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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 100.0%
- Developed regions (Europe, Cyprus, Israel, Northern America, Japan, Australia & New Zealand) 55.7%
- Europe and Northern America 50.9%
- Developing regions 44.3%
- Asia 38.7%
- Europe 35.0%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 28.1%
- Americas 21.9%
- Eastern Asia 20.6%
- Western Europe 16.6%
- Northern America 15.9%
- United States of America 13.6%