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Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)

Name: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: economic, %, merchandise, imports, from, low, and, middle, income, economies, latin, america, the, caribbean, total

Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•198 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

5.1%

Median: 1.8%

Countries Covered

198

with available data

Highest

Nicaragua

50.8%

Lowest

Tuvalu

0.0%

Top 5 Countries

1Nicaragua50.8%

2Bolivia39.6%

3Uruguay39.3%

4El Salvador35.0%

5Argentina34.4%

By Region

South America24.8%(7 countries)

North America15.3%(4 countries)

Other5.2%(118 countries)

Africa3.7%(9 countries)

Asia3.1%(26 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (50.8%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 5.1%)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Other (118)

Africa (9)

Asia (26)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

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 World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

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

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Nicaragua	50.8%
2	Bolivia	39.6%
3	Uruguay	39.3%
4	El Salvador	35.0%
5	Argentina	34.4%
6	Paraguay	33.5%
7	Honduras	33.0%
8	Guatemala	29.2%
9	Venezuela	27.1%
10	Chile	26.9%
11	Panama	26.5%
12	Belize	24.6%
13	Peru	23.1%
14	Ecuador	21.5%
15	United States of America	19.2%
16	Yemen	18.7%
17	Costa Rica	18.4%
18	Colombia	17.7%
19	Jamaica	16.6%
20	Dominican Republic	16.4%
21	Cuba	15.5%
22	Haiti	14.1%
23	Curaçao	13.3%
24	Guyana	13.2%
25	Dominica	13.1%
26	Antigua and Barbuda	11.0%
27	Brazil	10.9%
28	Trinidad and Tobago	10.8%
29	Aruba	10.4%
30	Saint Kitts and Nevis	10.2%
31	Algeria	10.1%
32	Bahrain	9.9%
33	Canada	9.1%
34	Suriname	8.6%
35	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	8.4%
36	People's Republic of China	7.9%
37	Barbados	7.2%
38	Grenada	7.1%
39	Mauritius	5.1%
40	Mauritania	5.1%
41	Egypt	5.1%
42	Iceland	4.9%
43	Bangladesh	4.9%
44	Angola	4.8%
45	Somalia	4.7%
46	Spain	4.4%
47	Portugal	4.0%
48	Jordan	4.0%
49	Mexico	3.9%
50	Namibia	3.9%
51	Cote d'Ivoire	3.8%
52	Libya	3.8%
53	Morocco	3.8%
54	Oman	3.6%
55	Cameroon	3.5%
56	Norway	3.5%
57	Cape Verde	3.5%
58	Senegal	3.5%
59	Iraq	3.4%
60	Equatorial Guinea	3.4%
61	South Korea	3.3%
62	Netherlands	3.3%
63	Switzerland	3.3%
64	Saint Lucia	3.3%
65	Syrian Arab Republic	3.3%
66	Gabon	3.2%
67	Lebanon	3.2%
68	Indonesia	3.2%
69	India	3.1%
70	Saudi Arabia	3.0%
71	Japan	3.0%
72	Uzbekistan	2.9%
73	Sierra Leone	2.8%
74	United Arab Emirates	2.7%
75	Liberia	2.6%
76	Nigeria	2.6%
77	Tunisia	2.6%
78	Bahamas	2.6%
79	Vietnam	2.5%
80	Madagascar	2.5%
81	South Africa	2.4%
82	Republic of the Congo	2.4%
83	Ghana	2.4%
84	Malaysia	2.4%
85	Kuwait	2.3%
86	Türkiye	2.3%
87	Togo	2.2%
88	Thailand	2.2%
89	Tajikistan	2.2%
90	Qatar	2.2%
91	Azerbaijan	2.2%
92	Singapore	2.2%
93	Guinea	2.1%
94	Central African Republic	2.1%
95	Armenia	2.0%
96	Sao Tome and Principe	2.0%
97	Burkina Faso	2.0%
98	Belgium	1.9%
99	Finland	1.8%
100	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.8%
101	New Zealand	1.8%
102	Australia	1.8%
103	Philippines	1.8%
104	Marshall Islands	1.7%
105	Russian Federation	1.7%
106	Albania	1.7%
107	Italy	1.7%
108	Bulgaria	1.6%
109	Timor-Leste	1.6%
110	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.6%
111	Guinea-Bissau	1.6%
112	Pakistan	1.6%
113	Djibouti	1.5%
114	Kenya	1.5%
115	Kazakhstan	1.5%
116	United Kingdom	1.4%
117	Macao	1.4%
118	Ireland	1.4%
119	Germany	1.3%
120	Greece	1.3%
121	Georgia	1.3%
122	Republic of The Gambia	1.3%
123	American Samoa	1.3%
124	Montenegro	1.3%
125	The Republic of North Macedonia	1.2%
126	Poland	1.2%
127	Ukraine	1.2%
128	Nepal	1.2%
129	Benin	1.2%
130	State of Palestine	1.1%
131	Myanmar	1.1%
132	Seychelles	1.0%
133	French Polynesia	1.0%
134	Mozambique	1.0%
135	France	1.0%
136	Slovenia	1.0%
137	Gibraltar	0.9%
138	Israel	0.9%
139	Denmark	0.9%
140	Moldova, Republic of	0.8%
141	Sweden	0.8%
142	Cyprus	0.8%
143	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.8%
144	Serbia	0.8%
145	Faroe Islands	0.8%
146	Chad	0.8%
147	North Korea	0.8%
148	Belarus	0.7%
149	Maldives	0.7%
150	United Republic of Tanzania	0.6%
151	Islamic Republic of Iran	0.6%
152	Hong Kong	0.5%
153	Czech Republic	0.5%
154	Cambodia	0.5%
155	Romania	0.5%
156	Guam	0.5%
157	Comoros	0.5%
158	Hungary	0.5%
159	Sudan	0.5%
160	Niger	0.4%
161	South Sudan	0.4%
162	Sri Lanka	0.4%
163	Mongolia	0.4%
164	Zambia	0.4%
165	Ethiopia	0.4%
166	Eswatini	0.4%
167	Malta	0.4%
168	Bermuda	0.4%
169	Mali	0.4%
170	Uganda	0.3%
171	Estonia	0.3%
172	Kyrgyzstan	0.3%
173	Croatia	0.3%
174	Rwanda	0.3%
175	Latvia	0.2%
176	Austria	0.2%
177	Lithuania	0.2%
178	Turkmenistan	0.2%
179	Greenland	0.2%
180	Zimbabwe	0.2%
181	Slovakia	0.2%
182	Malawi	0.1%
183	Luxembourg	0.1%
184	Palau	0.1%
185	Botswana	0.1%
186	Bhutan	0.1%
187	Papua New Guinea	0.1%
188	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.1%
189	Brunei Darussalam	0.1%
190	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.1%
191	Afghanistan	0.1%
192	Eritrea	0.0%
193	Nauru	0.0%
194	Lesotho	0.0%
195	Solomon Islands	0.0%
196	San Marino	0.0%
197	Kiribati	0.0%
198	Tuvalu	0.0%

Showing 198 of 198 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2026).

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