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

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the South 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.R5.ZS • Data available for 205 countries • Latest year: 2023

In , Bhutan led Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) at 91.50.

The world median across 204 reporting countries was 2.03.

What this measures: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the South 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
204 countries
Median
2.03
Mean
4.41
25th percentile
1.11
75th percentile
4.58
Range
0.01 – 91.50

World at a Glance — 2023

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

East Asia & PacificAmerican Samoa: 0.18ASAustralia: 2.75AUBrunei Darussalam: 1.25BNCambodia: 0.84KHChina: 0.96CNFiji: 3.19FJFrench Polynesia: 1.25PFGuam: 0.13GUHong Kong SAR, China: 1.54HKIndonesia: 3.23IDJapan: 0.98JPKiribati: 0.97KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 0.07KPKorea, Rep.: 1.21KRLao PDR: 0.54LAMacao SAR, China: 0.21MOMalaysia: 2.79MYMarshall Islands: 0.01MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 0.28FMMongolia: 0.85MNMyanmar: 3.02MMNauru: 0.13NRNew Caledonia: 0.45NCNew Zealand: 1.87NZPalau: 0.08PWPapua New Guinea: 1.39PGPhilippines: 1.76PHSamoa: 0.16WSSingapore: 1.77SGSolomon Islands: 0.83SBThailand: 2.30THTimor-Leste: 6.33TLTuvalu: 0.01TVVanuatu: 1.19VUViet Nam: 1.99VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 4.33ALArmenia: 3.16AMAustria: 0.82ATAzerbaijan: 1.78AZBelarus: 0.79BYBelgium: 1.56BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 2.05BABulgaria: 0.61BGCroatia: 0.84HRCyprus: 1.00CYCzechia: 0.98CZDenmark: 1.80DKEstonia: 0.32EEFaroe Islands: 0.28FOFinland: 0.66FIFrance: 1.48FRGeorgia: 0.82GEGermany: 1.36DEGibraltar: 8.05GIGreece: 1.32GRGreenland: 0.27GLHungary: 0.63HUIceland: 0.80ISIreland: 1.02IEItaly: 2.14ITKazakhstan: 1.22KZKosovo: 5.45XKKyrgyz Republic: 0.93KGLatvia: 0.51LVLithuania: 0.39LTLuxembourg: 0.18LUMoldova: 2.80MDMontenegro: 1.13MENetherlands: 1.72NLNorth Macedonia: 1.29MKNorway: 1.41NOPoland: 1.23PLPortugal: 1.35PTRomania: 1.18RORussian Federation: 2.50RUSan Marino: 0.11SMSerbia: 1.31RSSlovak Republic: 0.37SKSlovenia: 2.95SISpain: 2.27ESSweden: 1.01SESwitzerland: 1.27CHTajikistan: 2.58TJTurkiye: 2.73TRTurkmenistan: 1.32TMUkraine: 4.10UAUnited Kingdom: 2.45GBUzbekistan: 2.23UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 2.50AGArgentina: 2.11ARAruba: 1.11AWBahamas, The: 0.27BSBarbados: 0.52BBBelize: 1.34BZBolivia: 2.05BOBrazil: 3.03BRChile: 2.01CLColombia: 2.56COCosta Rica: 1.30CRCuba: 2.59CUCuracao: 1.14CWDominica: 0.87DMDominican Republic: 1.79DOEcuador: 1.99ECEl Salvador: 1.42SVGrenada: 0.68GDGuatemala: 1.90GTGuyana: 1.69GYHaiti: 1.81HTHonduras: 1.91HNJamaica: 1.43JMMexico: 1.56MXNicaragua: 2.46NIPanama: 2.00PAParaguay: 2.02PYPeru: 2.41PESint Maarten (Dutch part): 0.01SXSt. Kitts and Nevis: 1.13KNSt. Lucia: 0.59LCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 0.83VCSuriname: 1.57SRTrinidad and Tobago: 1.75TTUruguay: 3.11UYVenezuela, RB: 2.38VEMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 21.02AFAlgeria: 2.35DZBahrain: 5.69BHDjibouti: 16.41DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 4.20EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 3.32IRIraq: 7.16IQIsrael: 2.81ILJordan: 6.86JOKuwait: 6.66KWLebanon: 2.93LBLibya: 2.34LYMalta: 3.59MTMorocco: 2.30MAOman: 8.67OMPakistan: 2.17PKQatar: 6.72QASaudi Arabia: 6.13SASyrian Arab Republic: 9.17SYTunisia: 2.44TNUnited Arab Emirates: 9.00AEWest Bank and Gaza: 1.78PSYemen, Rep.: 3.60YENorth AmericaBermuda: 0.20BMCanada: 1.46CAUnited States: 3.24USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 15.41BDBhutan: 91.50BTIndia: 0.76INMaldives: 20.68MVNepal: 61.47NPSri Lanka: 21.56LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 6.97AOBenin: 17.53BJBotswana: 2.62BWBurkina Faso: 5.85BFBurundi: 0.47BICabo Verde: 3.07CVCameroon: 7.32CMCentral African Republic: 4.58CFChad: 5.09TDComoros: 13.58KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 6.73CDCongo, Rep.: 1.92CGCote d'Ivoire: 5.88CIEquatorial Guinea: 2.04GQEritrea: 1.20EREswatini: 3.68SZEthiopia: 9.93ETGabon: 4.21GAGambia, The: 3.84GMGhana: 6.67GHGuinea: 10.70GNGuinea-Bissau: 6.74GWKenya: 11.71KELesotho: 0.80LSLiberia: 16.56LRMadagascar: 12.11MGMalawi: 7.41MWMali: 1.36MLMauritania: 2.30MRMauritius: 10.77MUMozambique: 8.64MZNamibia: 7.06NANiger: 11.95NENigeria: 7.85NGRwanda: 10.57RWSao Tome and Principe: 1.47STSenegal: 7.13SNSeychelles: 7.33SCSierra Leone: 12.47SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 22.78SOSouth Africa: 7.37ZASouth Sudan: 3.33SSSudan: 9.02SDTanzania: 13.67TZTogo: 8.32TGUganda: 11.15UGZambia: 5.74ZMZimbabwe: 2.70ZW

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Highest Values — 2023

# Country Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
1 Bhutan South Asia 91.50
2 Nepal South Asia 61.47
3 Somalia, Fed. Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa 22.78
4 Sri Lanka South Asia 21.56
5 Afghanistan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 21.02
6 Maldives South Asia 20.68
7 Benin Sub-Saharan Africa 17.53
8 Liberia Sub-Saharan Africa 16.56
9 Djibouti Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 16.41
10 Bangladesh South Asia 15.41

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 74 1.90
Upper middle income 53 2.73
Lower middle income 50 7.95
Low income 25 8.16
Not classified 2 6.16

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 35 1.33
Europe & Central Asia 53 1.64
Latin America & Caribbean 36 1.66
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 5.97
North America 3 1.63
South Asia 6 35.23
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 7.34

Lowest Values — 2023

# Country Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
1 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.01
2 Marshall Islands 0.01
3 Tuvalu 0.01
4 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 0.07
5 Palau 0.08
6 San Marino 0.11
7 Nauru 0.13
8 Guam 0.13
9 Samoa 0.16
10 Luxembourg 0.18
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Source: World Bank Open Data (TM.VAL.MRCH.R5.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2023.