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

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean 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.R3.ZS • Data available for 205 countries • Latest year: 2023

In , Nicaragua led Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) at 50.79.

The world median across 199 reporting countries was 1.84.

What this measures: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean 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
1.84
Mean
5.08
25th percentile
0.74
75th percentile
3.83
Range
0.00 – 50.79

World at a Glance — 2023

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

East Asia & PacificAmerican Samoa: 1.30ASAustralia: 1.78AUBrunei Darussalam: 0.06BNCambodia: 0.51KHChina: 7.89CNFrench Polynesia: 1.03PFGuam: 0.47GUHong Kong SAR, China: 0.55HKIndonesia: 3.15IDJapan: 3.00JPKiribati: 0.01KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 0.76KPKorea, Rep.: 3.34KRLao PDR: 0.05LAMacao SAR, China: 1.44MOMalaysia: 2.36MYMarshall Islands: 1.73MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 0.06FMMongolia: 0.43MNMyanmar: 1.06MMNauru: 0.03NRNew Zealand: 1.80NZPalau: 0.09PWPapua New Guinea: 0.08PGPhilippines: 1.78PHSingapore: 2.16SGSolomon Islands: 0.02SBThailand: 2.24THTimor-Leste: 1.60TLTuvalu: 0.00TVViet Nam: 2.54VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 1.71ALArmenia: 2.03AMAustria: 0.24ATAzerbaijan: 2.20AZBelarus: 0.75BYBelgium: 1.86BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 1.58BABulgaria: 1.64BGCroatia: 0.26HRCyprus: 0.82CYCzechia: 0.52CZDenmark: 0.91DKEstonia: 0.29EEFaroe Islands: 0.79FOFinland: 1.84FIFrance: 0.97FRGeorgia: 1.32GEGermany: 1.34DEGibraltar: 0.94GIGreece: 1.33GRGreenland: 0.19GLHungary: 0.46HUIceland: 4.89ISIreland: 1.38IEItaly: 1.69ITKazakhstan: 1.45KZKosovo: 1.84XKKyrgyz Republic: 0.29KGLatvia: 0.24LVLithuania: 0.24LTLuxembourg: 0.12LUMoldova: 0.83MDMontenegro: 1.27MENetherlands: 3.32NLNorth Macedonia: 1.23MKNorway: 3.52NOPoland: 1.22PLPortugal: 3.98PTRomania: 0.50RORussian Federation: 1.72RUSan Marino: 0.02SMSerbia: 0.80RSSlovak Republic: 0.18SKSlovenia: 0.96SISpain: 4.39ESSweden: 0.82SESwitzerland: 3.29CHTajikistan: 2.23TJTurkiye: 2.25TRTurkmenistan: 0.22TMUkraine: 1.20UAUnited Kingdom: 1.45GBUzbekistan: 2.90UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 11.04AGArgentina: 34.37ARAruba: 10.42AWBahamas, The: 2.58BSBarbados: 7.19BBBelize: 24.64BZBolivia: 39.57BOBrazil: 10.92BRChile: 26.92CLColombia: 17.68COCosta Rica: 18.45CRCuba: 15.54CUCuracao: 13.28CWDominica: 13.09DMDominican Republic: 16.42DOEcuador: 21.54ECEl Salvador: 34.98SVGrenada: 7.09GDGuatemala: 29.16GTGuyana: 13.24GYHaiti: 14.11HTHonduras: 32.98HNJamaica: 16.64JMMexico: 3.95MXNicaragua: 50.79NIPanama: 26.45PAParaguay: 33.55PYPeru: 23.07PESint Maarten (Dutch part): 1.82SXSt. Kitts and Nevis: 10.18KNSt. Lucia: 3.27LCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 8.42VCSuriname: 8.64SRTrinidad and Tobago: 10.84TTUruguay: 39.26UYVenezuela, RB: 27.10VEMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 0.05AFAlgeria: 10.12DZBahrain: 9.88BHDjibouti: 1.52DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 5.07EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 0.60IRIraq: 3.44IQIsrael: 0.93ILJordan: 3.98JOKuwait: 2.30KWLebanon: 3.19LBLibya: 3.82LYMalta: 0.39MTMorocco: 3.77MAOman: 3.57OMPakistan: 1.55PKQatar: 2.22QASaudi Arabia: 3.05SASyrian Arab Republic: 3.27SYTunisia: 2.58TNUnited Arab Emirates: 2.67AEWest Bank and Gaza: 1.09PSYemen, Rep.: 18.75YENorth AmericaBermuda: 0.38BMCanada: 9.10CAUnited States: 19.19USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 4.86BDBhutan: 0.09BTIndia: 3.07INMaldives: 0.74MVNepal: 1.17NPSri Lanka: 0.43LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 4.82AOBenin: 1.17BJBotswana: 0.09BWBurkina Faso: 1.98BFCabo Verde: 3.50CVCameroon: 3.53CMCentral African Republic: 2.07CFChad: 0.78TDComoros: 0.46KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 0.81CDCongo, Rep.: 2.42CGCote d'Ivoire: 3.83CIEquatorial Guinea: 3.41GQEritrea: 0.04EREswatini: 0.40SZEthiopia: 0.41ETGabon: 3.20GAGambia, The: 1.30GMGhana: 2.37GHGuinea: 2.07GNGuinea-Bissau: 1.56GWKenya: 1.49KELesotho: 0.02LSLiberia: 2.61LRMadagascar: 2.53MGMalawi: 0.13MWMali: 0.37MLMauritania: 5.11MRMauritius: 5.11MUMozambique: 0.97MZNamibia: 3.94NANiger: 0.45NENigeria: 2.58NGRwanda: 0.26RWSao Tome and Principe: 2.00STSenegal: 3.45SNSeychelles: 1.03SCSierra Leone: 2.83SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 4.67SOSouth Africa: 2.45ZASouth Sudan: 0.45SSSudan: 0.46SDTanzania: 0.61TZTogo: 2.25TGUganda: 0.34UGZambia: 0.41ZMZimbabwe: 0.18ZW

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Highest Values — 2023

# Country Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
1 Nicaragua Latin America & Caribbean 50.79
2 Bolivia Latin America & Caribbean 39.57
3 Uruguay Latin America & Caribbean 39.26
4 El Salvador Latin America & Caribbean 34.98
5 Argentina Latin America & Caribbean 34.37
6 Paraguay Latin America & Caribbean 33.55
7 Honduras Latin America & Caribbean 32.98
8 Guatemala Latin America & Caribbean 29.16
9 Venezuela, RB Latin America & Caribbean 27.10
10 Chile Latin America & Caribbean 26.92

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 73 4.27
Upper middle income 51 7.80
Lower middle income 49 4.57
Low income 24 2.07
Not classified 2 13.76

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 31 1.40
Europe & Central Asia 53 1.40
Latin America & Caribbean 36 18.87
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 3.82
North America 3 9.56
South Asia 6 1.73
Sub-Saharan Africa 47 1.85

Lowest Values — 2023

# Country Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
1 Tuvalu 0.00
2 Kiribati 0.01
3 San Marino 0.02
4 Solomon Islands 0.02
5 Lesotho 0.02
6 Nauru 0.03
7 Eritrea 0.04
8 Afghanistan 0.05
9 Lao PDR 0.05
10 Brunei Darussalam 0.06
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Source: World Bank Open Data (TM.VAL.MRCH.R3.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2023.