economic2023
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2023. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.
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Key Insights
Global Average
19.7value
Median: 13.1value
Countries Covered
201
with available data
Highest
North Korea
97.1value
Lowest
Greenland
0.0value
Top 5 Countries
1North Korea97.1value
2Bhutan91.5value
3Lesotho85.0value
4Botswana84.1value
5Lao People's Democratic Republic81.9value
By Region
Oceania36.2value(2 countries)
South America24.8value(7 countries)
Other24.4value(123 countries)
Asia18.6value(26 countries)
North America16.6value(2 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0value)High (97.1value)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 19.7value)
Oceania (2)
South America (7)
Other (123)
Asia (26)
North America (2)
Africa (9)
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 country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2023. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. 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 | North Korea | 97.1value |
| 2 | Bhutan | 91.5value |
| 3 | Lesotho | 85.0value |
| 4 | Botswana | 84.1value |
| 5 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 81.9value |
| 6 | Cambodia | 80.9value |
| 7 | Eswatini | 76.0value |
| 8 | South Sudan | 64.9value |
| 9 | Zimbabwe | 64.2value |
| 10 | Mali | 62.5value |
| 11 | Nepal | 61.5value |
| 12 | Myanmar | 61.3value |
| 13 | Solomon Islands | 55.6value |
| 14 | Timor-Leste | 55.1value |
| 15 | Brunei Darussalam | 52.3value |
| 16 | Nicaragua | 50.8value |
| 17 | Hong Kong | 49.6value |
| 18 | Philippines | 47.5value |
| 19 | Vietnam | 46.3value |
| 20 | Turkmenistan | 45.2value |
| 21 | Guinea-Bissau | 44.5value |
| 22 | Mongolia | 43.7value |
| 23 | Namibia | 43.1value |
| 24 | Republic of the Congo | 41.7value |
| 25 | Indonesia | 41.1value |
| 26 | Australia | 40.0value |
| 27 | Bolivia | 39.6value |
| 28 | Uruguay | 39.3value |
| 29 | Thailand | 39.3value |
| 30 | Papua New Guinea | 39.2value |
| 31 | Zambia | 37.5value |
| 32 | Japan | 36.6value |
| 33 | Kiribati | 36.0value |
| 34 | El Salvador | 35.0value |
| 35 | Singapore | 34.4value |
| 36 | Argentina | 34.4value |
| 37 | Malaysia | 34.2value |
| 38 | Sao Tome and Principe | 34.1value |
| 39 | Liberia | 34.0value |
| 40 | Macao | 33.9value |
| 41 | Burundi | 33.5value |
| 42 | Paraguay | 33.5value |
| 43 | Malawi | 33.0value |
| 44 | Honduras | 33.0value |
| 45 | South Korea | 32.9value |
| 46 | New Zealand | 32.4value |
| 47 | Central African Republic | 31.6value |
| 48 | Montenegro | 31.6value |
| 49 | Vanuatu | 30.5value |
| 50 | American Samoa | 30.2value |
| 51 | Tonga | 30.1value |
| 52 | Guatemala | 29.2value |
| 53 | Tajikistan | 28.7value |
| 54 | French Polynesia | 28.3value |
| 55 | Burkina Faso | 27.7value |
| 56 | Venezuela | 27.1value |
| 57 | Uganda | 26.9value |
| 58 | Chile | 26.9value |
| 59 | Georgia | 26.6value |
| 60 | Mozambique | 26.5value |
| 61 | Panama | 26.5value |
| 62 | Belize | 24.6value |
| 63 | Samoa | 24.6value |
| 64 | Fiji | 24.3value |
| 65 | Rwanda | 24.2value |
| 66 | Moldova, Republic of | 24.2value |
| 67 | Azerbaijan | 23.4value |
| 68 | Peru | 23.1value |
| 69 | Syrian Arab Republic | 21.7value |
| 70 | Sri Lanka | 21.6value |
| 71 | Ecuador | 21.5value |
| 72 | Afghanistan | 21.0value |
| 73 | Maldives | 20.7value |
| 74 | Chad | 20.4value |
| 75 | Uzbekistan | 19.6value |
| 76 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 19.6value |
| 77 | Marshall Islands | 19.5value |
| 78 | Cote d'Ivoire | 19.5value |
| 79 | Russian Federation | 19.4value |
| 80 | Costa Rica | 18.4value |
| 81 | Colombia | 17.7value |
| 82 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17.6value |
| 83 | Albania | 17.1value |
| 84 | Jamaica | 16.6value |
| 85 | Togo | 16.4value |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 16.4value |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 16.2value |
| 88 | Cuba | 15.5value |
| 89 | Bulgaria | 15.5value |
| 90 | Bangladesh | 15.4value |
| 91 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 15.4value |
| 92 | People's Republic of China | 15.2value |
| 93 | Benin | 15.2value |
| 94 | Mauritius | 14.9value |
| 95 | Palau | 14.4value |
| 96 | Haiti | 14.1value |
| 97 | Nauru | 13.9value |
| 98 | Curaçao | 13.3value |
| 99 | Guyana | 13.2value |
| 100 | Senegal | 13.1value |
| 101 | Dominica | 13.1value |
| 102 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 12.4value |
| 103 | Greece | 12.2value |
| 104 | Niger | 11.7value |
| 105 | Guam | 11.6value |
| 106 | Croatia | 11.4value |
| 107 | Equatorial Guinea | 11.4value |
| 108 | Romania | 11.3value |
| 109 | Serbia | 11.1value |
| 110 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.0value |
| 111 | Brazil | 10.9value |
| 112 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.8value |
| 113 | Seychelles | 10.5value |
| 114 | Aruba | 10.4value |
| 115 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.2value |
| 116 | New Caledonia | 10.1value |
| 117 | Republic of The Gambia | 10.0value |
| 118 | Sierra Leone | 10.0value |
| 119 | Ukraine | 9.9value |
| 120 | Tunisia | 9.8value |
| 121 | Slovenia | 9.3value |
| 122 | Kazakhstan | 9.2value |
| 123 | Angola | 9.1value |
| 124 | United Republic of Tanzania | 8.9value |
| 125 | Somalia | 8.8value |
| 126 | Suriname | 8.6value |
| 127 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.4value |
| 128 | Kenya | 8.2value |
| 129 | Madagascar | 8.1value |
| 130 | South Africa | 8.1value |
| 131 | State of Palestine | 8.0value |
| 132 | Lebanon | 7.4value |
| 133 | Cameroon | 7.3value |
| 134 | Barbados | 7.2value |
| 135 | Grenada | 7.1value |
| 136 | Ghana | 7.0value |
| 137 | Faroe Islands | 6.8value |
| 138 | Tuvalu | 6.3value |
| 139 | Italy | 6.0value |
| 140 | Comoros | 5.9value |
| 141 | Armenia | 5.7value |
| 142 | Jordan | 5.4value |
| 143 | Iraq | 4.9value |
| 144 | Switzerland | 4.7value |
| 145 | Guinea | 4.5value |
| 146 | Hungary | 4.5value |
| 147 | Türkiye | 4.2value |
| 148 | Belarus | 4.2value |
| 149 | Sudan | 4.0value |
| 150 | Mexico | 3.9value |
| 151 | Saudi Arabia | 3.9value |
| 152 | Yemen | 3.9value |
| 153 | Eritrea | 3.8value |
| 154 | Latvia | 3.7value |
| 155 | Algeria | 3.6value |
| 156 | Poland | 3.6value |
| 157 | Spain | 3.5value |
| 158 | Austria | 3.4value |
| 159 | Oman | 3.3value |
| 160 | Lithuania | 3.3value |
| 161 | Kuwait | 3.3value |
| 162 | Saint Lucia | 3.3value |
| 163 | United Arab Emirates | 3.3value |
| 164 | Cyprus | 3.2value |
| 165 | Gabon | 3.0value |
| 166 | Czech Republic | 3.0value |
| 167 | Germany | 2.8value |
| 168 | Slovakia | 2.6value |
| 169 | Bahamas | 2.6value |
| 170 | Djibouti | 2.6value |
| 171 | United Kingdom | 2.3value |
| 172 | Pakistan | 2.2value |
| 173 | Morocco | 2.2value |
| 174 | France | 2.1value |
| 175 | Estonia | 2.0value |
| 176 | Malta | 1.9value |
| 177 | Portugal | 1.9value |
| 178 | Nigeria | 1.9value |
| 179 | Qatar | 1.8value |
| 180 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.8value |
| 181 | Ethiopia | 1.7value |
| 182 | San Marino | 1.7value |
| 183 | Netherlands | 1.6value |
| 184 | Bahrain | 1.6value |
| 185 | Mauritania | 1.4value |
| 186 | Norway | 1.4value |
| 187 | Denmark | 1.4value |
| 188 | Belgium | 1.4value |
| 189 | Sweden | 1.3value |
| 190 | Iceland | 1.3value |
| 191 | Finland | 1.2value |
| 192 | Egypt | 1.1value |
| 193 | Ireland | 1.0value |
| 194 | Luxembourg | 1.0value |
| 195 | Gibraltar | 0.9value |
| 196 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 0.9value |
| 197 | India | 0.8value |
| 198 | Israel | 0.7value |
| 199 | Cape Verde | 0.7value |
| 200 | Libya | 0.0value |
| 201 | Greenland | 0.0value |
Showing 201 of 201 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2023).
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