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

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports...

Countries reporting
203
Highest
97.1%
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Lowest
0.0%
Greenland
Median
13.1%
Years covered
64
1960–2023
Data points
13,090

What the numbers show

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports) is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 97.1% in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; the lowest is 0.0% in Greenland.

The median across all reporting countries is 13.1%, and the mean is 19.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8,534.

Over the past decade 119 countries rose and 84 fell. The largest increase was in Marshall Islands (up 7,094.3%), and the largest decrease in Libya (down 99.6%).

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 97.1% 2023 up 13.4% rising
2 Bhutan 91.5% 2023 up 6.8% rising
3 Lesotho 85.0% 2023 up 9.4% falling
4 Botswana 84.1% 2023 up 6.8% falling
5 Lao People's Democratic Republic 81.9% 2023 down 10.0% rising
6 Cambodia 80.9% 2023 up 35.7% volatile
7 Eswatini 76.0% 2023 down 14.5% falling
8 South Sudan 64.9% 2023 up 2,752.5% volatile
9 Zimbabwe 64.2% 2023 down 11.0% rising
10 Mali 62.5% 2023 up 45.4% rising
11 Nepal 61.5% 2023 down 4.0% rising
12 Myanmar 61.3% 2023 up 30.8% volatile
13 Solomon Islands 55.6% 2023 up 137.3% volatile
14 Timor-Leste 55.1% 2023 down 3.1% falling
15 Brunei Darussalam 52.3% 2023 up 20.7% volatile
16 Nicaragua 50.8% 2023 up 39.3% rising
17 Hong Kong, China 49.6% 2023 down 8.9% rising
18 Philippines 47.5% 2023 up 68.1% volatile
19 Viet Nam 46.3% 2023 up 15.1% volatile
20 Turkmenistan 45.2% 2023 up 15.2% falling
21 Guinea-Bissau 44.5% 2023 up 86.1% volatile
22 Mongolia 43.7% 2023 up 39.1% rising
23 Namibia 43.1% 2023 down 39.2% falling
24 Congo 41.7% 2023 down 18.9% volatile
25 Indonesia 41.1% 2023 up 33.1% volatile
26 Australia 40.0% 2023 up 13.7% volatile
27 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 39.6% 2023 up 0.4% rising
28 Uruguay 39.3% 2023 up 13.1% rising
29 Thailand 39.3% 2023 up 36.3% volatile
30 Papua New Guinea 39.2% 2023 up 62.4% volatile
31 Zambia 37.5% 2023 down 39.9% rising
32 Japan 36.6% 2023 up 6.0% rising
33 Kiribati 36.0% 2023 up 49.5% rising
34 El Salvador 35.0% 2023 up 17.7% rising
35 Singapore 34.4% 2023 up 5.4% rising
36 Argentina 34.4% 2023 up 2.1% rising
37 Malaysia 34.2% 2023 up 11.1% volatile
38 Sao Tome and Principe 34.1% 2023 up 20.6% volatile
39 Liberia 34.0% 2023 up 91.8% volatile
40 Macau, China 33.9% 2023 down 3.5% rising
41 Burundi 33.5% 2023 up 15.2% rising
42 Paraguay 33.5% 2023 down 21.9% rising
43 Malawi 33.0% 2023 down 24.9% falling
44 Honduras 33.0% 2023 down 3.5% rising
45 Korea 32.9% 2023 up 35.9% volatile
46 New Zealand 32.4% 2023 up 13.4% volatile
47 Kosovo 32.2% 2023 down 12.9% falling
47 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 32.2% 2023 down 12.9% falling
49 Central African Republic 31.6% 2023 up 115.3% volatile
50 Montenegro 31.6% 2023 down 21.4% falling
51 Vanuatu 30.5% 2023 up 36.6% volatile
52 American Samoa 30.2% 2023 down 24.0% rising
53 Tonga 30.1% 2023 up 66.6% rising
54 Guatemala 29.2% 2023 down 4.2% rising
55 Tajikistan 28.7% 2023 down 15.4% falling
56 French Polynesia 28.3% 2023 up 66.4% rising
57 Burkina Faso 27.7% 2023 up 5.0% flat
58 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 27.1% 2023 down 11.9% volatile
59 Uganda 26.9% 2023 up 72.8% rising
60 Chile 26.9% 2023 up 11.0% rising
61 Georgia 26.6% 2023 down 28.4% falling
62 Mozambique 26.5% 2023 down 24.9% volatile
63 Panama 26.5% 2023 up 8.5% rising
64 Belize 24.6% 2023 down 3.8% rising
65 Samoa 24.6% 2023 up 19.4% volatile
66 Fiji 24.3% 2023 up 25.2% volatile
67 Rwanda 24.2% 2023 down 7.5% rising
68 Republic of Moldova 24.2% 2023 up 2.9% falling
69 Azerbaijan 23.4% 2023 down 5.5% falling
70 Peru 23.1% 2023 up 0.1% rising
71 Syrian Arab Republic 21.7% 2023 down 16.2% volatile
72 Sri Lanka 21.6% 2023 up 8.9% rising
73 Ecuador 21.5% 2023 down 2.4% rising
74 Afghanistan 21.0% 2023 down 55.3% rising
75 Maldives 20.7% 2023 up 34.3% rising
76 Chad 20.4% 2023 up 17.0% rising
77 Uzbekistan 19.6% 2023 up 44.3% falling
78 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 19.6% 2023 down 42.3% volatile
79 Marshall Islands 19.5% 2023 up 7,094.3% volatile
80 Côte d'Ivoire 19.5% 2023 down 40.7% volatile
81 Russian Federation 19.4% 2023 up 28.9% falling
82 Costa Rica 18.4% 2023 up 5.5% flat
83 Colombia 17.7% 2023 down 17.9% rising
84 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17.6% 2023 up 18.2% volatile
85 Albania 17.1% 2023 up 15.1% volatile
86 Jamaica 16.6% 2023 up 34.7% volatile
87 Togo 16.4% 2023 up 26.1% rising
88 Dominican Republic 16.4% 2023 down 7.5% rising
89 Kyrgyzstan 16.2% 2023 down 16.7% falling
90 Cuba 15.5% 2023 up 35.0% flat
91 Bulgaria 15.5% 2023 up 31.6% volatile
92 Bangladesh 15.4% 2023 down 8.7% rising
93 North Macedonia 15.4% 2023 down 6.0% rising
94 China 15.2% 2023 up 52.5% rising
95 Benin 15.2% 2023 down 16.4% rising
96 Mauritius 14.9% 2023 up 67.4% falling
97 Palau 14.4% 2023 up 99.5% rising
98 Haiti 14.1% 2023 down 21.2% volatile
99 Naoero 13.9% 2023 up 34.3% volatile
100 Curaçao 13.3% 2023 up 33.6% rising
101 Guyana 13.2% 2023 down 9.6% volatile
102 Senegal 13.1% 2023 down 21.9% rising
103 Dominica 13.1% 2023 up 3.6% falling
104 Micronesia, Federated States of 12.4% 2023 up 69.8% rising
105 Greece 12.2% 2023 up 38.7% volatile
106 Niger 11.7% 2023 down 46.3% rising
107 Guam 11.6% 2023 up 88.0% volatile
108 Croatia 11.4% 2023 up 3.4% volatile
109 Equatorial Guinea 11.4% 2023 down 42.9% volatile
110 Romania 11.3% 2023 up 25.4% volatile
111 Serbia 11.1% 2023 down 13.6% rising
112 Antigua and Barbuda 11.0% 2023 down 0.7% rising
113 Brazil 10.9% 2023 down 16.7% rising
114 Trinidad and Tobago 10.8% 2023 down 58.4% volatile
115 Seychelles 10.5% 2023 down 4.2% falling
116 Aruba 10.4% 2023 up 14.5% rising
117 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.2% 2023 up 38.9% volatile
118 New Caledonia 10.1% 2023 up 21.2% volatile
119 Gambia 10.0% 2023 down 66.6% volatile
120 Sierra Leone 10.0% 2023 down 48.2% volatile
121 Ukraine 9.9% 2023 up 9.5% falling
122 Tunisia 9.8% 2023 up 18.4% rising
123 Slovenia 9.3% 2023 up 7.2% volatile
124 Kazakhstan 9.2% 2023 down 19.9% falling
125 Angola 9.1% 2023 up 56.9% volatile
126 Tanzania, United Republic of 8.9% 2023 down 20.3% volatile
127 Somalia 8.8% 2023 down 40.5% volatile
128 Suriname 8.6% 2023 down 10.9% volatile
129 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8.4% 2023 up 15.3% falling
130 Kenya 8.2% 2023 down 3.4% volatile
131 Madagascar 8.1% 2023 down 21.3% volatile
132 South Africa 8.1% 2023 down 30.0% rising
133 Palestine, State of 8.0% 2023 up 205.1% rising
134 Lebanon 7.4% 2023 up 17.9% volatile
135 Cameroon 7.3% 2023 down 69.3% volatile
136 Barbados 7.2% 2023 down 39.8% rising
137 Grenada 7.1% 2023 up 31.9% rising
138 Ghana 7.0% 2023 down 29.1% volatile
139 Faroe Islands 6.8% 2023 up 1,016.5% volatile
140 Tuvalu 6.3% 2023 down 42.3% volatile
141 Italy 6.0% 2023 down 3.8% volatile
142 Comoros 5.9% 2023 down 63.7% volatile
143 Armenia 5.7% 2023 down 54.1% falling
144 Jordan 5.4% 2023 down 30.9% falling
145 Iraq 4.9% 2023 down 29.7% volatile
146 Switzerland 4.7% 2023 up 148.8% volatile
147 Guinea 4.5% 2023 up 21.8% volatile
148 Hungary 4.5% 2023 up 30.4% volatile
149 Türkiye 4.2% 2023 up 0.1% volatile
150 Belarus 4.2% 2023 down 37.8% volatile
151 Sudan 4.0% 2023 up 82.9% rising
152 Mexico 3.9% 2023 up 19.2% rising
153 Saudi Arabia 3.9% 2023 up 53.1% volatile
154 Yemen 3.9% 2023 up 40.8% falling
155 Eritrea 3.8% 2023 down 35.1% flat
156 Latvia 3.7% 2023 down 14.9% falling
157 Algeria 3.6% 2023 up 8.7% volatile
158 Poland 3.6% 2023 up 28.6% volatile
159 Spain 3.5% 2023 up 32.2% volatile
160 Austria 3.4% 2023 up 0.5% volatile
161 Oman 3.3% 2023 up 11.5% volatile
162 Lithuania 3.3% 2023 down 35.2% falling
163 Kuwait 3.3% 2023 up 11.6% volatile
164 Saint Lucia 3.3% 2023 down 53.7% falling
165 United Arab Emirates 3.3% 2023 up 39.4% flat
166 Cyprus 3.2% 2023 up 119.3% volatile
167 Gabon 3.0% 2023 down 46.1% volatile
168 Czechia 3.0% 2023 down 6.0% rising
169 Germany 2.8% 2023 up 7.0% volatile
170 Slovakia 2.6% 2023 up 24.0% falling
171 Bahamas 2.6% 2023 up 65.9% volatile
172 Djibouti 2.6% 2023 up 61.9% volatile
173 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2.3% 2023 up 29.4% volatile
174 Pakistan 2.2% 2023 down 59.0% falling
175 Morocco 2.2% 2023 down 71.4% volatile
176 France 2.1% 2023 down 18.5% volatile
177 Estonia 2.0% 2023 up 9.3% falling
178 Malta 1.9% 2023 up 21.2% volatile
179 Portugal 1.9% 2023 down 38.2% volatile
180 Nigeria 1.9% 2023 up 1.9% volatile
181 Qatar 1.8% 2023 down 11.8% volatile
182 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.8% 2023 up 302.5% volatile
183 Ethiopia 1.7% 2023 down 2.8% rising
184 San Marino 1.7% 2023 up 130.6% volatile
185 Netherlands 1.6% 2023 up 36.0% volatile
186 Bahrain 1.6% 2023 up 117.4% volatile
187 Mauritania 1.4% 2023 down 40.4% volatile
188 Norway 1.4% 2023 down 12.1% volatile
189 Denmark 1.4% 2023 up 3.3% volatile
190 Belgium 1.4% 2023 up 5.2% rising
191 Sweden 1.3% 2023 up 29.0% volatile
192 Iceland 1.3% 2023 up 86.6% volatile
193 Finland 1.2% 2023 down 14.9% volatile
194 Egypt 1.1% 2023 down 54.1% volatile
195 Ireland 1.0% 2023 up 104.9% volatile
196 Luxembourg 1.0% 2023 up 328.8% volatile
197 Gibraltar 0.9% 2023 up 29.6% volatile
198 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.9% 2023 up 216.5% volatile
199 India 0.8% 2023 up 43.7% volatile
200 Israel 0.7% 2023 up 25.6% volatile
201 Cape Verde 0.7% 2023 down 52.7% volatile
202 Libya 0.0% 2023 down 99.6% volatile
203 Greenland 0.0% 2023 down 96.4% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
Unit
% of total merchandise imports
Source
Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
249 places, 13,090 data points, 1960–2023
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Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are 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. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.