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Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions 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.OR.ZS • Data available for 205 countries • Latest year: 2023

In , Somalia, Fed. Rep. led Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) at 75.32.

The world median across 204 reporting countries was 20.50.

What this measures: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions 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
20.50
Mean
22.36
25th percentile
8.67
75th percentile
32.65
Range
0.16 – 75.32

World at a Glance — 2023

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

East Asia & PacificAmerican Samoa: 1.57ASAustralia: 6.02AUBrunei Darussalam: 1.31BNCambodia: 1.43KHChina: 16.70CNFiji: 3.19FJFrench Polynesia: 3.73PFGuam: 1.09GUHong Kong SAR, China: 3.04HKIndonesia: 11.66IDJapan: 5.69JPKiribati: 1.12KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 2.72KPKorea, Rep.: 8.67KRLao PDR: 0.69LAMacao SAR, China: 2.57MOMalaysia: 7.41MYMarshall Islands: 4.05MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 1.13FMMongolia: 3.69MNMyanmar: 4.32MMNauru: 9.51NRNew Caledonia: 0.51NCNew Zealand: 4.56NZPalau: 0.78PWPapua New Guinea: 1.82PGPhilippines: 4.43PHSamoa: 0.16WSSingapore: 5.31SGSolomon Islands: 0.95SBThailand: 6.58THTimor-Leste: 8.10TLTuvalu: 0.96TVVanuatu: 1.19VUViet Nam: 5.66VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 20.62ALArmenia: 32.19AMAustria: 7.31ATAzerbaijan: 26.54AZBelarus: 12.26BYBelgium: 14.00BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 15.48BABulgaria: 11.63BGCroatia: 6.09HRCyprus: 12.06CYCzechia: 15.81CZDenmark: 11.39DKEstonia: 6.03EEFaroe Islands: 9.08FOFinland: 8.96FIFrance: 14.66FRGeorgia: 13.73GEGermany: 14.09DEGibraltar: 18.19GIGreece: 25.43GRGreenland: 1.64GLHungary: 10.99HUIceland: 17.34ISIreland: 10.79IEItaly: 21.45ITKazakhstan: 38.44KZKosovo: 20.71XKKyrgyz Republic: 45.51KGLatvia: 5.58LVLithuania: 5.86LTLuxembourg: 1.88LUMoldova: 17.31MDMontenegro: 16.41MENetherlands: 28.78NLNorth Macedonia: 15.90MKNorway: 20.74NOPoland: 14.02PLPortugal: 15.50PTRomania: 9.84RORussian Federation: 58.61RUSan Marino: 3.31SMSerbia: 20.21RSSlovak Republic: 7.28SKSlovenia: 20.61SISpain: 25.39ESSweden: 9.91SESwitzerland: 19.02CHTajikistan: 27.10TJTurkiye: 26.14TRTurkmenistan: 27.59TMUkraine: 25.09UAUnited Kingdom: 18.14GBUzbekistan: 38.83UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 9.54AGArgentina: 29.67ARAruba: 7.81AWBahamas, The: 3.86BSBarbados: 5.70BBBelize: 20.39BZBolivia: 26.34BOBrazil: 32.52BRChile: 28.66CLColombia: 28.64COCosta Rica: 20.08CRCuba: 29.78CUCuracao: 8.35CWDominica: 7.56DMDominican Republic: 22.86DOEcuador: 26.48ECEl Salvador: 20.25SVGrenada: 8.88GDGuatemala: 18.78GTGuyana: 16.96GYHaiti: 41.50HTHonduras: 20.63HNJamaica: 16.30JMMexico: 28.05MXNicaragua: 11.96NIPanama: 23.48PAParaguay: 38.94PYPeru: 29.84PESint Maarten (Dutch part): 2.53SXSt. Kitts and Nevis: 8.81KNSt. Lucia: 7.69LCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 10.98VCSuriname: 17.22SRTrinidad and Tobago: 15.37TTUruguay: 31.02UYVenezuela, RB: 40.17VEMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 65.64AFAlgeria: 43.09DZBahrain: 35.87BHDjibouti: 59.96DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 36.65EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 48.54IRIraq: 68.23IQIsrael: 25.44ILJordan: 38.28JOKuwait: 36.40KWLebanon: 30.76LBLibya: 48.43LYMalta: 13.43MTMorocco: 25.02MAOman: 25.70OMPakistan: 44.92PKQatar: 32.26QASaudi Arabia: 39.10SASyrian Arab Republic: 40.52SYTunisia: 25.83TNUnited Arab Emirates: 56.40AEWest Bank and Gaza: 20.13PSYemen, Rep.: 41.47YENorth AmericaBermuda: 1.32BMCanada: 28.36CAUnited States: 47.36USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 50.58BDBhutan: 3.60BTIndia: 37.77INMaldives: 25.51MVNepal: 25.89NPSri Lanka: 33.51LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 33.39AOBenin: 43.38BJBotswana: 6.63BWBurkina Faso: 30.64BFBurundi: 21.64BICabo Verde: 15.51CVCameroon: 42.87CMCentral African Republic: 30.01CFChad: 50.05TDComoros: 31.83KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 36.59CDCongo, Rep.: 29.87CGCote d'Ivoire: 36.00CIEquatorial Guinea: 34.89GQEritrea: 51.46EREswatini: 13.17SZEthiopia: 59.70ETGabon: 29.08GAGambia, The: 12.28GMGhana: 36.60GHGuinea: 38.45GNGuinea-Bissau: 18.21GWKenya: 42.47KELesotho: 9.25LSLiberia: 45.51LRMadagascar: 45.66MGMalawi: 30.07MWMali: 21.55MLMauritania: 33.32MRMauritius: 27.00MUMozambique: 31.10MZNamibia: 24.38NANiger: 46.36NENigeria: 32.73NGRwanda: 36.86RWSao Tome and Principe: 15.71STSenegal: 32.65SNSeychelles: 18.43SCSierra Leone: 54.85SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 75.32SOSouth Africa: 38.57ZASouth Sudan: 20.96SSSudan: 33.93SDTanzania: 49.37TZTogo: 45.09TGUganda: 38.06UGZambia: 24.96ZMZimbabwe: 27.05ZW

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Highest Values — 2023

# Country Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
1 Somalia, Fed. Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa 75.32
2 Iraq Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 68.23
3 Afghanistan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 65.64
4 Djibouti Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 59.96
5 Ethiopia Sub-Saharan Africa 59.70
6 Russian Federation Europe & Central Asia 58.61
7 United Arab Emirates Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 56.40
8 Sierra Leone Sub-Saharan Africa 54.85
9 Eritrea Sub-Saharan Africa 51.46
10 Bangladesh South Asia 50.58

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 74 14.84
Upper middle income 53 21.95
Lower middle income 50 25.46
Low income 25 37.06
Not classified 2 49.94

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 35 4.07
Europe & Central Asia 53 17.76
Latin America & Caribbean 36 19.93
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 39.22
North America 3 25.68
South Asia 6 29.48
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 33.40

Lowest Values — 2023

# Country Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
1 Samoa 0.16
2 New Caledonia 0.51
3 Lao PDR 0.69
4 Palau 0.78
5 Solomon Islands 0.95
6 Tuvalu 0.96
7 Guam 1.09
8 Kiribati 1.12
9 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 1.13
10 Vanuatu 1.19
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Source: World Bank Open Data (TM.VAL.MRCH.OR.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2023.