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Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

World Bank code: TM.VAL.MRCH.R2.ZS • Data available for 205 countries • Latest year: 2023

In , Turkmenistan led Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) at 45.24.

The world median across 199 reporting countries was 1.66.

What this measures: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

How "Trade & Finance" indicators are measured

Trade and finance indicators are sourced from customs declarations, balance-of-payments statistics, and central bank reporting. Exports and imports are usually reported FOB (free on board) for exports and CIF (cost, insurance, freight) for imports, which means global exports and global imports rarely sum to zero. Foreign direct investment data can be volatile year-over-year because of one-off cross-border acquisitions.

Distribution — 2023

Reporting
199 countries
Median
1.66
Mean
4.32
25th percentile
0.56
75th percentile
4.22
Range
0.00 – 45.24

World at a Glance — 2023

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificAmerican Samoa: 0.09ASAustralia: 0.47AUChina: 1.74CNFrench Polynesia: 1.15PFGuam: 0.14GUHong Kong SAR, China: 0.27HKIndonesia: 0.70IDJapan: 0.31JPKiribati: 0.00KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 0.01KPKorea, Rep.: 0.98KRLao PDR: 0.04LAMacao SAR, China: 0.18MOMalaysia: 0.31MYMarshall Islands: 1.65MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 0.09FMMongolia: 2.26MNMyanmar: 0.15MMNauru: 0.06NRNew Caledonia: 0.00NCNew Zealand: 0.39NZPalau: 0.18PWPapua New Guinea: 0.11PGPhilippines: 0.27PHSingapore: 0.32SGSolomon Islands: 0.05SBThailand: 0.26THTimor-Leste: 0.04TLTuvalu: 0.52TVViet Nam: 0.23VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 17.08ALArmenia: 5.69AMAustria: 3.38ATAzerbaijan: 23.37AZBelarus: 4.22BYBelgium: 1.36BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 17.61BABulgaria: 15.52BGCroatia: 11.44HRCyprus: 3.21CYCzechia: 3.01CZDenmark: 1.36DKEstonia: 2.01EEFaroe Islands: 6.79FOFinland: 1.21FIFrance: 2.12FRGeorgia: 26.61GEGermany: 2.75DEGibraltar: 0.89GIGreece: 12.23GRGreenland: 0.01GLHungary: 4.46HUIceland: 1.28ISIreland: 0.98IEItaly: 6.01ITKazakhstan: 9.20KZKosovo: 32.21XKKyrgyz Republic: 16.15KGLatvia: 3.75LVLithuania: 3.28LTLuxembourg: 0.97LUMoldova: 24.19MDMontenegro: 31.56MENetherlands: 1.59NLNorth Macedonia: 15.37MKNorway: 1.38NOPoland: 3.56PLPortugal: 1.94PTRomania: 11.25RORussian Federation: 19.38RUSan Marino: 1.66SMSerbia: 11.11RSSlovak Republic: 2.64SKSlovenia: 9.27SISpain: 3.54ESSweden: 1.30SESwitzerland: 4.71CHTajikistan: 28.65TJTurkiye: 4.23TRTurkmenistan: 45.24TMUkraine: 9.91UAUnited Kingdom: 2.27GBUzbekistan: 19.58UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 0.58AGArgentina: 0.57ARAruba: 0.24AWBahamas, The: 0.21BSBarbados: 0.64BBBelize: 0.36BZBolivia: 0.85BOBrazil: 0.86BRChile: 0.49CLColombia: 0.50COCosta Rica: 0.57CRCuba: 3.60CUCuracao: 0.02CWDominica: 0.98DMDominican Republic: 0.61DOEcuador: 0.36ECEl Salvador: 0.20SVGrenada: 0.81GDGuatemala: 0.35GTGuyana: 1.59GYHaiti: 2.73HTHonduras: 0.29HNJamaica: 1.78JMMexico: 0.36MXNicaragua: 0.50NIPanama: 1.52PAParaguay: 0.62PYPeru: 0.93PESint Maarten (Dutch part): 0.00SXSt. Kitts and Nevis: 0.28KNSt. Lucia: 0.39LCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 1.49VCSuriname: 2.39SRTrinidad and Tobago: 2.11TTUruguay: 2.06UYVenezuela, RB: 3.05VEMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 17.01AFAlgeria: 6.72DZBahrain: 1.53BHDjibouti: 9.89DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 6.57EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 13.00IRIraq: 25.71IQIsrael: 5.99ILJordan: 3.79JOKuwait: 2.12KWLebanon: 9.84LBLibya: 18.69LYMalta: 3.02MTMorocco: 6.00MAOman: 1.36OMPakistan: 0.94PKQatar: 2.91QASaudi Arabia: 1.67SASyrian Arab Republic: 9.32SYTunisia: 7.67TNUnited Arab Emirates: 5.91AEWest Bank and Gaza: 7.55PSYemen, Rep.: 4.97YENorth AmericaBermuda: 0.05BMCanada: 0.55CAUnited States: 0.68USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 1.55BDBhutan: 0.02BTIndia: 0.73INMaldives: 0.93MVNepal: 2.95NPSri Lanka: 1.43LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 1.23AOBenin: 2.00BJBotswana: 0.56BWBurkina Faso: 2.38BFBurundi: 2.13BICabo Verde: 1.30CVCameroon: 3.07CMCentral African Republic: 1.34CFChad: 11.88TDComoros: 3.83KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 1.40CDCongo, Rep.: 1.53CGCote d'Ivoire: 2.17CIEquatorial Guinea: 4.68GQEritrea: 11.79EREswatini: 0.14SZEthiopia: 4.16ETGabon: 2.27GAGambia, The: 1.68GMGhana: 1.77GHGuinea: 1.68GNGuinea-Bissau: 1.75GWKenya: 1.87KELesotho: 0.02LSLiberia: 1.72LRMadagascar: 1.56MGMalawi: 0.27MWMali: 1.59MLMauritania: 2.57MRMauritius: 3.62MUMozambique: 0.54MZNamibia: 0.49NANiger: 1.24NENigeria: 1.36NGRwanda: 2.09RWSao Tome and Principe: 5.35STSenegal: 2.99SNSeychelles: 0.96SCSierra Leone: 12.30SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 11.31SOSouth Africa: 1.03ZASouth Sudan: 2.14SSSudan: 8.25SDTanzania: 2.42TZTogo: 4.68TGUganda: 0.99UGZambia: 0.48ZMZimbabwe: 0.57ZW

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Highest Values — 2023

# Country Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
1 Turkmenistan Europe & Central Asia 45.24
2 Kosovo Europe & Central Asia 32.21
3 Montenegro Europe & Central Asia 31.56
4 Tajikistan Europe & Central Asia 28.65
5 Georgia Europe & Central Asia 26.61
6 Iraq Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 25.71
7 Moldova Europe & Central Asia 24.19
8 Azerbaijan Europe & Central Asia 23.37
9 Uzbekistan Europe & Central Asia 19.58
10 Russian Federation Europe & Central Asia 19.38

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 73 2.66
Upper middle income 51 7.46
Lower middle income 48 3.42
Low income 25 4.57
Not classified 2 3.61

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 30 0.43
Europe & Central Asia 53 9.33
Latin America & Caribbean 36 0.97
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 7.49
North America 3 0.43
South Asia 6 1.27
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 2.86

Lowest Values — 2023

# Country Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
1 Kiribati 0.00
2 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.00
3 New Caledonia 0.00
4 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 0.01
5 Greenland 0.01
6 Bhutan 0.02
7 Lesotho 0.02
8 Curacao 0.02
9 Lao PDR 0.04
10 Timor-Leste 0.04
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Source: World Bank Open Data (TM.VAL.MRCH.R2.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2023.