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

Showing every country with available data for 2023 • World Bank: TM.VAL.MRCH.R5.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 south asia (% 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 204 countries reporting, the median value is 2.03, 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

Timor-Leste

6.33

Europe & Central Asia

Gibraltar

8.05

Latin America & Caribbean

Uruguay

3.11

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Afghanistan

21.02

North America

United States

3.24

South Asia

Bhutan

91.50

Sub-Saharan Africa

Somalia, Fed. Rep.

22.78

Rank Country Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
1 Bhutan 91.50
2 Nepal 61.47
3 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 22.78
4 Sri Lanka 21.56
5 Afghanistan 21.02
6 Maldives 20.68
7 Benin 17.53
8 Liberia 16.56
9 Djibouti 16.41
10 Bangladesh 15.41
11 Tanzania 13.67
12 Comoros 13.58
13 Sierra Leone 12.47
14 Madagascar 12.11
15 Niger 11.95
16 Kenya 11.71
17 Uganda 11.15
18 Mauritius 10.77
19 Guinea 10.70
20 Rwanda 10.57
21 Ethiopia 9.93
22 Syrian Arab Republic 9.17
23 Sudan 9.02
24 United Arab Emirates 9.00
25 Oman 8.67
26 Mozambique 8.64
27 Togo 8.32
28 Gibraltar 8.05
29 Nigeria 7.85
30 Malawi 7.41
31 South Africa 7.37
32 Seychelles 7.33
33 Cameroon 7.32
34 Iraq 7.16
35 Senegal 7.13
36 Namibia 7.06
37 Angola 6.97
38 Jordan 6.86
39 Guinea-Bissau 6.74
40 Congo, Dem. Rep. 6.73
41 Qatar 6.72
42 Ghana 6.67
43 Kuwait 6.66
44 Timor-Leste 6.33
45 Saudi Arabia 6.13
46 Cote d'Ivoire 5.88
47 Burkina Faso 5.85
48 Zambia 5.74
49 Bahrain 5.69
50 Kosovo 5.45
51 Chad 5.09
52 Central African Republic 4.58
53 Albania 4.33
54 Gabon 4.21
55 Egypt, Arab Rep. 4.20
56 Ukraine 4.10
57 Gambia, The 3.84
58 Eswatini 3.68
59 Yemen, Rep. 3.60
60 Malta 3.59
61 South Sudan 3.33
62 Iran, Islamic Rep. 3.32
63 United States 3.24
64 Indonesia 3.23
65 Fiji 3.19
66 Armenia 3.16
67 Uruguay 3.11
68 Cabo Verde 3.07
69 Brazil 3.03
70 Myanmar 3.02
71 Slovenia 2.95
72 Lebanon 2.93
73 Israel 2.81
74 Moldova 2.80
75 Malaysia 2.79
76 Australia 2.75
77 Turkiye 2.73
78 Zimbabwe 2.70
79 Botswana 2.62
80 Cuba 2.59
81 Tajikistan 2.58
82 Colombia 2.56
83 Russian Federation 2.50
84 Antigua and Barbuda 2.50
85 Nicaragua 2.46
86 United Kingdom 2.45
87 Tunisia 2.44
88 Peru 2.41
89 Venezuela, RB 2.38
90 Algeria 2.35
91 Libya 2.34
92 Morocco 2.30
93 Mauritania 2.30
94 Thailand 2.30
95 Spain 2.27
96 Uzbekistan 2.23
97 Pakistan 2.17
98 Italy 2.14
99 Argentina 2.11
100 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.05
101 Bolivia 2.05
102 Equatorial Guinea 2.04
103 Paraguay 2.02
104 Chile 2.01
105 Panama 2.00
106 Ecuador 1.99
107 Viet Nam 1.99
108 Congo, Rep. 1.92
109 Honduras 1.91
110 Guatemala 1.90
111 New Zealand 1.87
112 Haiti 1.81
113 Denmark 1.80
114 Dominican Republic 1.79
115 Azerbaijan 1.78
116 West Bank and Gaza 1.78
117 Singapore 1.77
118 Philippines 1.76
119 Trinidad and Tobago 1.75
120 Netherlands 1.72
121 Guyana 1.69
122 Suriname 1.57
123 Belgium 1.56
124 Mexico 1.56
125 Hong Kong SAR, China 1.54
126 France 1.48
127 Sao Tome and Principe 1.47
128 Canada 1.46
129 Jamaica 1.43
130 El Salvador 1.42
131 Norway 1.41
132 Papua New Guinea 1.39
133 Mali 1.36
134 Germany 1.36
135 Portugal 1.35
136 Belize 1.34
137 Greece 1.32
138 Turkmenistan 1.32
139 Serbia 1.31
140 Costa Rica 1.30
141 North Macedonia 1.29
142 Switzerland 1.27
143 French Polynesia 1.25
144 Brunei Darussalam 1.25
145 Poland 1.23
146 Kazakhstan 1.22
147 Korea, Rep. 1.21
148 Eritrea 1.20
149 Vanuatu 1.19
150 Romania 1.18
151 Curacao 1.14
152 Montenegro 1.13
153 St. Kitts and Nevis 1.13
154 Aruba 1.11
155 Ireland 1.02
156 Sweden 1.01
157 Cyprus 1.00
158 Japan 0.98
159 Czechia 0.98
160 Kiribati 0.97
161 China 0.96
162 Kyrgyz Republic 0.93
163 Dominica 0.87
164 Mongolia 0.85
165 Cambodia 0.84
166 Croatia 0.84
167 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.83
168 Solomon Islands 0.83
169 Georgia 0.82
170 Austria 0.82
171 Iceland 0.80
172 Lesotho 0.80
173 Belarus 0.79
174 India 0.76
175 Grenada 0.68
176 Finland 0.66
177 Hungary 0.63
178 Bulgaria 0.61
179 St. Lucia 0.59
180 Lao PDR 0.54
181 Barbados 0.52
182 Latvia 0.51
183 Burundi 0.47
184 New Caledonia 0.45
185 Lithuania 0.39
186 Slovak Republic 0.37
187 Estonia 0.32
188 Faroe Islands 0.28
189 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 0.28
190 Bahamas, The 0.27
191 Greenland 0.27
192 Macao SAR, China 0.21
193 Bermuda 0.20
194 American Samoa 0.18
195 Luxembourg 0.18
196 Samoa 0.16
197 Guam 0.13
198 Nauru 0.13
199 San Marino 0.11
200 Palau 0.08
201 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 0.07
202 Tuvalu 0.01
203 Marshall Islands 0.01
204 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.01

Source: World Bank Open Data (TM.VAL.MRCH.R5.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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