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Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)

For 2025, Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) is led by Hong Kong SAR, China at 196.89%. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

Imports of goods includes change in the economic ownership of goods from non-residents to residents of the compiling economy, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Imports of services includes services provided by non-residents to residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Countries ranked 138
Snapshot year 2025
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0.049.298.4148197Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 196.89%197LuxembourgLuxembourg: 159.36%159SingaporeSingapore: 142.45%142LesothoLesotho: 104.45%104NaoeroNaoero: 103.68%104MaltaMalta: 99.90%99.9IrelandIreland: 99.89%99.9Somalia, Fed. Rep.Somalia, Fed. Rep.: 98.81%98.8DjiboutiDjibouti: 95.80%95.8SeychellesSeychelles: 92.67%92.7Viet NamViet Nam: 92.09%92.1CyprusCyprus: 91.92%91.9
Rank Country Value
101 Uganda 28.76%
102 Malawi 28.75%
103 Equatorial Guinea 28.41%
104 Sierra Leone 28.21%
105 Saudi Arabia 28.17%
106 Ecuador 27.92%
107 Dominican Republic 27.85%
108 Guinea-Bissau 27.01%
109 Mali 26.70%
110 Israel 25.43%
111 Turkiye 25.08%
112 Cote d'Ivoire 24.77%
113 India 24.01%
114 Sri Lanka 22.84%
115 Australia 22.66%
116 Uruguay 22.65%
117 Algeria 22.14%
118 Peru 21.85%
119 Kenya 21.76%
120 Indonesia 20.54%
121 Colombia 20.38%
122 Cameroon 20.30%
123 Ethiopia 20.18%
124 Benin 20.06%
125 Tanzania 19.99%
126 Niger 18.14%
127 Brazil 17.47%
128 Pakistan 17.21%
129 China 16.89%
130 Bangladesh 16.83%
131 Chad 16.72%
132 Russian Federation 15.51%
133 Argentina 14.81%
134 Haiti 14.33%
135 Turkmenistan 13.70%
136 Angola 11.67%
137 Venezuela, RB 10.11%
138 Sudan 1.28%
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • Hong Kong SAR, China sits at the top of the Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) distribution in 2025 at 196.89%, with a lead of 37.52% over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Iceland at 42.37%, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Sudan (1.28%), and the page currently covers 138 countries.