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

Showing every country with available data for 2023 • World Bank: TM.VAL.MRCH.R3.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 latin america & the caribbean (% 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 199 countries reporting, the median value is 1.84, 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

China

7.89

Europe & Central Asia

Iceland

4.89

Latin America & Caribbean

Nicaragua

50.79

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Yemen, Rep.

18.75

North America

United States

19.19

South Asia

Bangladesh

4.86

Sub-Saharan Africa

Mauritius

5.11

Rank Country Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
1 Nicaragua 50.79
2 Bolivia 39.57
3 Uruguay 39.26
4 El Salvador 34.98
5 Argentina 34.37
6 Paraguay 33.55
7 Honduras 32.98
8 Guatemala 29.16
9 Venezuela, RB 27.10
10 Chile 26.92
11 Panama 26.45
12 Belize 24.64
13 Peru 23.07
14 Ecuador 21.54
15 United States 19.19
16 Yemen, Rep. 18.75
17 Costa Rica 18.45
18 Colombia 17.68
19 Jamaica 16.64
20 Dominican Republic 16.42
21 Cuba 15.54
22 Haiti 14.11
23 Curacao 13.28
24 Guyana 13.24
25 Dominica 13.09
26 Antigua and Barbuda 11.04
27 Brazil 10.92
28 Trinidad and Tobago 10.84
29 Aruba 10.42
30 St. Kitts and Nevis 10.18
31 Algeria 10.12
32 Bahrain 9.88
33 Canada 9.10
34 Suriname 8.64
35 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 8.42
36 China 7.89
37 Barbados 7.19
38 Grenada 7.09
39 Mauritius 5.11
40 Mauritania 5.11
41 Egypt, Arab Rep. 5.07
42 Iceland 4.89
43 Bangladesh 4.86
44 Angola 4.82
45 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 4.67
46 Spain 4.39
47 Portugal 3.98
48 Jordan 3.98
49 Mexico 3.95
50 Namibia 3.94
51 Cote d'Ivoire 3.83
52 Libya 3.82
53 Morocco 3.77
54 Oman 3.57
55 Cameroon 3.53
56 Norway 3.52
57 Cabo Verde 3.50
58 Senegal 3.45
59 Iraq 3.44
60 Equatorial Guinea 3.41
61 Korea, Rep. 3.34
62 Netherlands 3.32
63 Switzerland 3.29
64 St. Lucia 3.27
65 Syrian Arab Republic 3.27
66 Gabon 3.20
67 Lebanon 3.19
68 Indonesia 3.15
69 India 3.07
70 Saudi Arabia 3.05
71 Japan 3.00
72 Uzbekistan 2.90
73 Sierra Leone 2.83
74 United Arab Emirates 2.67
75 Liberia 2.61
76 Nigeria 2.58
77 Tunisia 2.58
78 Bahamas, The 2.58
79 Viet Nam 2.54
80 Madagascar 2.53
81 South Africa 2.45
82 Congo, Rep. 2.42
83 Ghana 2.37
84 Malaysia 2.36
85 Kuwait 2.30
86 Turkiye 2.25
87 Togo 2.25
88 Thailand 2.24
89 Tajikistan 2.23
90 Qatar 2.22
91 Azerbaijan 2.20
92 Singapore 2.16
93 Guinea 2.07
94 Central African Republic 2.07
95 Armenia 2.03
96 Sao Tome and Principe 2.00
97 Burkina Faso 1.98
98 Belgium 1.86
99 Finland 1.84
100 Kosovo 1.84
101 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.82
102 New Zealand 1.80
103 Australia 1.78
104 Philippines 1.78
105 Marshall Islands 1.73
106 Russian Federation 1.72
107 Albania 1.71
108 Italy 1.69
109 Bulgaria 1.64
110 Timor-Leste 1.60
111 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.58
112 Guinea-Bissau 1.56
113 Pakistan 1.55
114 Djibouti 1.52
115 Kenya 1.49
116 Kazakhstan 1.45
117 United Kingdom 1.45
118 Macao SAR, China 1.44
119 Ireland 1.38
120 Germany 1.34
121 Greece 1.33
122 Georgia 1.32
123 Gambia, The 1.30
124 American Samoa 1.30
125 Montenegro 1.27
126 North Macedonia 1.23
127 Poland 1.22
128 Ukraine 1.20
129 Nepal 1.17
130 Benin 1.17
131 West Bank and Gaza 1.09
132 Myanmar 1.06
133 Seychelles 1.03
134 French Polynesia 1.03
135 Mozambique 0.97
136 France 0.97
137 Slovenia 0.96
138 Gibraltar 0.94
139 Israel 0.93
140 Denmark 0.91
141 Moldova 0.83
142 Sweden 0.82
143 Cyprus 0.82
144 Congo, Dem. Rep. 0.81
145 Serbia 0.80
146 Faroe Islands 0.79
147 Chad 0.78
148 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 0.76
149 Belarus 0.75
150 Maldives 0.74
151 Tanzania 0.61
152 Iran, Islamic Rep. 0.60
153 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.55
154 Czechia 0.52
155 Cambodia 0.51
156 Romania 0.50
157 Guam 0.47
158 Comoros 0.46
159 Hungary 0.46
160 Sudan 0.46
161 Niger 0.45
162 South Sudan 0.45
163 Sri Lanka 0.43
164 Mongolia 0.43
165 Zambia 0.41
166 Ethiopia 0.41
167 Eswatini 0.40
168 Malta 0.39
169 Bermuda 0.38
170 Mali 0.37
171 Uganda 0.34
172 Estonia 0.29
173 Kyrgyz Republic 0.29
174 Croatia 0.26
175 Rwanda 0.26
176 Latvia 0.24
177 Austria 0.24
178 Lithuania 0.24
179 Turkmenistan 0.22
180 Greenland 0.19
181 Zimbabwe 0.18
182 Slovak Republic 0.18
183 Malawi 0.13
184 Luxembourg 0.12
185 Palau 0.09
186 Botswana 0.09
187 Bhutan 0.09
188 Papua New Guinea 0.08
189 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 0.06
190 Brunei Darussalam 0.06
191 Lao PDR 0.05
192 Afghanistan 0.05
193 Eritrea 0.04
194 Nauru 0.03
195 Lesotho 0.02
196 Solomon Islands 0.02
197 San Marino 0.02
198 Kiribati 0.01
199 Tuvalu 0.00

Source: World Bank Open Data (TM.VAL.MRCH.R3.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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