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

Showing every country with available data for 2023 • World Bank: TM.VAL.MRCH.WR.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 within 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 202 countries reporting, the median value is 13.09, 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

Korea, Dem. People's Rep.

97.10

Europe & Central Asia

Turkmenistan

45.24

Latin America & Caribbean

Nicaragua

50.79

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Syrian Arab Republic

21.73

South Asia

Bhutan

91.50

Sub-Saharan Africa

Lesotho

84.96

Rank Country Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
1 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 97.10
2 Bhutan 91.50
3 Lesotho 84.96
4 Botswana 84.08
5 Lao PDR 81.87
6 Cambodia 80.93
7 Eswatini 76.00
8 South Sudan 64.85
9 Zimbabwe 64.24
10 Mali 62.50
11 Nepal 61.47
12 Myanmar 61.35
13 Solomon Islands 55.63
14 Timor-Leste 55.09
15 Brunei Darussalam 52.27
16 Nicaragua 50.79
17 Hong Kong SAR, China 49.57
18 Philippines 47.53
19 Viet Nam 46.29
20 Turkmenistan 45.24
21 Guinea-Bissau 44.49
22 Mongolia 43.68
23 Namibia 43.07
24 Congo, Rep. 41.73
25 Indonesia 41.11
26 Australia 39.96
27 Bolivia 39.57
28 Uruguay 39.26
29 Thailand 39.25
30 Papua New Guinea 39.25
31 Zambia 37.49
32 Japan 36.59
33 Kiribati 35.97
34 El Salvador 34.98
35 Singapore 34.44
36 Argentina 34.37
37 Malaysia 34.20
38 Sao Tome and Principe 34.14
39 Liberia 33.97
40 Macao SAR, China 33.93
41 Burundi 33.55
42 Paraguay 33.55
43 Malawi 32.98
44 Honduras 32.98
45 Korea, Rep. 32.86
46 New Zealand 32.41
47 Kosovo 32.21
48 Central African Republic 31.60
49 Montenegro 31.56
50 Vanuatu 30.48
51 American Samoa 30.18
52 Tonga 30.06
53 Guatemala 29.16
54 Tajikistan 28.65
55 French Polynesia 28.30
56 Burkina Faso 27.66
57 Venezuela, RB 27.10
58 Uganda 26.94
59 Chile 26.92
60 Georgia 26.61
61 Mozambique 26.50
62 Panama 26.45
63 Belize 24.64
64 Samoa 24.62
65 Fiji 24.33
66 Rwanda 24.21
67 Moldova 24.19
68 Azerbaijan 23.37
69 Peru 23.07
70 Syrian Arab Republic 21.73
71 Sri Lanka 21.56
72 Ecuador 21.54
73 Afghanistan 21.02
74 Maldives 20.68
75 Chad 20.37
76 Uzbekistan 19.58
77 Congo, Dem. Rep. 19.56
78 Marshall Islands 19.50
79 Cote d'Ivoire 19.47
80 Russian Federation 19.38
81 Costa Rica 18.45
82 Colombia 17.68
83 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17.61
84 Albania 17.08
85 Jamaica 16.64
86 Togo 16.43
87 Dominican Republic 16.42
88 Kyrgyz Republic 16.15
89 Cuba 15.54
90 Bulgaria 15.52
91 Bangladesh 15.41
92 North Macedonia 15.37
93 China 15.21
94 Benin 15.17
95 Mauritius 14.86
96 Palau 14.40
97 Haiti 14.11
98 Nauru 13.93
99 Curacao 13.28
100 Guyana 13.24
101 Senegal 13.10
102 Dominica 13.09
103 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 12.38
104 Greece 12.23
105 Niger 11.71
106 Guam 11.61
107 Croatia 11.44
108 Equatorial Guinea 11.36
109 Romania 11.25
110 Serbia 11.11
111 Antigua and Barbuda 11.04
112 Brazil 10.92
113 Trinidad and Tobago 10.84
114 Seychelles 10.53
115 Aruba 10.42
116 St. Kitts and Nevis 10.18
117 New Caledonia 10.12
118 Gambia, The 10.02
119 Sierra Leone 9.99
120 Ukraine 9.91
121 Tunisia 9.82
122 Slovenia 9.27
123 Kazakhstan 9.20
124 Angola 9.11
125 Tanzania 8.95
126 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 8.85
127 Suriname 8.64
128 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 8.42
129 Kenya 8.18
130 Madagascar 8.12
131 South Africa 8.08
132 West Bank and Gaza 8.03
133 Lebanon 7.40
134 Cameroon 7.33
135 Barbados 7.19
136 Grenada 7.09
137 Ghana 7.01
138 Faroe Islands 6.79
139 Tuvalu 6.29
140 Italy 6.01
141 Comoros 5.92
142 Armenia 5.69
143 Jordan 5.39
144 Iraq 4.87
145 Switzerland 4.71
146 Guinea 4.53
147 Hungary 4.46
148 Turkiye 4.23
149 Belarus 4.22
150 Sudan 4.02
151 Mexico 3.95
152 Saudi Arabia 3.93
153 Yemen, Rep. 3.86
154 Eritrea 3.80
155 Latvia 3.75
156 Algeria 3.61
157 Poland 3.56
158 Spain 3.54
159 Austria 3.38
160 Oman 3.30
161 Lithuania 3.28
162 Kuwait 3.28
163 St. Lucia 3.27
164 United Arab Emirates 3.27
165 Cyprus 3.21
166 Gabon 3.04
167 Czechia 3.01
168 Germany 2.75
169 Slovak Republic 2.64
170 Bahamas, The 2.58
171 Djibouti 2.56
172 United Kingdom 2.27
173 Pakistan 2.17
174 Morocco 2.17
175 France 2.12
176 Estonia 2.01
177 Malta 1.94
178 Portugal 1.94
179 Nigeria 1.88
180 Qatar 1.83
181 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.82
182 Ethiopia 1.74
183 San Marino 1.66
184 Netherlands 1.59
185 Bahrain 1.58
186 Mauritania 1.41
187 Norway 1.38
188 Denmark 1.36
189 Belgium 1.36
190 Sweden 1.30
191 Iceland 1.28
192 Finland 1.21
193 Egypt, Arab Rep. 1.08
194 Ireland 0.98
195 Luxembourg 0.97
196 Gibraltar 0.89
197 Iran, Islamic Rep. 0.85
198 India 0.76
199 Israel 0.70
200 Cabo Verde 0.69
201 Libya 0.04
202 Greenland 0.01

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