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

Showing every country with available data for 2023 • World Bank: TM.VAL.MRCH.OR.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 outside region (% 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 20.50, 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

16.70

Europe & Central Asia

Russian Federation

58.61

Latin America & Caribbean

Haiti

41.50

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Iraq

68.23

North America

United States

47.36

South Asia

Bangladesh

50.58

Sub-Saharan Africa

Somalia, Fed. Rep.

75.32

Rank Country Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
1 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 75.32
2 Iraq 68.23
3 Afghanistan 65.64
4 Djibouti 59.96
5 Ethiopia 59.70
6 Russian Federation 58.61
7 United Arab Emirates 56.40
8 Sierra Leone 54.85
9 Eritrea 51.46
10 Bangladesh 50.58
11 Chad 50.05
12 Tanzania 49.37
13 Iran, Islamic Rep. 48.54
14 Libya 48.43
15 United States 47.36
16 Niger 46.36
17 Madagascar 45.66
18 Liberia 45.51
19 Kyrgyz Republic 45.51
20 Togo 45.09
21 Pakistan 44.92
22 Benin 43.38
23 Algeria 43.09
24 Cameroon 42.87
25 Kenya 42.47
26 Haiti 41.50
27 Yemen, Rep. 41.47
28 Syrian Arab Republic 40.52
29 Venezuela, RB 40.17
30 Saudi Arabia 39.10
31 Paraguay 38.94
32 Uzbekistan 38.83
33 South Africa 38.57
34 Guinea 38.45
35 Kazakhstan 38.44
36 Jordan 38.28
37 Uganda 38.06
38 India 37.77
39 Rwanda 36.86
40 Egypt, Arab Rep. 36.65
41 Ghana 36.60
42 Congo, Dem. Rep. 36.59
43 Kuwait 36.40
44 Cote d'Ivoire 36.00
45 Bahrain 35.87
46 Equatorial Guinea 34.89
47 Sudan 33.93
48 Sri Lanka 33.51
49 Angola 33.39
50 Mauritania 33.32
51 Nigeria 32.73
52 Senegal 32.65
53 Brazil 32.52
54 Qatar 32.26
55 Armenia 32.19
56 Comoros 31.83
57 Mozambique 31.10
58 Uruguay 31.02
59 Lebanon 30.76
60 Burkina Faso 30.64
61 Malawi 30.07
62 Central African Republic 30.01
63 Congo, Rep. 29.87
64 Peru 29.84
65 Cuba 29.78
66 Argentina 29.67
67 Gabon 29.08
68 Netherlands 28.78
69 Chile 28.66
70 Colombia 28.64
71 Canada 28.36
72 Mexico 28.05
73 Turkmenistan 27.59
74 Tajikistan 27.10
75 Zimbabwe 27.05
76 Mauritius 27.00
77 Azerbaijan 26.54
78 Ecuador 26.48
79 Bolivia 26.34
80 Turkiye 26.14
81 Nepal 25.89
82 Tunisia 25.83
83 Oman 25.70
84 Maldives 25.51
85 Israel 25.44
86 Greece 25.43
87 Spain 25.39
88 Ukraine 25.09
89 Morocco 25.02
90 Zambia 24.96
91 Namibia 24.38
92 Panama 23.48
93 Dominican Republic 22.86
94 Burundi 21.64
95 Mali 21.55
96 Italy 21.45
97 South Sudan 20.96
98 Norway 20.74
99 Kosovo 20.71
100 Honduras 20.63
101 Albania 20.62
102 Slovenia 20.61
103 Belize 20.39
104 El Salvador 20.25
105 Serbia 20.21
106 West Bank and Gaza 20.13
107 Costa Rica 20.08
108 Switzerland 19.02
109 Guatemala 18.78
110 Seychelles 18.43
111 Guinea-Bissau 18.21
112 Gibraltar 18.19
113 United Kingdom 18.14
114 Iceland 17.34
115 Moldova 17.31
116 Suriname 17.22
117 Guyana 16.96
118 China 16.70
119 Montenegro 16.41
120 Jamaica 16.30
121 North Macedonia 15.90
122 Czechia 15.81
123 Sao Tome and Principe 15.71
124 Cabo Verde 15.51
125 Portugal 15.50
126 Bosnia and Herzegovina 15.48
127 Trinidad and Tobago 15.37
128 France 14.66
129 Germany 14.09
130 Poland 14.02
131 Belgium 14.00
132 Georgia 13.73
133 Malta 13.43
134 Eswatini 13.17
135 Gambia, The 12.28
136 Belarus 12.26
137 Cyprus 12.06
138 Nicaragua 11.96
139 Indonesia 11.66
140 Bulgaria 11.63
141 Denmark 11.39
142 Hungary 10.99
143 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 10.98
144 Ireland 10.79
145 Sweden 9.91
146 Romania 9.84
147 Antigua and Barbuda 9.54
148 Nauru 9.51
149 Lesotho 9.25
150 Faroe Islands 9.08
151 Finland 8.96
152 Grenada 8.88
153 St. Kitts and Nevis 8.81
154 Korea, Rep. 8.67
155 Curacao 8.35
156 Timor-Leste 8.10
157 Aruba 7.81
158 St. Lucia 7.69
159 Dominica 7.56
160 Malaysia 7.41
161 Austria 7.31
162 Slovak Republic 7.28
163 Botswana 6.63
164 Thailand 6.58
165 Croatia 6.09
166 Estonia 6.03
167 Australia 6.02
168 Lithuania 5.86
169 Barbados 5.70
170 Japan 5.69
171 Viet Nam 5.66
172 Latvia 5.58
173 Singapore 5.31
174 New Zealand 4.56
175 Philippines 4.43
176 Myanmar 4.32
177 Marshall Islands 4.05
178 Bahamas, The 3.86
179 French Polynesia 3.73
180 Mongolia 3.69
181 Bhutan 3.60
182 San Marino 3.31
183 Fiji 3.19
184 Hong Kong SAR, China 3.04
185 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 2.72
186 Macao SAR, China 2.57
187 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 2.53
188 Luxembourg 1.88
189 Papua New Guinea 1.82
190 Greenland 1.64
191 American Samoa 1.57
192 Cambodia 1.43
193 Bermuda 1.32
194 Brunei Darussalam 1.31
195 Vanuatu 1.19
196 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 1.13
197 Kiribati 1.12
198 Guam 1.09
199 Tuvalu 0.96
200 Solomon Islands 0.95
201 Palau 0.78
202 Lao PDR 0.69
203 New Caledonia 0.51
204 Samoa 0.16

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