American Samoa vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Merchandise imports (current US$), per unit of GDP

American Samoa
0.7371 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2022
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.2731 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
American Samoa rank
10th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
10th

Merchandise imports (current US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • American Samoa
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.250.50.7511.2196019922025

How they compare

American Samoa currently reports 0.7371 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.2731 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.464 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes American Samoa's figure about 2.7 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 21 years both countries report, American Samoa has been ahead every year.

American Samoa ranks 10th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 10th of 203 countries.

American Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade American Samoa Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
2000s 1.01 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2307 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.7754 current US$ per US$ of GDP American Samoa
2010s 0.8629 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2241 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.6388 current US$ per US$ of GDP American Samoa
2020s 0.9483 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.224 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.7243 current US$ per US$ of GDP American Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher merchandise imports (current us$), per unit of gdp, American Samoa or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
American Samoa, at 0.7371 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.2731 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2022.
What is the difference in merchandise imports (current us$), per unit of gdp between American Samoa and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
0.464 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with American Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for American Samoa and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
21 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2022.
How do American Samoa and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for merchandise imports (current us$), per unit of gdp?
American Samoa ranks 10th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 10th of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Merchandise imports (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Merchandise imports (current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
250 places, 13,931 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Merchandise imports (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.