Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global merchandise imports (%) by country

Countries reporting
219
Highest
10.4%
China
Lowest
0.0%
Tokelau
Median
0.0%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
6,425

What the numbers show

Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global merchandise imports (%) is currently reported for 219 countries. The highest value is 10.4% in China; the lowest is 0.0% in Tokelau.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 0.4%.

Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 109 fell. The largest increase was in Djibouti (up 431.4%), and the largest decrease in Equatorial Guinea (down 78.7%).

Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 10.4% 2024 up 1.5% rising
2 Germany 5.7% 2024 down 9.4% falling
3 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3.3% 2024 down 9.5% falling
4 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 3.3% 2024 up 6.3% flat
5 France 3.0% 2024 down 14.7% falling
6 Japan 3.0% 2024 down 29.6% falling
7 India 2.9% 2024 up 19.4% rising
8 Mexico 2.6% 2024 up 20.4% rising
9 Republic of Korea 2.5% 2024 down 7.5% rising
10 Italy 2.5% 2024 down 0.2% falling
11 Canada 2.3% 2024 down 7.0% falling
12 United Arab Emirates 2.2% 2024 up 51.6% rising
13 Belgium 2.1% 2024 down 12.8% falling
14 Spain 1.9% 2024 up 1.2% falling
15 Singapore 1.9% 2024 down 6.6% flat
16 Viet Nam 1.5% 2024 up 98.1% volatile
17 Poland 1.5% 2024 up 30.6% rising
18 Switzerland 1.5% 2024 up 3.1% rising
19 Türkiye 1.4% 2024 up 5.4% rising
20 Australia and New Zealand 1.4% 2024 down 5.6% rising
21 Thailand 1.2% 2024 up 3.7% rising
22 Malaysia 1.2% 2024 up 10.7% flat
23 Russian Federation 1.2% 2024 down 25.0% rising
24 Australia 1.2% 2024 down 3.9% rising
25 Brazil 1.1% 2024 down 11.2% rising
26 Indonesia 0.9% 2024 up 0.9% rising
27 Czechia 0.9% 2024 up 16.3% rising
28 Saudi Arabia 0.9% 2024 up 3.1% rising
29 Austria 0.9% 2024 down 10.4% falling
30 Sweden 0.8% 2024 down 10.3% falling
31 Hungary 0.6% 2024 up 9.2% rising
32 Ireland 0.6% 2024 up 34.3% falling
33 Romania 0.6% 2024 up 35.0% rising
34 Philippines 0.5% 2024 up 51.1% rising
35 Denmark 0.5% 2024 down 5.1% falling
36 Portugal 0.5% 2024 up 14.2% falling
37 Slovakia 0.5% 2024 up 6.6% rising
38 Norway 0.4% 2024 down 14.2% falling
39 Greece 0.4% 2024 up 13.9% falling
40 Israel 0.4% 2024 down 1.5% falling
41 Iraq 0.4% 2024 up 14.8% rising
42 Egypt 0.3% 2024 down 0.9% rising
43 Slovenia 0.3% 2024 up 91.2% rising
44 Chile 0.3% 2024 down 11.0% rising
45 Finland 0.3% 2024 down 19.1% falling
46 Morocco 0.3% 2024 up 25.9% rising
47 Ukraine 0.3% 2024 down 0.3% falling
48 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.3% 2024 down 3.1% falling
49 Bangladesh 0.3% 2024 up 27.0% rising
50 Colombia 0.3% 2024 down 23.0% rising
51 Argentina 0.2% 2024 down 28.9% rising
52 Kazakhstan 0.2% 2024 up 10.2% rising
53 Pakistan 0.2% 2024 down 8.7% rising
54 Peru 0.2% 2024 up 0.2% rising
55 Bulgaria 0.2% 2024 up 19.5% rising
56 New Zealand 0.2% 2024 down 15.2% falling
57 Croatia 0.2% 2024 up 54.7% flat
58 Belarus 0.2% 2024 down 13.2% rising
59 Algeria 0.2% 2024 down 40.1% rising
60 Lithuania 0.2% 2024 up 0.2% rising
61 Oman 0.2% 2024 up 14.1% rising
62 Serbia 0.2% 2024 up 57.8% rising
63 Nigeria 0.2% 2024 down 45.5% rising
64 Serbia and Montenegro [former] 0.2% 2007 up 173.2% rising
65 Kuwait 0.1% 2024 down 8.1% rising
66 Qatar 0.1% 2024 down 9.5% rising
67 Uzbekistan 0.1% 2024 up 94.7% rising
68 Guatemala 0.1% 2024 up 36.8% rising
69 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2024 up 32.8% flat
70 Ecuador 0.1% 2024 down 18.1% rising
71 Cambodia 0.1% 2024 up 106.6% rising
72 Jordan 0.1% 2024 down 9.7% rising
73 Panama 0.1% 2024 down 15.8% rising
74 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.1% 2024 up 188.8% volatile
75 Costa Rica 0.1% 2024 up 16.4% flat
76 Tunisia 0.1% 2024 down 19.3% falling
77 Luxembourg 0.1% 2024 down 27.6% falling
78 Latvia 0.1% 2024 up 1.7% rising
79 Estonia 0.1% 2024 down 5.6% rising
80 Ethiopia 0.1% 2024 up 7.7% rising
81 Azerbaijan 0.1% 2024 up 76.4% rising
82 Kenya 0.1% 2024 down 16.0% rising
83 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2024 down 25.3% flat
84 Libya 0.1% 2024 down 26.7% rising
85 Honduras 0.1% 2024 up 23.6% rising
86 Lebanon 0.1% 2024 down 39.7% falling
87 Paraguay 0.1% 2024 up 8.8% rising
88 Armenia 0.1% 2024 up 198.4% rising
89 Côte d'Ivoire 0.1% 2024 up 17.2% rising
90 Georgia 0.1% 2024 up 51.1% rising
91 El Salvador 0.1% 2024 up 16.9% falling
92 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2024 up 11.0% flat
93 Bahrain 0.1% 2024 down 1.7% falling
94 Ghana 0.1% 2024 down 19.7% rising
95 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.1% 2024 down 73.4% volatile
96 Angola 0.1% 2024 down 60.2% flat
97 United Republic of Tanzania 0.1% 2024 down 8.4% rising
98 Uganda 0.1% 2024 up 79.9% rising
99 Cyprus 0.1% 2024 up 28.2% falling
100 Uruguay 0.1% 2024 down 16.1% rising
101 Myanmar 0.1% 2024 down 41.8% volatile
102 Sudan [former] 0.1% 2011 up 63.9% rising
103 Nepal 0.0% 2024 up 24.9% rising
104 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2024 up 64.0% rising
105 North Macedonia 0.0% 2024 up 26.1% rising
106 Senegal 0.0% 2024 up 38.6% rising
107 Mongolia 0.0% 2024 up 70.7% rising
108 Nicaragua 0.0% 2024 up 27.1% rising
109 Melanesia 0.0% 2024 down 23.2% flat
110 Zambia 0.0% 2024 down 11.3% rising
111 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.0% 2024 down 27.5% rising
112 Iceland 0.0% 2024 up 40.4% falling
113 Albania 0.0% 2024 up 41.6% rising
114 Zimbabwe 0.0% 2024 up 20.4% rising
115 Malta 0.0% 2024 up 7.1% falling
116 Mozambique 0.0% 2024 down 19.0% rising
117 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2024 up 31.2% rising
118 Namibia 0.0% 2024 down 19.8% rising
119 Cuba 0.0% 2024 down 48.3% falling
120 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0% 2024 up 56.1% volatile
121 Cameroon 0.0% 2024 down 16.5% rising
122 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2024 down 47.5% falling
123 Brunei Darussalam 0.0% 2024 up 56.0% rising
124 Jamaica 0.0% 2024 down 4.0% falling
125 Botswana 0.0% 2024 down 31.6% rising
126 Mali 0.0% 2024 up 39.2% rising
127 Tajikistan 0.0% 2024 up 25.5% rising
128 Mauritius 0.0% 2024 down 6.1% falling
129 Guyana 0.0% 2024 up 193.3% volatile
130 State of Palestine 0.0% 2024 down 8.1% rising
131 Burkina Faso 0.0% 2024 up 38.3% rising
132 Syrian Arab Republic 0.0% 2024 down 52.7% volatile
133 Rwanda 0.0% 2024 up 87.8% volatile
134 Guinea 0.0% 2024 up 90.4% rising
135 Djibouti 0.0% 2024 up 431.4% volatile
136 Benin 0.0% 2024 up 5.1% rising
137 Congo 0.0% 2024 down 60.2% volatile
138 Bahamas 0.0% 2024 up 0.4% falling
139 Sudan 0.0% 2024 down 59.0% falling
140 Madagascar 0.0% 2024 up 15.2% rising
141 Mauritania 0.0% 2024 up 1.7% rising
142 Papua New Guinea 0.0% 2024 down 9.9% rising
143 Montenegro 0.0% 2024 up 42.9% falling
144 Yemen 0.0% 2024 down 72.2% falling
145 Netherlands Antilles [former] 0.0% 2010 down 60.5% falling
146 Polynesia 0.0% 2024 down 1.7% falling
147 Somalia 0.0% 2024 up 51.9% volatile
148 Gabon 0.0% 2024 down 67.8% rising
149 Afghanistan 0.0% 2024 down 61.3% rising
150 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2024 down 70.5% falling
151 Maldives 0.0% 2024 up 40.5% rising
152 Togo 0.0% 2024 up 5.8% rising
153 Malawi 0.0% 2024 down 8.8% rising
154 Fiji 0.0% 2024 down 26.7% falling
155 Haiti 0.0% 2024 down 37.5% rising
156 Niger 0.0% 2024 down 23.6% rising
157 Micronesia 0.0% 2024 down 17.5% falling
158 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.0% 2024 down 67.5% falling
159 French Polynesia 0.0% 2024 down 0.1% falling
160 New Caledonia 0.0% 2024 down 47.3% falling
161 Barbados 0.0% 2024 down 4.7% falling
162 Chad 0.0% 2024 down 63.3% falling
163 Eswatini 0.0% 2024 down 5.7% falling
164 Curaçao 0.0% 2024 down 13.0% falling
165 Sierra Leone 0.0% 2024 up 0.5% rising
166 Andorra 0.0% 2024 up 0.6% falling
167 Cayman Islands 0.0% 2024 up 49.3% falling
168 Lesotho 0.0% 2024 down 35.3% falling
169 Cabo Verde 0.0% 2024 up 80.7% rising
170 Suriname 0.0% 2024 down 32.0% falling
171 Liberia 0.0% 2024 down 35.7% rising
172 Equatorial Guinea 0.0% 2024 down 78.7% volatile
173 Gambia 0.0% 2024 up 199.1% rising
174 Faroe Islands 0.0% 2024 up 9.4% falling
175 Aruba 0.0% 2024 down 15.3% volatile
176 Belize 0.0% 2024 up 16.3% falling
177 Bhutan 0.0% 2024 up 19.6% rising
178 Seychelles 0.0% 2024 down 2.7% flat
179 Bermuda 0.0% 2024 up 1.6% falling
180 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0% 2024 down 5.9% falling
181 South Sudan 0.0% 2024 up 305.5% rising
182 Gibraltar 0.0% 2024 down 3.8% falling
183 Burundi 0.0% 2024 up 2.4% rising
184 Greenland 0.0% 2024 down 12.5% falling
185 Timor-Leste 0.0% 2024 down 13.2% rising
186 Saint Lucia 0.0% 2024 up 18.2% falling
187 Guam 0.0% 2024 down 36.6% falling
188 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0% 2024 up 19.0% falling
189 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2024 up 13.9% rising
190 Grenada 0.0% 2024 up 43.6% falling
191 Vanuatu 0.0% 2024 up 40.0% rising
192 Eritrea 0.0% 2024 down 61.7% falling
193 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0% 2024 down 5.0% volatile
194 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% 2024 up 7.6% falling
195 Samoa 0.0% 2024 down 3.1% flat
196 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2024 up 44.1% rising
197 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0% 2024 down 14.6% falling
198 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% 2024 up 5.7% falling
199 Comoros 0.0% 2024 down 1.1% rising
200 Kiribati 0.0% 2024 up 140.4% rising
201 Tonga 0.0% 2024 up 3.7% rising
202 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.0% 2024 up 39.6% falling
203 Anguilla 0.0% 2024 up 28.6% falling
204 British Virgin Islands 0.0% 2024 down 25.8% falling
205 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.0% 2024 up 0.9% rising
206 Dominica 0.0% 2024 down 12.3% falling
207 Cook Islands 0.0% 2024 up 10.9% falling
208 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0% 2024 down 30.4% rising
209 Palau 0.0% 2024 down 35.7% falling
210 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.0% 2024 up 27.4% rising
211 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0% 2024 down 30.8% falling
212 Marshall Islands 0.0% 2024 down 43.6% falling
213 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.0% 2024 down 6.1% falling
214 Nauru 0.0% 2024 down 57.4% rising
215 Montserrat 0.0% 2024 down 14.8% falling
216 Saint Helena 0.0% 2024 down 25.4% falling
217 Tuvalu 0.0% 2024 up 19.0% rising
218 Niue 0.0% 2024 up 19.0% rising
219 Tokelau 0.0% 2024 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
Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global merchandise imports (%)
Unit
%
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
262 places, 6,425 data points, 2000–2024
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