Germany vs North America: Merchandise imports from high-income economies
Merchandise imports from high-income economies over time
- Germany
- North America
How they compare
Germany currently reports 83.2% against 55.6% in North America, a difference of 27.6%.
That makes Germany's figure about 1.5 times North America's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Germany ahead.
Germany ranks 32nd and North America ranks 30th of 206 countries.
Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | North America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80.6% | 77.4% | 3.2% | Germany |
| 1970s | 83.3% | 78.5% | 4.8% | Germany |
| 1980s | 86.4% | 79.3% | 7.1% | Germany |
| 1990s | 87.7% | 74.7% | 13.1% | Germany |
| 2000s | 86.6% | 62.0% | 24.6% | Germany |
| 2010s | 83.5% | 54.4% | 29.0% | Germany |
| 2020s | 82.6% | 54.2% | 28.4% | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise imports from high-income economies, Germany or North America?
- Germany, at 83.2% against 55.6% in North America as of 2023.
- What is the difference in merchandise imports from high-income economies between Germany and North America?
- 27.6%, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and North America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Germany and North America rank globally for merchandise imports from high-income economies?
- Germany ranks 32nd and North America ranks 30th of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.