4% rising
20 North Macedonia 68.3% 2025 up 7.0% rising
21 Lebanon 66.2% 2024 up 44.6% falling
22 Lesotho 66.1% 2025 up 9.7% rising
23 Netherlands 65.0% 2025 down 1.1% volatile
24 Seychelles 64.4% 2025 down 5.0% volatile
25 Czechia 64.2% 2025 down 13.6% rising
26 Hungary 63.7% 2025 down 13.3% rising
27 Cambodia 62.9% 2025 up 47.1% volatile
28 Montenegro 61.6% 2025 up 22.9% falling
29 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 61.5% 2025 up 437.3% volatile
30 Morocco 61.3% 2025 up 83.4% rising
31 Bhutan 59.1% 2025 up 42.3% falling
32 Thailand 58.6% 2025 up 18.2% rising
33 Namibia 54.6% 2025 down 18.9% rising
34 Latvia 54.6% 2025 down 1.5% rising
35 Estonia 53.7% 2025 down 13.4% flat
36 Bosnia and Herzegovina 53.1% 2025 down 2.9% rising
37 Kyrgyzstan 52.7% 2025 down 13.4% rising
38 Moldova 52.6% 2025 up 3.1% rising
39 Fiji 51.8% 2025 up 7.4% rising
40 Lithuania 51.4% 2025 down 24.2% rising
41 Curacao 50.6% 2024 up 21,253.4% volatile
42 Jordan 49.7% 2025 up 3.4% rising
43 Switzerland 49.2% 2025 up 38.3% rising
44 Georgia 48.9% 2025 up 1.9% rising
45 Croatia 48.9% 2025 up 22.6% rising
46 El Salvador 48.4% 2025 up 11.1% rising
47 Tunisia 47.9% 2025 up 10.7% rising
48 Serbia 47.1% 2025 up 7.1% rising
49 Eswatini 46.8% 2025 up 21.3% falling
50 Maldives 46.7% 2025 up 1.8% falling
51 East Timor 45.9% 2025 up 17.3% falling
52 Tonga 45.9% 2025 up 1.5% falling
53 Bulgaria 45.6% 2025 down 19.9% rising
54 Mauritania 45.4% 2025 down 24.0% volatile
55 Brunei 45.0% 2025 up 80.2% volatile
56 Liberia 44.9% 2025 up 1.5% volatile
57 Suriname 44.1% 2025 up 65.4% volatile
58 Solomon Islands 44.0% 2025 up 29.9% falling
59 Belize 43.7% 2025 down 6.6% falling
60 Zambia 43.4% 2025 up 14.5% rising
61 Honduras 43.2% 2025 down 3.8% rising
62 Mauritius 42.7% 2025 up 16.5% rising
63 Nicaragua 42.5% 2025 down 1.6% rising
64 Mongolia 42.4% 2025 up 29.5% volatile
65 Congo 41.9% 2025 down 50.0% volatile
66 Paraguay 41.1% 2025 up 48.3% volatile
67 Oman 40.7% 2025 up 10.5% rising
68 Poland 40.3% 2025 down 1.2% rising
69 Belarus 39.7% 2025 down 25.6% rising
70 Austria 39.7% 2025 down 3.4% rising
71 Grenada 39.1% 2025 up 12.4% flat
72 Libya 38.5% 2025 up 43.8% rising
73 Mexico 38.4% 2025 up 11.3% volatile
74 Ukraine 38.1% 2025 down 7.4% rising
75 Faroe Islands 38.0% 2024 down 8.8% falling
76 Dominica 37.8% 2025 up 5.3% falling
77 Guyana 37.3% 2025 up 7.6% falling
78 Mozambique 36.9% 2025 down 24.0% rising
79 Portugal 36.5% 2025 up 9.2% rising
80 Greenland 36.3% 2023 up 8.3% falling
81 Tajikistan 36.1% 2025 down 12.7% falling
82 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 35.7% 2025 down 15.9% falling
83 Malta 35.1% 2025 down 31.9% falling
84 Samoa 35.1% 2025 down 12.5% rising
85 Cyprus 34.4% 2025 up 1.3% falling
86 Romania 34.1% 2025 down 13.2% rising
87 South Korea 33.7% 2025 up 19.1% rising
88 Bahrain 33.3% 2025 down 33.7% falling
89 Albania 33.3% 2025 down 12.0% rising
90 Jamaica 33.1% 2025 up 1.5% rising
91 Botswana 32.9% 2025 down 44.6% falling
92 Greece 32.5% 2025 up 35.3% rising
93 Sao Tome and Principe 32.4% 2025 down 40.7% rising
94 Azerbaijan 32.1% 2025 up 84.9% volatile
95 Somalia 31.9% 2025 up 7.1% volatile
96 Gambia 31.8% 2025 up 11.9% falling
97 Bahamas 31.1% 2024 down 8.3% volatile
98 Germany 30.4% 2025 down 0.8% rising
99 Saint Kitts and Nevis 30.4% 2025 down 1.0% volatile
100 Sweden 30.1% 2025 up 9.1% rising
101 Macao 29.8% 2025 up 26.4% falling
102 Uganda 29.7% 2025 up 74.4% rising
103 Denmark 29.6% 2025 up 4.4% rising
104 Senegal 29.5% 2025 up 0.5% rising
105 Aruba 29.5% 2024 down 34.5% falling
106 Barbados 28.5% 2025 up 0.5% falling
107 Nepal 28.5% 2025 up 5.1% rising
108 Iceland 28.4% 2025 down 5.3% rising
109 Togo 28.3% 2025 down 13.3% rising
110 Democratic Republic of Congo 28.1% 2025 up 40.2% volatile
111 Guatemala 28.1% 2025 down 0.9% rising
112 Luxembourg 28.0% 2025 down 27.7% falling
113 Philippines 27.5% 2025 up 15.0% rising
114 Central African Republic 27.5% 2025 up 2.4% rising
115 Spain 27.2% 2025 up 5.3% rising
116 Egypt 27.2% 2025 up 28.3% rising
117 Kuwait 27.1% 2025 up 0.2% rising
118 Finland 26.9% 2025 up 4.1% rising
119 Sierra Leone 26.9% 2025 up 0.3% flat
120 Burundi 26.8% 2025 up 31.4% rising
121 Rwanda 26.2% 2025 up 20.2% rising
122 Italy 26.1% 2025 up 17.6% rising
123 Guinea 26.0% 2025 up 6.7% volatile
124 Burkina Faso 26.0% 2025 up 0.1% rising
125 South Africa 25.9% 2025 down 0.3% rising
126 Canada 25.6% 2025 down 9.7% rising
127 American Samoa 25.5% 2022 down 35.8% falling
128 Ecuador 25.0% 2025 up 14.3% rising
129 Chile 25.0% 2025 down 0.4% rising
130 Madagascar 24.9% 2025 up 3.4% rising
131 Costa Rica 24.4% 2025 down 9.0% rising
132 Mali 24.2% 2025 up 28.1% rising
133 Cape Verde 24.0% 2025 down 28.8% rising
134 Laos 23.8% 2025 down 46.1% volatile
135 Antigua and Barbuda 23.6% 2025 down 12.1% falling
136 Iraq 23.5% 2025 up 3.1% volatile
137 France 23.3% 2025 down 0.0% rising
138 Malawi 22.5% 2025 down 8.8% rising
139 Dominican Republic 22.5% 2025 down 11.0% rising
140 Ireland 22.1% 2025 down 12.6% falling
141 Eritrea 21.7% 2011 down 31.6% falling
142 Papua New Guinea 21.7% 2025 down 15.8% falling
143 Turkey 21.6% 2025 down 8.4% volatile
144 Kazakhstan 21.4% 2025 up 28.9% flat
145 San Marino 21.3% 2023 up 7.1% rising
146 Trinidad and Tobago 21.1% 2025 down 38.5% falling
147 Zimbabwe 20.9% 2025 down 33.9% volatile
148 United Kingdom 20.7% 2025 down 0.9% rising
149 Algeria 19.9% 2025 down 24.8% falling
150 Guam 19.9% 2022 down 15.2% flat
151 Saudi Arabia 19.8% 2025 down 21.2% rising
152 Afghanistan 19.8% 2024 down 5.5% rising
153 Norway 19.7% 2025 up 8.3% falling
154 Sri Lanka 19.2% 2025 up 8.0% rising
155 Cote d'Ivoire 19.2% 2025 down 12.9% falling
156 India 19.1% 2025 up 4.7% volatile
157 Benin 18.6% 2025 down 16.3% rising
158 Gabon 18.2% 2025 down 56.8% rising
159 New Zealand 18.2% 2025 down 10.8% rising
160 Myanmar 18.1% 2025 down 36.2% volatile
161 Comoros 17.8% 2025 down 19.2% falling
162 Ghana 17.7% 2025 down 38.1% rising
163 Australia 17.3% 2025 up 13.4% rising
164 Peru 17.1% 2025 down 19.1% rising
165 Japan 17.0% 2025 up 19.2% rising
166 Tanzania 16.8% 2025 down 45.8% volatile
167 Indonesia 16.7% 2025 up 0.9% rising
168 Kenya 16.3% 2025 down 28.7% falling
169 Pakistan 16.0% 2025 up 10.1% rising
170 Ethiopia 15.8% 2025 down 44.6% volatile
171 Bolivia 15.5% 2025 down 48.1% rising
172 Uruguay 15.0% 2025 down 8.4% rising
173 Colombia 14.9% 2025 down 16.4% rising
174 Venezuela 14.7% 2025 down 44.8% flat
175 Cameroon 14.5% 2025 down 23.0% rising
176 Bangladesh 14.4% 2025 down 21.9% rising
177 Sudan 14.4% 2025 down 15.5% rising
178 Israel 14.3% 2025 down 21.5% rising
179 Syria 14.3% 2022 down 44.5% volatile
180 Vanuatu 13.9% 2025 down 70.3% volatile
181 Angola 13.7% 2025 down 34.6% falling
182 Yemen 13.5% 2018 down 63.4% rising
183 Guinea-Bissau 13.5% 2025 up 1.5% falling
184 New Caledonia 13.5% 2024 down 53.5% falling
185 Qatar 13.5% 2025 down 31.4% falling
186 Brazil 13.0% 2025 up 29.5% rising
187 Iran 12.9% 2025 up 32.6% rising
188 Bermuda 12.9% 2024 down 37.4% falling
189 China 12.6% 2025 down 2.5% rising
190 Equatorial Guinea 11.5% 2025 down 51.4% volatile
191 Turkmenistan 11.2% 2025 down 35.3% volatile
192 Panama 11.1% 2025 down 35.4% falling
193 United States 11.1% 2025 down 9.4% rising
194 Argentina 10.9% 2025 up 9.5% rising
195 Chad 10.3% 2025 up 69.9% falling
196 French Polynesia 10.1% 2024 down 64.9% falling
197 Russia 9.3% 2025 down 30.6% rising
198 Niger 9.2% 2025 down 63.4% rising
199 Haiti 8.9% 2025 down 57.9% rising
200 Nigeria 7.8% 2025 down 32.8% rising
201 Cuba 6.7% 2020 down 56.8% rising

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Indicator
Value of imported goods as a share of GDP
Unit
%
Source
International Monetary Fund (2026); National statistical organizations and central banks, OECD national accounts, and World Bank staff estimates (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
201 places, 10,344 data points, 1960–2025
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Value of a country’s total goods imports, including freight and insurance costs, as a percentage of a country’s gross domestic product (GDP).