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Countries Ranked by Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Showing every country with available data for 2023 • World Bank: TM.VAL.MRCH.R6.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 sub-saharan africa (% 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 0.69, 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

Nauru

9.30

Europe & Central Asia

Gibraltar

8.27

Latin America & Caribbean

Uruguay

4.61

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

United Arab Emirates

12.77

North America

Canada

1.12

South Asia

India

4.83

Sub-Saharan Africa

Lesotho

84.96

Rank Country Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
1 Lesotho 84.96
2 Botswana 84.08
3 Eswatini 76.00
4 South Sudan 64.85
5 Zimbabwe 64.24
6 Mali 62.50
7 Guinea-Bissau 44.49
8 Namibia 43.07
9 Congo, Rep. 41.73
10 Zambia 37.49
11 Sao Tome and Principe 34.14
12 Liberia 33.97
13 Burundi 33.55
14 Malawi 32.98
15 Central African Republic 31.60
16 Burkina Faso 27.66
17 Uganda 26.94
18 Mozambique 26.50
19 Rwanda 24.21
20 Chad 20.37
21 Congo, Dem. Rep. 19.56
22 Cote d'Ivoire 19.47
23 Togo 16.43
24 Benin 15.17
25 Mauritius 14.86
26 Senegal 13.10
27 United Arab Emirates 12.77
28 Niger 11.71
29 Equatorial Guinea 11.36
30 Seychelles 10.53
31 Gambia, The 10.02
32 Sierra Leone 9.99
33 Nauru 9.30
34 Angola 9.11
35 Tanzania 8.95
36 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 8.85
37 Gibraltar 8.27
38 Kenya 8.18
39 Madagascar 8.12
40 South Africa 8.08
41 Cameroon 7.33
42 Ghana 7.01
43 Comoros 5.92
44 Russian Federation 5.13
45 Kazakhstan 5.08
46 India 4.83
47 Switzerland 4.78
48 Uruguay 4.61
49 Guinea 4.53
50 Djibouti 4.45
51 China 4.24
52 Sudan 4.02
53 Indonesia 4.00
54 Eritrea 3.80
55 Pakistan 3.78
56 Gabon 3.04
57 Bangladesh 2.87
58 Spain 2.86
59 Netherlands 2.73
60 Portugal 2.58
61 Jamaica 2.22
62 Egypt, Arab Rep. 2.04
63 North Macedonia 1.93
64 Nigeria 1.88
65 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 1.87
66 Ethiopia 1.74
67 Saudi Arabia 1.68
68 Malaysia 1.66
69 France 1.62
70 Sri Lanka 1.60
71 United Kingdom 1.57
72 Italy 1.53
73 Belgium 1.52
74 Algeria 1.42
75 Brazil 1.42
76 Mauritania 1.41
77 Oman 1.33
78 Yemen, Rep. 1.32
79 Bahamas, The 1.26
80 Japan 1.22
81 Norway 1.22
82 Greece 1.21
83 Korea, Rep. 1.18
84 Thailand 1.17
85 Canada 1.12
86 Lebanon 1.10
87 Bahrain 1.07
88 Germany 1.07
89 United States 0.95
90 Croatia 0.94
91 Turkiye 0.90
92 Viet Nam 0.89
93 Serbia 0.86
94 Jordan 0.85
95 Qatar 0.82
96 Morocco 0.81
97 Kuwait 0.77
98 Australia 0.74
99 Bulgaria 0.73
100 Cabo Verde 0.69
101 Sweden 0.69
102 Haiti 0.68
103 Macao SAR, China 0.68
104 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 0.67
105 Marshall Islands 0.67
106 Israel 0.65
107 Nicaragua 0.65
108 Tunisia 0.59
109 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.59
110 Singapore 0.56
111 Nepal 0.56
112 Maldives 0.55
113 Poland 0.51
114 Ukraine 0.50
115 Tuvalu 0.43
116 Argentina 0.42
117 Palau 0.42
118 Colombia 0.41
119 Denmark 0.41
120 Suriname 0.39
121 Antigua and Barbuda 0.37
122 Ireland 0.37
123 Guam 0.36
124 Cyprus 0.34
125 New Zealand 0.34
126 El Salvador 0.34
127 Armenia 0.32
128 Chile 0.31
129 Guyana 0.30
130 Belarus 0.29
131 Honduras 0.27
132 Mexico 0.26
133 Finland 0.25
134 Panama 0.25
135 Estonia 0.24
136 Iceland 0.24
137 West Bank and Gaza 0.24
138 Lithuania 0.24
139 Papua New Guinea 0.23
140 Dominican Republic 0.23
141 Kosovo 0.22
142 Grenada 0.22
143 Belize 0.20
144 Slovenia 0.20
145 Barbados 0.20
146 Austria 0.19
147 Moldova 0.19
148 Georgia 0.17
149 Uzbekistan 0.17
150 Venezuela, RB 0.17
151 Romania 0.16
152 Philippines 0.16
153 Czechia 0.15
154 Guatemala 0.15
155 Curacao 0.15
156 Trinidad and Tobago 0.15
157 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.14
158 Iraq 0.14
159 Cuba 0.14
160 Malta 0.13
161 Luxembourg 0.13
162 Faroe Islands 0.12
163 Bermuda 0.11
164 Albania 0.11
165 Afghanistan 0.11
166 Azerbaijan 0.11
167 Montenegro 0.10
168 Timor-Leste 0.09
169 Iran, Islamic Rep. 0.09
170 Paraguay 0.09
171 Cambodia 0.08
172 Peru 0.08
173 Bolivia 0.07
174 Aruba 0.07
175 Mongolia 0.07
176 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.07
177 Slovak Republic 0.07
178 Kyrgyz Republic 0.07
179 Ecuador 0.06
180 New Caledonia 0.06
181 Hungary 0.06
182 Lao PDR 0.06
183 French Polynesia 0.05
184 Solomon Islands 0.04
185 Costa Rica 0.04
186 Greenland 0.04
187 Libya 0.04
188 San Marino 0.03
189 Dominica 0.03
190 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.02
191 Kiribati 0.02
192 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.02
193 Latvia 0.02
194 Myanmar 0.02
195 St. Lucia 0.01
196 Tajikistan 0.01
197 American Samoa 0.00
198 Turkmenistan 0.00
199 Bhutan 0.00

Source: World Bank Open Data (TM.VAL.MRCH.R6.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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