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Value of global merchandise imports as a share of GDP (Fouquin and Hugot; CEPII 2016; National data)

Name: Value of global merchandise imports as a share of GDP (Fouquin and Hugot; CEPII 2016; National data)
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: economic, %, value, global, merchandise, imports, share, gdp, fouquin, and, hugot, cepii, 2016, national, data

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2014; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•193 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

55.0%

Median: 38.8%

Countries Covered

193

with available data

Highest

Liberia

636.6%

Lowest

North Korea

7.8%

Top 5 Countries

1Liberia636.6%

2Tuvalu299.0%

3Djibouti265.4%

4Togo236.3%

5Aruba228.9%

By Region

Other65.4%(113 countries)

Europe47.0%(31 countries)

Asia45.0%(27 countries)

Africa29.4%(9 countries)

North America26.7%(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (7.8%)High (636.6%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 55.0%)

Other (113)

Europe (31)

Asia (27)

Africa (9)

North America (4)

South America (7)

Oceania (2)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2014; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Liberia	636.6%
2	Tuvalu	299.0%
3	Djibouti	265.4%
4	Togo	236.3%
5	Aruba	228.9%
6	Hong Kong	221.6%
7	Saint Lucia	201.7%
8	Malta	180.8%
9	Republic of The Gambia	144.2%
10	Bahamas	142.2%
11	Kyrgyzstan	141.2%
12	Singapore	119.6%
13	Dominica	111.8%
14	Kiribati	106.2%
15	Panama	105.8%
16	Cambodia	104.4%
17	Lesotho	101.2%
18	Latvia	100.6%
19	Guinea	98.8%
20	Marshall Islands	96.4%
21	Antigua and Barbuda	94.5%
22	Seychelles	89.7%
23	Vietnam	89.7%
24	Benin	87.9%
25	Belgium	84.3%
26	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	82.9%
27	Estonia	81.7%
28	Slovakia	80.5%
29	Saint Kitts and Nevis	79.1%
30	Moldova, Republic of	77.7%
31	Vanuatu	76.2%
32	Mauritania	75.4%
33	Hungary	74.5%
34	Czech Republic	73.9%
35	Mozambique	73.3%
36	Netherlands	72.6%
37	Lithuania	72.3%
38	Palau	71.7%
39	Belize	69.8%
40	Slovenia	68.7%
41	Timor-Leste	68.6%
42	Lao People's Democratic Republic	67.8%
43	United Arab Emirates	67.2%
44	Jordan	66.2%
45	Grenada	63.6%
46	The Republic of North Macedonia	63.5%
47	Tajikistan	62.8%
48	Malaysia	62.7%
49	Bermuda	60.3%
50	Bulgaria	60.3%
51	Haiti	59.2%
52	Namibia	58.1%
53	Thailand	56.4%
54	Samoa	56.4%
55	Tonga	56.2%
56	Georgia	55.9%
57	Honduras	55.6%
58	Maldives	55.6%
59	Tunisia	54.5%
60	Syrian Arab Republic	53.5%
61	Nicaragua	53.5%
62	Fiji	53.4%
63	Guyana	53.3%
64	Belarus	53.2%
65	Senegal	51.9%
66	Montenegro	51.6%
67	Cyprus	49.6%
68	Malawi	49.2%
69	Botswana	48.8%
70	Bosnia and Herzegovina	48.3%
71	Barbados	48.2%
72	Mongolia	48.1%
73	Libya	46.5%
74	Solomon Islands	45.6%
75	Cape Verde	45.1%
76	Lebanon	44.8%
77	Ghana	44.5%
78	Bahrain	44.4%
79	Ukraine	44.2%
80	Comoros	43.1%
81	Yemen	43.0%
82	Mauritius	42.8%
83	El Salvador	42.0%
84	Brunei Darussalam	41.9%
85	Jamaica	41.8%
86	Poland	41.8%
87	Faroe Islands	41.7%
88	Guinea-Bissau	41.5%
89	Morocco	41.5%
90	Bhutan	41.4%
91	Austria	41.0%
92	Luxembourg	40.7%
93	Paraguay	40.2%
94	Afghanistan	39.8%
95	Croatia	39.4%
96	Albania	39.2%
97	Romania	38.8%
98	Nepal	38.3%
99	Republic of the Congo	38.2%
100	Greenland	38.0%
101	Armenia	37.8%
102	Myanmar	37.8%
103	South Korea	37.2%
104	Papua New Guinea	36.7%
105	Switzerland	36.6%
106	Eritrea	36.4%
107	Eswatini	36.2%
108	Oman	36.0%
109	Zambia	35.8%
110	Suriname	35.1%
111	Sao Tome and Principe	34.9%
112	Costa Rica	34.7%
113	Philippines	34.6%
114	Zimbabwe	34.6%
115	New Caledonia	34.4%
116	Madagascar	34.4%
117	Mexico	33.9%
118	Portugal	33.9%
119	Cote d'Ivoire	32.3%
120	United Republic of Tanzania	32.2%
121	Bolivia	32.0%
122	Iceland	31.5%
123	Kenya	31.3%
124	South Africa	31.3%
125	Guatemala	31.1%
126	Germany	31.1%
127	Rwanda	31.1%
128	Taiwan, Province of China	30.7%
129	Ireland	30.6%
130	Türkiye	30.3%
131	Ethiopia	29.9%
132	Finland	29.5%
133	Mali	29.4%
134	Denmark	29.3%
135	Dominican Republic	29.1%
136	Central African Republic	28.6%
137	Canada	28.4%
138	Sweden	28.2%
139	French Polynesia	28.2%
140	Chile	27.9%
141	Sierra Leone	27.5%
142	Algeria	27.3%
143	Niger	27.3%
144	Ecuador	27.3%
145	Greece	26.7%
146	Iraq	26.4%
147	Trinidad and Tobago	26.4%
148	Spain	25.7%
149	Chad	25.1%
150	Egypt	25.1%
151	Pakistan	24.4%
152	Cameroon	24.4%
153	Uruguay	24.2%
154	Bangladesh	24.1%
155	France	24.1%
156	Sri Lanka	24.0%
157	Macao	23.7%
158	Israel	23.6%
159	Uzbekistan	23.3%
160	United Kingdom	23.1%
161	Peru	23.0%
162	Turkmenistan	23.0%
163	Italy	22.8%
164	Islamic Republic of Iran	22.7%
165	Gabon	22.6%
166	India	22.5%
167	Saudi Arabia	22.5%
168	Democratic Republic of the Congo	22.4%
169	Burkina Faso	22.2%
170	Angola	21.9%
171	Uganda	21.7%
172	New Zealand	21.1%
173	Indonesia	20.7%
174	Azerbaijan	20.5%
175	Kuwait	19.3%
176	Kazakhstan	19.2%
177	Cuba	19.2%
178	People's Republic of China	19.0%
179	Japan	17.7%
180	Norway	17.5%
181	Equatorial Guinea	17.3%
182	Australia	17.2%
183	Colombia	16.9%
184	Venezuela	15.7%
185	Qatar	14.4%
186	Russian Federation	14.1%
187	United States of America	13.5%
188	Burundi	13.0%
189	Sudan	12.5%
190	Argentina	11.9%
191	Nigeria	11.7%
192	Brazil	10.4%
193	North Korea	7.8%

Showing 193 of 193 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2014).

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