Countries by Imports (% GDP)
Complete ranking of 182 countries • % • Updated 2026
About Imports % GDP Rankings
Hong Kong leads all 182 countries in Imports % GDP with a value of 177.715, while Sudan ranks last at 1.27. This represents a 139-fold difference between the highest and lowest values.
What Imports % GDP Measures
Imports % GDP is a comparative indicator tracked across countries by the World Bank. It provides a quantitative basis for cross-national comparison, enabling researchers and policymakers to benchmark national performance on this dimension against global peers.
Why This Ranking Matters
Examining Imports % GDP across all countries reveals patterns that might not be obvious at the national level. Regional clusters, outlier nations, and historical trajectories all become clearer when the full global picture is assembled in a single ranking.
Global Range
Values range from 1.27 (Sudan) to 177.715 (Hong Kong) — a 139-fold difference across 182 countries.
Regional Patterns
The top 20 is globally diverse, with countries from 5 continents represented. No single region dominates, suggesting this metric is driven more by national conditions than by broad continental patterns.
Values are broadly distributed across countries, with the middle 50% ranging from 27.553 to 66.197. The overall spread from 1.27 to 177.715 reflects significant global variation.
Notable Outliers
The top of the ranking is competitive: Hong Kong and Luxembourg are separated by only 11%, indicating that the leading positions could shift with updated data.
Continental Leaders
Highest Ranked
The top five countries for Imports % GDP are Hong Kong (177.715), Luxembourg (159.735), San Marino (154.991), Singapore (143.595), and Djibouti (114.822). Together, these nations represent the global leaders in this metric.
Lowest Ranked
At the other end of the spectrum, Sudan (1.27), Venezuela (9.22), Turkmenistan (11.162), Ethiopia (11.861), and Argentina (12.68) have the lowest values globally.
Data Source & Methodology
Rankings are based on the latest available data from World Bank, covering 182 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.
Top 10 Countries
Full Rankings
| Percentile | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st |  Hong Kong | 177.7% | Asia | 100% |
| 2nd |  Luxembourg | 159.7% | Europe | 99% |
| 3rd |  San Marino | 155.0% | Europe | 99% |
| 4th |  Singapore | 143.6% | Asia | 98% |
| 5th |  Djibouti | 114.8% | Africa | 98% |
| 6th |  Nauru | 110.5% | Oceania | 97% |
| 7th |  U.S. Virgin Islands | 108.3% | North America | 97% |
| 8th |  Seychelles | 103.2% | Africa | 96% |
| 9th |  Ireland | 102.2% | Europe | 96% |
| 10th |  Kiribati | 101.7% | Oceania | 95% |
| 11th |  Malta | 99.7% | Europe | 95% |
| 12th |  Somalia | 99.1% | Africa | 94% |
| 13th |  Lesotho | 98.6% | Africa | 93% |
| 14th |  Cyprus | 93.4% | Europe | 93% |
| 15th |  United Arab Emirates | 92.2% | Asia | 92% |
| 16th |  Slovakia | 85.7% | Europe | 92% |
| 17th |  Timor-Leste | 84.9% | Asia | 91% |
| 18th |  Kyrgyzstan | 84.2% | Asia | 91% |
| 19th |  Vietnam | 83.7% | Asia | 90% |
| 20th |  Cuba | 82.4% | North America | 90% |
| 21st |  Marshall Islands | 81.7% | Oceania | 89% |
| 22nd |  Palau | 80.4% | Oceania | 88% |
| 23rd |  Belgium | 79.7% | Europe | 88% |
| 24th |  Mauritius | 78.3% | Africa | 87% |
| 25th |  Maldives | 78.3% | Asia | 87% |
| 26th |  American Samoa | 77.7% | Oceania | 86% |
| 27th |  Armenia | 76.4% | Europe | 86% |
| 28th |  Aruba | 76.4% | North America | 85% |
| 29th |  Estonia | 75.4% | Europe | 85% |
| 30th |  Slovenia | 74.7% | Europe | 84% |
| 31st |  North Macedonia | 74.6% | Europe | 84% |
| 32nd |  Lebanon | 73.7% | Asia | 83% |
| 33rd |  Cambodia | 72.1% | Asia | 82% |
| 34th |  Micronesia | 71.5% | Oceania | 82% |
| 35th |  Netherlands | 71.4% | Europe | 81% |
| 36th |  Hungary | 71.1% | Europe | 81% |
| 37th |  Northern Mariana Islands | 70.9% | Oceania | 80% |
| 38th |  Solomon Islands | 70.8% | Oceania | 80% |
| 39th |  Bahrain | 70.1% | Asia | 79% |
| 40th |  Mongolia | 69.7% | Asia | 79% |
| 41st |  Lithuania | 68.9% | Europe | 78% |
| 42nd |  Namibia | 68.0% | Africa | 77% |
| 43rd |  Latvia | 66.9% | Europe | 77% |
| 44th |  Belarus | 66.9% | Europe | 76% |
| 45th |  Thailand | 66.7% | Asia | 76% |
| 46th |  Montenegro | 66.2% | Europe | 75% |
| 47th |  Malaysia | 66.0% | Asia | 75% |
| 48th |  Tonga | 64.9% | Oceania | 74% |
| 49th |  Guam | 64.0% | Oceania | 74% |
| 50th |  Antigua and Barbuda | 63.0% | North America | 73% |
| 51st |  Czechia | 62.6% | Europe | 73% |
| 52nd |  Switzerland | 61.9% | Europe | 72% |
| 53rd |  Denmark | 60.8% | Europe | 71% |
| 54th |  Palestine | 60.3% | Asia | 71% |
| 55th |  Brunei | 58.3% | Asia | 70% |
| 56th |  Serbia | 58.1% | Europe | 70% |
| 57th |  Nicaragua | 58.1% | North America | 69% |
| 58th |  Honduras | 57.6% | North America | 69% |
| 59th |  Moldova | 57.3% | Europe | 68% |
| 60th |  Jordan | 57.1% | Asia | 68% |
| 61st |  Libya | 56.8% | Africa | 67% |
| 62nd |  Guinea | 56.4% | Africa | 66% |
| 63rd |  Tunisia | 56.3% | Africa | 66% |
| 64th |  Georgia | 55.6% | Europe | 65% |
| 65th |  Croatia | 54.8% | Europe | 65% |
| 66th |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 54.3% | Europe | 64% |
| 67th |  Vanuatu | 54.2% | Oceania | 64% |
| 68th |  Cabo Verde | 54.0% | Africa | 63% |
| 69th |  Bulgaria | 53.9% | Europe | 63% |
| 70th |  Belize | 53.7% | North America | 62% |
| 71st |  Eswatini | 53.7% | Africa | 62% |
| 72nd |  Bhutan | 53.3% | Asia | 61% |
| 73rd |  Austria | 53.1% | Europe | 60% |
| 74th |  Mozambique | 52.8% | Africa | 60% |
| 75th |  Mauritania | 52.2% | Africa | 59% |
| 76th |  El Salvador | 51.9% | North America | 59% |
| 77th |  Congo, Democratic Republic | 51.8% | Africa | 58% |
| 78th |  Sweden | 51.6% | Europe | 58% |
| 79th |  Faroe Islands | 51.2% | Europe | 57% |
| 80th |  Greenland | 51.1% | North America | 57% |
| 81st |  Afghanistan | 50.7% | Asia | 56% |
| 82nd |  Morocco | 50.2% | Africa | 55% |
| 83rd |  Macao | 49.9% | Asia | 55% |
| 84th |  Samoa | 48.9% | Oceania | 54% |
| 85th |  Oman | 48.8% | Asia | 54% |
| 86th |  Tajikistan | 48.4% | Asia | 53% |
| 87th |  Ukraine | 48.3% | Europe | 53% |
| 88th |  Poland | 48.2% | Europe | 52% |
| 89th |  Greece | 47.7% | Europe | 52% |
| 90th |  French Polynesia | 46.1% | Oceania | 51% |
| 91st |  Cayman Islands | 45.8% | North America | 51% |
| 92nd |  Portugal | 43.9% | Europe | 50% |
| 93rd |  Botswana | 43.7% | Africa | 49% |
| 94th |  Iceland | 43.5% | Europe | 49% |
| 95th |  Senegal | 43.4% | Africa | 48% |
| 96th |  Albania | 43.2% | Europe | 48% |
| 97th |  Puerto Rico | 42.7% | North America | 47% |
| 98th |  Romania | 41.6% | Europe | 47% |
| 99th |  Finland | 41.6% | Europe | 46% |
| 100th |  Bahamas | 41.5% | North America | 46% |
| 101st |  Congo | 40.4% | Africa | 45% |
| 102nd |  South Korea | 40.3% | Asia | 45% |
| 103rd |  Philippines | 40.1% | Asia | 44% |
| 104th |  Paraguay | 39.6% | South America | 43% |
| 105th |  Panama | 39.3% | North America | 43% |
| 106th |  Rwanda | 39.1% | Africa | 42% |
| 107th |  Kuwait | 38.3% | Asia | 42% |
| 108th |  Uzbekistan | 38.0% | Asia | 41% |
| 109th |  Mexico | 37.9% | North America | 41% |
| 110th |  Germany | 37.7% | Europe | 40% |
| 111st |  Azerbaijan | 36.8% | Europe | 40% |
| 112nd |  Togo | 36.6% | Africa | 39% |
| 113rd |  Comoros | 34.5% | Africa | 38% |
| 114th |  Ghana | 34.3% | Africa | 38% |
| 115th |  France | 34.2% | Europe | 37% |
| 116th |  Norway | 33.9% | Europe | 37% |
| 117th |  Gambia | 33.4% | Africa | 36% |
| 118th |  Iraq | 33.2% | Asia | 36% |
| 119th |  Nepal | 32.9% | Asia | 35% |
| 120th |  Spain | 32.9% | Europe | 35% |
| 121st |  Costa Rica | 32.8% | North America | 34% |
| 122nd |  Canada | 32.7% | North America | 34% |
| 123rd |  Burkina Faso | 31.9% | Africa | 33% |
| 124th |  United Kingdom | 31.9% | Europe | 32% |
| 125th |  Madagascar | 31.7% | Africa | 32% |
| 126th |  Qatar | 31.6% | Asia | 31% |
| 127th |  Guatemala | 31.5% | North America | 31% |
| 128th |  Central African Republic | 31.4% | Africa | 30% |
| 129th |  Malawi | 31.2% | Africa | 30% |
| 130th |  Italy | 30.3% | Europe | 29% |
| 131st |  Chile | 30.1% | South America | 29% |
| 132nd |  South Africa | 29.9% | Africa | 28% |
| 133rd |  Dominican Republic | 29.0% | North America | 27% |
| 134th |  Syria | 28.8% | Asia | 27% |
| 135th |  New Caledonia | 28.7% | Oceania | 26% |
| 136th |  Iran | 28.5% | Asia | 26% |
| 137th |  Zambia | 27.6% | Africa | 25% |
| 138th |  Gabon | 27.5% | Africa | 25% |
| 139th |  Mali | 27.3% | Africa | 24% |
| 140th |  Turkey | 27.0% | Europe | 24% |
| 141st |  Guinea-Bissau | 27.0% | Africa | 23% |
| 142nd |  Ecuador | 26.9% | South America | 23% |
| 143rd |  New Zealand | 26.4% | Oceania | 22% |
| 144th |  Israel | 26.0% | Asia | 21% |
| 145th |  Uganda | 25.9% | Africa | 21% |
| 146th |  Kazakhstan | 25.6% | Asia | 20% |
| 147th |  Saudi Arabia | 25.6% | Asia | 20% |
| 148th |  Bolivia | 25.5% | South America | 19% |
| 149th |  Equatorial Guinea | 25.4% | Africa | 19% |
| 150th |  Côte d'Ivoire | 25.2% | Africa | 18% |
| 151st |  Uruguay | 23.7% | South America | 18% |
| 152nd |  Japan | 23.6% | Asia | 17% |
| 153rd |  India | 23.5% | Asia | 16% |
| 154th |  Zimbabwe | 23.4% | Africa | 16% |
| 155th |  Sierra Leone | 23.3% | Africa | 15% |
| 156th |  Egypt | 23.2% | Africa | 15% |
| 157th |  Bermuda | 23.1% | North America | 14% |
| 158th |  Kenya | 23.1% | Africa | 14% |
| 159th |  Peru | 22.9% | South America | 13% |
| 160th |  Niger | 22.7% | Africa | 13% |
| 161st |  Australia | 22.5% | Oceania | 12% |
| 162nd |  Sri Lanka | 22.5% | Asia | 12% |
| 163rd |  Benin | 21.8% | Africa | 11% |
| 164th |  Tanzania | 21.7% | Africa | 10% |
| 165th |  Colombia | 20.9% | North America | 10% |
| 166th |  Indonesia | 20.4% | Asia | 9% |
| 167th |  Algeria | 20.3% | Africa | 9% |
| 168th |  Angola | 19.4% | Africa | 8% |
| 169th |  Haiti | 18.8% | North America | 8% |
| 170th |  Cameroon | 18.7% | Africa | 7% |
| 171st |  Chad | 18.1% | Africa | 7% |
| 172nd |  Brazil | 17.6% | South America | 6% |
| 173rd |  Russia | 17.6% | Europe | 5% |
| 174th |  Pakistan | 17.2% | Asia | 5% |
| 175th |  China | 17.2% | Asia | 4% |
| 176th |  Bangladesh | 16.3% | Asia | 4% |
| 177th |  United States | 14.3% | North America | 3% |
| 178th |  Argentina | 12.7% | South America | 3% |
| 179th |  Ethiopia | 11.9% | Africa | 2% |
| 180th |  Turkmenistan | 11.2% | Asia | 2% |
| 181st |  Venezuela | 9.2% | North America | 1% |
| 182nd |  Sudan | 1.3% | Africa | 1% |