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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
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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
1 Hong Kong SAR, China 196.89%
2 Luxembourg 159.36%
3 Singapore 142.45%
4 Lesotho 104.45%
5 Naoero 103.68%
6 Malta 99.90%
7 Ireland 99.89%
8 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 98.81%
9 Djibouti 95.80%
10 Seychelles 92.67%
11 Viet Nam 92.09%
12 Cyprus 91.92%
13 Slovak Republic 85.25%
14 Marshall Islands 79.87%
15 Belgium 77.47%
16 Estonia 77.40%
17 Mauritius 74.91%
18 Kosovo 74.24%
19 North Macedonia 73.39%
20 Slovenia 73.28%
21 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 70.94%
22 Netherlands 69.45%
23 Lithuania 69.12%
24 Switzerland 69.11%
25 Hungary 68.15%
26 Cambodia 67.44%
27 Thailand 67.27%
28 Latvia 67.15%
29 Libya 65.95%
30 Montenegro 65.71%
31 Kyrgyz Republic 65.60%
32 Malaysia 65.43%
33 Namibia 63.90%
34 Mongolia 62.64%
35 Guinea 62.27%
36 Czechia 61.09%
37 Moldova 60.91%
38 Denmark 59.11%
39 Serbia 58.61%
40 Belarus 57.03%
41 Honduras 56.52%
42 El Salvador 56.11%
43 Mozambique 55.72%
44 Nicaragua 54.86%
45 Tunisia 54.79%
46 Mauritania 54.17%
47 Bosnia and Herzegovina 54.12%
48 Armenia 53.61%
49 West Bank and Gaza 53.53%
50 Cabo Verde 53.35%
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.