Countries by Imports (% GDP)

Complete ranking of 182 countries • % of GDP • Updated 2026

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Hong Kong leads all 182 countries in Imports Share of GDP with a value of 177.72% of GDP, while Sudan ranks last at 1.27% of GDP. This represents a 139-fold difference between the highest and lowest values.

What Imports Share of GDP Measures

Imports of goods and services as a share of GDP, from World Bank Open Data.

Why This Ranking Matters

Examining Imports Share of 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% of GDP (Sudan) to 177.72% of GDP (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 27.55% of GDP to 66.2% of GDP. The overall spread from 1.27% of GDP to 177.72% of GDP 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

Asia

Hong Kong

177.72% of GDP

Europe

Luxembourg

159.74% of GDP

Africa

Djibouti

114.82% of GDP

Oceania

Nauru

110.52% of GDP

North America

U.S. Virgin Islands

108.26% of GDP

South America

Paraguay

39.63% of GDP

Highest Imports Share of GDP

The 5 strongest Imports Share of GDP reads.

Hong Kong177.72% of GDP Luxembourg159.74% of GDP San Marino154.99% of GDP Singapore143.6% of GDP Djibouti114.82% of GDP

Lowest Imports Share of GDP

The 5 lowest Imports Share of GDP reads.

Sudan1.27% of GDP Venezuela9.22% of GDP Turkmenistan11.16% of GDP Ethiopia11.86% of GDP Argentina12.68% of GDP

Data Note

Rankings are based on the latest available data from World Bank Open Data, 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

1stHong Kong177.72% of GDP

2ndLuxembourg159.74% of GDP

3rdSan Marino154.99% of GDP

4thSingapore143.6% of GDP

5thDjibouti114.82% of GDP

6thNauru110.52% of GDP

7thU.S. Virgin Islands108.26% of GDP

8thSeychelles103.2% of GDP

9thIreland102.19% of GDP

10thKiribati101.68% of GDP

Country Ladder

1stHong KongAsia177.72% of GDP 2ndLuxembourgEurope159.74% of GDP 3rdSan MarinoEurope154.99% of GDP 4thSingaporeAsia143.6% of GDP 5thDjiboutiAfrica114.82% of GDP 6thNauruOceania110.52% of GDP 7thU.S. Virgin IslandsNorth America108.26% of GDP 8thSeychellesAfrica103.2% of GDP 9thIrelandEurope102.19% of GDP 10thKiribatiOceania101.68% of GDP 11thMaltaEurope99.68% of GDP 12thSomaliaAfrica99.11% of GDP 13thLesothoAfrica98.59% of GDP 14thCyprusEurope93.38% of GDP 15thUnited Arab EmiratesAsia92.2% of GDP 16thSlovakiaEurope85.73% of GDP 17thTimor-LesteAsia84.89% of GDP 18thKyrgyzstanAsia84.21% of GDP 19thVietnamAsia83.71% of GDP 20thCubaNorth America82.39% of GDP 21stMarshall IslandsOceania81.74% of GDP 22ndPalauOceania80.42% of GDP 23rdBelgiumEurope79.66% of GDP 24thMauritiusAfrica78.31% of GDP 25thMaldivesAsia78.26% of GDP 26thAmerican SamoaOceania77.73% of GDP 27thArmeniaEurope76.44% of GDP 28thArubaNorth America76.37% of GDP 29thEstoniaEurope75.37% of GDP 30thSloveniaEurope74.74% of GDP 31stNorth MacedoniaEurope74.65% of GDP 32ndLebanonAsia73.66% of GDP 33rdCambodiaAsia72.08% of GDP 34thMicronesiaOceania71.49% of GDP 35thNetherlandsEurope71.4% of GDP 36thHungaryEurope71.11% of GDP 37thNorthern Mariana IslandsOceania70.89% of GDP 38thSolomon IslandsOceania70.78% of GDP 39thBahrainAsia70.14% of GDP 40thMongoliaAsia69.73% of GDP 41stLithuaniaEurope68.93% of GDP 42ndNamibiaAfrica67.98% of GDP 43rdLatviaEurope66.93% of GDP 44thBelarusEurope66.85% of GDP 45thThailandAsia66.7% of GDP 46thMontenegroEurope66.2% of GDP 47thMalaysiaAsia66.02% of GDP 48thTongaOceania64.88% of GDP 49thGuamOceania63.98% of GDP 50thAntigua and BarbudaNorth America62.98% of GDP 51stCzechiaEurope62.62% of GDP 52ndSwitzerlandEurope61.94% of GDP 53rdDenmarkEurope60.76% of GDP 54thPalestineAsia60.27% of GDP 55thBruneiAsia58.32% of GDP 56thSerbiaEurope58.14% of GDP 57thNicaraguaNorth America58.06% of GDP 58thHondurasNorth America57.56% of GDP 59thMoldovaEurope57.25% of GDP 60thJordanAsia57.07% of GDP 61stLibyaAfrica56.85% of GDP 62ndGuineaAfrica56.38% of GDP 63rdTunisiaAfrica56.3% of GDP 64thGeorgiaEurope55.64% of GDP 65thCroatiaEurope54.77% of GDP 66thBosnia and HerzegovinaEurope54.28% of GDP 67thVanuatuOceania54.17% of GDP 68thCabo VerdeAfrica54.01% of GDP 69thBulgariaEurope53.86% of GDP 70thBelizeNorth America53.75% of GDP 71stEswatiniAfrica53.72% of GDP 72ndBhutanAsia53.35% of GDP 73rdAustriaEurope53.15% of GDP 74thMozambiqueAfrica52.82% of GDP 75thMauritaniaAfrica52.19% of GDP 76thEl SalvadorNorth America51.9% of GDP 77thCongo, Democratic RepublicAfrica51.8% of GDP 78thSwedenEurope51.57% of GDP 79thFaroe IslandsEurope51.2% of GDP 80thGreenlandNorth America51.09% of GDP 81stAfghanistanAsia50.73% of GDP 82ndMoroccoAfrica50.19% of GDP 83rdMacaoAsia49.89% of GDP 84thSamoaOceania48.87% of GDP 85thOmanAsia48.78% of GDP 86thTajikistanAsia48.44% of GDP 87thUkraineEurope48.34% of GDP 88thPolandEurope48.18% of GDP 89thGreeceEurope47.66% of GDP 90thFrench PolynesiaOceania46.15% of GDP 91stCayman IslandsNorth America45.84% of GDP 92ndPortugalEurope43.92% of GDP 93rdBotswanaAfrica43.71% of GDP 94thIcelandEurope43.52% of GDP 95thSenegalAfrica43.45% of GDP 96thAlbaniaEurope43.17% of GDP 97thPuerto RicoNorth America42.75% of GDP 98thRomaniaEurope41.61% of GDP 99thFinlandEurope41.55% of GDP 100thBahamasNorth America41.46% of GDP 101stCongoAfrica40.41% of GDP 102ndSouth KoreaAsia40.28% of GDP 103rdPhilippinesAsia40.11% of GDP 104thParaguaySouth America39.63% of GDP 105thPanamaNorth America39.32% of GDP 106thRwandaAfrica39.13% of GDP 107thKuwaitAsia38.35% of GDP 108thUzbekistanAsia37.96% of GDP 109thMexicoNorth America37.89% of GDP 110thGermanyEurope37.66% of GDP 111stAzerbaijanEurope36.79% of GDP 112ndTogoAfrica36.57% of GDP 113rdComorosAfrica34.46% of GDP 114thGhanaAfrica34.31% of GDP 115thFranceEurope34.22% of GDP 116thNorwayEurope33.87% of GDP 117thGambiaAfrica33.42% of GDP 118thIraqAsia33.2% of GDP 119thNepalAsia32.91% of GDP 120thSpainEurope32.89% of GDP 121stCosta RicaNorth America32.8% of GDP 122ndCanadaNorth America32.71% of GDP 123rdBurkina FasoAfrica31.94% of GDP 124thUnited KingdomEurope31.86% of GDP 125thMadagascarAfrica31.72% of GDP 126thQatarAsia31.62% of GDP 127thGuatemalaNorth America31.45% of GDP 128thCentral African RepublicAfrica31.42% of GDP 129thMalawiAfrica31.19% of GDP 130thItalyEurope30.32% of GDP 131stChileSouth America30.14% of GDP 132ndSouth AfricaAfrica29.85% of GDP 133rdDominican RepublicNorth America29.02% of GDP 134thSyriaAsia28.8% of GDP 135thNew CaledoniaOceania28.67% of GDP 136thIranAsia28.51% of GDP 137thZambiaAfrica27.55% of GDP 138thGabonAfrica27.47% of GDP 139thMaliAfrica27.33% of GDP 140thTurkeyEurope27.03% of GDP 141stGuinea-BissauAfrica26.96% of GDP 142ndEcuadorSouth America26.92% of GDP 143rdNew ZealandOceania26.42% of GDP 144thIsraelAsia26.02% of GDP 145thUgandaAfrica25.9% of GDP 146thKazakhstanAsia25.57% of GDP 147thSaudi ArabiaAsia25.57% of GDP 148thBoliviaSouth America25.54% of GDP 149thEquatorial GuineaAfrica25.38% of GDP 150thCôte d'IvoireAfrica25.24% of GDP 151stUruguaySouth America23.7% of GDP 152ndJapanAsia23.64% of GDP 153rdIndiaAsia23.49% of GDP 154thZimbabweAfrica23.44% of GDP 155thSierra LeoneAfrica23.28% of GDP 156thEgyptAfrica23.22% of GDP 157thBermudaNorth America23.15% of GDP 158thKenyaAfrica23.12% of GDP 159thPeruSouth America22.94% of GDP 160thNigerAfrica22.65% of GDP 161stAustraliaOceania22.52% of GDP 162ndSri LankaAsia22.51% of GDP 163rdBeninAfrica21.8% of GDP 164thTanzaniaAfrica21.68% of GDP 165thColombiaNorth America20.93% of GDP 166thIndonesiaAsia20.39% of GDP 167thAlgeriaAfrica20.28% of GDP 168thAngolaAfrica19.36% of GDP 169thHaitiNorth America18.85% of GDP 170thCameroonAfrica18.73% of GDP 171stChadAfrica18.09% of GDP 172ndBrazilSouth America17.65% of GDP 173rdRussiaEurope17.59% of GDP 174thPakistanAsia17.19% of GDP 175thChinaAsia17.18% of GDP 176thBangladeshAsia16.32% of GDP 177thUnited StatesNorth America14.27% of GDP 178thArgentinaSouth America12.68% of GDP 179thEthiopiaAfrica11.86% of GDP 180thTurkmenistanAsia11.16% of GDP 181stVenezuelaNorth America9.2% of GDP 182ndSudanAfrica1.3% of GDP

Imports (% GDP) ranking for 182 countries
				Percentile
1st	Hong Kong	177.72% of GDP	Asia	100%
2nd	Luxembourg	159.74% of GDP	Europe	99%
3rd	San Marino	154.99% of GDP	Europe	99%
4th	Singapore	143.6% of GDP	Asia	98%
5th	Djibouti	114.82% of GDP	Africa	98%
6th	Nauru	110.52% of GDP	Oceania	97%
7th	U.S. Virgin Islands	108.26% of GDP	North America	97%
8th	Seychelles	103.2% of GDP	Africa	96%
9th	Ireland	102.19% of GDP	Europe	96%
10th	Kiribati	101.68% of GDP	Oceania	95%
11th	Malta	99.68% of GDP	Europe	95%
12th	Somalia	99.11% of GDP	Africa	94%
13th	Lesotho	98.59% of GDP	Africa	93%
14th	Cyprus	93.38% of GDP	Europe	93%
15th	United Arab Emirates	92.2% of GDP	Asia	92%
16th	Slovakia	85.73% of GDP	Europe	92%
17th	Timor-Leste	84.89% of GDP	Asia	91%
18th	Kyrgyzstan	84.21% of GDP	Asia	91%
19th	Vietnam	83.71% of GDP	Asia	90%
20th	Cuba	82.39% of GDP	North America	90%
21st	Marshall Islands	81.74% of GDP	Oceania	89%
22nd	Palau	80.42% of GDP	Oceania	88%
23rd	Belgium	79.66% of GDP	Europe	88%
24th	Mauritius	78.31% of GDP	Africa	87%
25th	Maldives	78.26% of GDP	Asia	87%
26th	American Samoa	77.73% of GDP	Oceania	86%
27th	Armenia	76.44% of GDP	Europe	86%
28th	Aruba	76.37% of GDP	North America	85%
29th	Estonia	75.37% of GDP	Europe	85%
30th	Slovenia	74.74% of GDP	Europe	84%
31st	North Macedonia	74.65% of GDP	Europe	84%
32nd	Lebanon	73.66% of GDP	Asia	83%
33rd	Cambodia	72.08% of GDP	Asia	82%
34th	Micronesia	71.49% of GDP	Oceania	82%
35th	Netherlands	71.4% of GDP	Europe	81%
36th	Hungary	71.11% of GDP	Europe	81%
37th	Northern Mariana Islands	70.89% of GDP	Oceania	80%
38th	Solomon Islands	70.78% of GDP	Oceania	80%
39th	Bahrain	70.14% of GDP	Asia	79%
40th	Mongolia	69.73% of GDP	Asia	79%
41st	Lithuania	68.93% of GDP	Europe	78%
42nd	Namibia	67.98% of GDP	Africa	77%
43rd	Latvia	66.93% of GDP	Europe	77%
44th	Belarus	66.85% of GDP	Europe	76%
45th	Thailand	66.7% of GDP	Asia	76%
46th	Montenegro	66.2% of GDP	Europe	75%
47th	Malaysia	66.02% of GDP	Asia	75%
48th	Tonga	64.88% of GDP	Oceania	74%
49th	Guam	63.98% of GDP	Oceania	74%
50th	Antigua and Barbuda	62.98% of GDP	North America	73%
51st	Czechia	62.62% of GDP	Europe	73%
52nd	Switzerland	61.94% of GDP	Europe	72%
53rd	Denmark	60.76% of GDP	Europe	71%
54th	Palestine	60.27% of GDP	Asia	71%
55th	Brunei	58.32% of GDP	Asia	70%
56th	Serbia	58.14% of GDP	Europe	70%
57th	Nicaragua	58.06% of GDP	North America	69%
58th	Honduras	57.56% of GDP	North America	69%
59th	Moldova	57.25% of GDP	Europe	68%
60th	Jordan	57.07% of GDP	Asia	68%
61st	Libya	56.85% of GDP	Africa	67%
62nd	Guinea	56.38% of GDP	Africa	66%
63rd	Tunisia	56.3% of GDP	Africa	66%
64th	Georgia	55.64% of GDP	Europe	65%
65th	Croatia	54.77% of GDP	Europe	65%
66th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	54.28% of GDP	Europe	64%
67th	Vanuatu	54.17% of GDP	Oceania	64%
68th	Cabo Verde	54.01% of GDP	Africa	63%
69th	Bulgaria	53.86% of GDP	Europe	63%
70th	Belize	53.75% of GDP	North America	62%
71st	Eswatini	53.72% of GDP	Africa	62%
72nd	Bhutan	53.35% of GDP	Asia	61%
73rd	Austria	53.15% of GDP	Europe	60%
74th	Mozambique	52.82% of GDP	Africa	60%
75th	Mauritania	52.19% of GDP	Africa	59%
76th	El Salvador	51.9% of GDP	North America	59%
77th	Congo, Democratic Republic	51.8% of GDP	Africa	58%
78th	Sweden	51.57% of GDP	Europe	58%
79th	Faroe Islands	51.2% of GDP	Europe	57%
80th	Greenland	51.09% of GDP	North America	57%
81st	Afghanistan	50.73% of GDP	Asia	56%
82nd	Morocco	50.19% of GDP	Africa	55%
83rd	Macao	49.89% of GDP	Asia	55%
84th	Samoa	48.87% of GDP	Oceania	54%
85th	Oman	48.78% of GDP	Asia	54%
86th	Tajikistan	48.44% of GDP	Asia	53%
87th	Ukraine	48.34% of GDP	Europe	53%
88th	Poland	48.18% of GDP	Europe	52%
89th	Greece	47.66% of GDP	Europe	52%
90th	French Polynesia	46.15% of GDP	Oceania	51%
91st	Cayman Islands	45.84% of GDP	North America	51%
92nd	Portugal	43.92% of GDP	Europe	50%
93rd	Botswana	43.71% of GDP	Africa	49%
94th	Iceland	43.52% of GDP	Europe	49%
95th	Senegal	43.45% of GDP	Africa	48%
96th	Albania	43.17% of GDP	Europe	48%
97th	Puerto Rico	42.75% of GDP	North America	47%
98th	Romania	41.61% of GDP	Europe	47%
99th	Finland	41.55% of GDP	Europe	46%
100th	Bahamas	41.46% of GDP	North America	46%
101st	Congo	40.41% of GDP	Africa	45%
102nd	South Korea	40.28% of GDP	Asia	45%
103rd	Philippines	40.11% of GDP	Asia	44%
104th	Paraguay	39.63% of GDP	South America	43%
105th	Panama	39.32% of GDP	North America	43%
106th	Rwanda	39.13% of GDP	Africa	42%
107th	Kuwait	38.35% of GDP	Asia	42%
108th	Uzbekistan	37.96% of GDP	Asia	41%
109th	Mexico	37.89% of GDP	North America	41%
110th	Germany	37.66% of GDP	Europe	40%
111st	Azerbaijan	36.79% of GDP	Europe	40%
112nd	Togo	36.57% of GDP	Africa	39%
113rd	Comoros	34.46% of GDP	Africa	38%
114th	Ghana	34.31% of GDP	Africa	38%
115th	France	34.22% of GDP	Europe	37%
116th	Norway	33.87% of GDP	Europe	37%
117th	Gambia	33.42% of GDP	Africa	36%
118th	Iraq	33.2% of GDP	Asia	36%
119th	Nepal	32.91% of GDP	Asia	35%
120th	Spain	32.89% of GDP	Europe	35%
121st	Costa Rica	32.8% of GDP	North America	34%
122nd	Canada	32.71% of GDP	North America	34%
123rd	Burkina Faso	31.94% of GDP	Africa	33%
124th	United Kingdom	31.86% of GDP	Europe	32%
125th	Madagascar	31.72% of GDP	Africa	32%
126th	Qatar	31.62% of GDP	Asia	31%
127th	Guatemala	31.45% of GDP	North America	31%
128th	Central African Republic	31.42% of GDP	Africa	30%
129th	Malawi	31.19% of GDP	Africa	30%
130th	Italy	30.32% of GDP	Europe	29%
131st	Chile	30.14% of GDP	South America	29%
132nd	South Africa	29.85% of GDP	Africa	28%
133rd	Dominican Republic	29.02% of GDP	North America	27%
134th	Syria	28.8% of GDP	Asia	27%
135th	New Caledonia	28.67% of GDP	Oceania	26%
136th	Iran	28.51% of GDP	Asia	26%
137th	Zambia	27.55% of GDP	Africa	25%
138th	Gabon	27.47% of GDP	Africa	25%
139th	Mali	27.33% of GDP	Africa	24%
140th	Turkey	27.03% of GDP	Europe	24%
141st	Guinea-Bissau	26.96% of GDP	Africa	23%
142nd	Ecuador	26.92% of GDP	South America	23%
143rd	New Zealand	26.42% of GDP	Oceania	22%
144th	Israel	26.02% of GDP	Asia	21%
145th	Uganda	25.9% of GDP	Africa	21%
146th	Kazakhstan	25.57% of GDP	Asia	20%
147th	Saudi Arabia	25.57% of GDP	Asia	20%
148th	Bolivia	25.54% of GDP	South America	19%
149th	Equatorial Guinea	25.38% of GDP	Africa	19%
150th	Côte d'Ivoire	25.24% of GDP	Africa	18%
151st	Uruguay	23.7% of GDP	South America	18%
152nd	Japan	23.64% of GDP	Asia	17%
153rd	India	23.49% of GDP	Asia	16%
154th	Zimbabwe	23.44% of GDP	Africa	16%
155th	Sierra Leone	23.28% of GDP	Africa	15%
156th	Egypt	23.22% of GDP	Africa	15%
157th	Bermuda	23.15% of GDP	North America	14%
158th	Kenya	23.12% of GDP	Africa	14%
159th	Peru	22.94% of GDP	South America	13%
160th	Niger	22.65% of GDP	Africa	13%
161st	Australia	22.52% of GDP	Oceania	12%
162nd	Sri Lanka	22.51% of GDP	Asia	12%
163rd	Benin	21.8% of GDP	Africa	11%
164th	Tanzania	21.68% of GDP	Africa	10%
165th	Colombia	20.93% of GDP	North America	10%
166th	Indonesia	20.39% of GDP	Asia	9%
167th	Algeria	20.28% of GDP	Africa	9%
168th	Angola	19.36% of GDP	Africa	8%
169th	Haiti	18.85% of GDP	North America	8%
170th	Cameroon	18.73% of GDP	Africa	7%
171st	Chad	18.09% of GDP	Africa	7%
172nd	Brazil	17.65% of GDP	South America	6%
173rd	Russia	17.59% of GDP	Europe	5%
174th	Pakistan	17.19% of GDP	Asia	5%
175th	China	17.18% of GDP	Asia	4%
176th	Bangladesh	16.32% of GDP	Asia	4%
177th	United States	14.27% of GDP	North America	3%
178th	Argentina	12.68% of GDP	South America	3%
179th	Ethiopia	11.86% of GDP	Africa	2%
180th	Turkmenistan	11.16% of GDP	Asia	2%
181st	Venezuela	9.2% of GDP	North America	1%
182nd	Sudan	1.3% of GDP	Africa	1%

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