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Countries Ranked by Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)

Showing every country with available data for 2023 • World Bank: TM.VAL.MRCH.R1.ZS

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in east asia & pacific (% of total merchandise imports) data for 2023, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 205 countries reporting, the median value is 18.24, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Korea, Dem. People's Rep.

97.10

Europe & Central Asia

Russian Federation

48.60

Latin America & Caribbean

Haiti

36.12

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Pakistan

34.71

North America

United States

22.61

South Asia

Bangladesh

39.93

Sub-Saharan Africa

Ethiopia

37.16

Rank Country Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
1 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 97.10
2 Lao PDR 81.87
3 Cambodia 80.93
4 Myanmar 61.35
5 Solomon Islands 55.63
6 Timor-Leste 55.09
7 Brunei Darussalam 52.27
8 Hong Kong SAR, China 49.57
9 Russian Federation 48.60
10 Philippines 47.53
11 Viet Nam 46.29
12 Kyrgyz Republic 43.86
13 Mongolia 43.68
14 Indonesia 41.11
15 Australia 39.96
16 Bangladesh 39.93
17 Thailand 39.25
18 Papua New Guinea 39.25
19 Ethiopia 37.16
20 Japan 36.59
21 Haiti 36.12
22 Kiribati 35.97
23 Paraguay 35.72
24 Eritrea 35.65
25 Pakistan 34.71
26 Singapore 34.44
27 Venezuela, RB 34.35
28 Malaysia 34.20
29 Macao SAR, China 33.93
30 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 33.64
31 Korea, Rep. 32.86
32 Uzbekistan 32.56
33 New Zealand 32.41
34 Iraq 31.77
35 Iran, Islamic Rep. 31.54
36 Tanzania 31.49
37 Niger 30.69
38 Vanuatu 30.48
39 American Samoa 30.18
40 Tonga 30.06
41 Kazakhstan 30.03
42 Chad 29.58
43 Sri Lanka 29.14
44 French Polynesia 28.30
45 Djibouti 27.70
46 Congo, Dem. Rep. 27.35
47 South Africa 27.24
48 Saudi Arabia 26.57
49 Madagascar 26.55
50 Peru 26.39
51 United Arab Emirates 26.06
52 Turkmenistan 25.99
53 Cameroon 25.96
54 Chile 25.74
55 Mexico 25.70
56 Brazil 25.58
57 Togo 25.57
58 Argentina 25.37
59 Kenya 24.82
60 Afghanistan 24.79
61 Colombia 24.79
62 Samoa 24.62
63 Kuwait 24.54
64 Uganda 24.54
65 Fiji 24.33
66 Ecuador 23.75
67 India 23.65
68 Libya 23.56
69 Cuba 23.31
70 Bolivia 23.24
71 Zimbabwe 22.93
72 Jordan 22.80
73 Ghana 22.78
74 Maldives 22.76
75 Sierra Leone 22.69
76 United States 22.61
77 Algeria 22.48
78 Congo, Rep. 22.40
79 Equatorial Guinea 22.24
80 Rwanda 21.86
81 Liberia 21.76
82 Armenia 21.43
83 Malawi 21.40
84 Nepal 21.20
85 Mozambique 20.79
86 Uruguay 20.30
87 Nigeria 20.19
88 Tajikistan 20.15
89 Dominican Republic 19.79
90 Angola 19.72
91 Netherlands 19.68
92 Qatar 19.60
93 Panama 19.52
94 Azerbaijan 19.51
95 Marshall Islands 19.50
96 Guinea 19.40
97 Central African Republic 19.35
98 Cote d'Ivoire 19.27
99 Egypt, Arab Rep. 18.77
100 Syrian Arab Republic 18.76
101 Ukraine 18.54
102 Belize 18.44
103 Benin 18.24
104 El Salvador 18.15
105 Zambia 18.06
106 Costa Rica 18.04
107 Honduras 18.03
108 Bahrain 17.69
109 Burundi 17.59
110 Turkiye 16.82
111 Gabon 16.64
112 Burkina Faso 16.58
113 Guatemala 16.20
114 Mali 15.97
115 Canada 15.81
116 Slovenia 15.55
117 Mauritania 15.35
118 China 15.21
119 Israel 15.05
120 Senegal 14.78
121 Palau 14.40
122 Serbia 14.21
123 Norway 14.15
124 Nauru 13.93
125 Czechia 13.92
126 Lebanon 13.68
127 Montenegro 13.68
128 South Sudan 13.37
129 Guyana 13.26
130 Moldova 12.94
131 Comoros 12.84
132 Yemen, Rep. 12.83
133 Suriname 12.78
134 Namibia 12.58
135 Tunisia 12.55
136 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 12.38
137 Kosovo 12.35
138 Morocco 12.14
139 Albania 12.01
140 Guam 11.61
141 United Kingdom 11.60
142 Trinidad and Tobago 11.05
143 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.00
144 Poland 10.84
145 North Macedonia 10.82
146 Spain 10.82
147 Oman 10.77
148 Iceland 10.70
149 Jamaica 10.69
150 Italy 10.32
151 Belarus 10.22
152 New Caledonia 10.12
153 Greece 9.59
154 Hungary 9.54
155 West Bank and Gaza 9.47
156 Georgia 9.44
157 Germany 9.40
158 Switzerland 9.19
159 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 8.52
160 Lesotho 8.40
161 Belgium 8.31
162 Eswatini 8.31
163 Nicaragua 8.19
164 Denmark 8.07
165 Ireland 7.84
166 Cyprus 7.81
167 Faroe Islands 7.81
168 Seychelles 7.45
169 St. Kitts and Nevis 7.30
170 France 7.27
171 Bulgaria 7.23
172 Cabo Verde 7.14
173 Sudan 7.12
174 Sweden 6.98
175 Curacao 6.93
176 Guinea-Bissau 6.86
177 St. Lucia 6.68
178 Sao Tome and Principe 6.56
179 Aruba 6.35
180 Grenada 6.34
181 Romania 6.34
182 Malta 6.30
183 Tuvalu 6.29
184 Slovak Republic 6.16
185 Portugal 6.06
186 Antigua and Barbuda 6.00
187 Mauritius 5.93
188 Finland 5.89
189 Dominica 5.62
190 Austria 5.19
191 Estonia 5.06
192 Gambia, The 4.77
193 Latvia 4.64
194 Barbados 4.33
195 Lithuania 4.25
196 Croatia 3.83
197 Bhutan 3.49
198 Botswana 3.36
199 San Marino 3.09
200 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 2.50
201 Bahamas, The 2.11
202 Luxembourg 1.37
203 Greenland 1.04
204 Bermuda 0.55
205 Gibraltar 0.07

Source: World Bank Open Data (TM.VAL.MRCH.R1.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2023; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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