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

Countries reporting
224
Highest
10.4%
United States
Lowest
0.0%
Niue
Median
0.0%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
6,253

What the numbers show

Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global services imports (%) is currently reported for 224 countries. The highest value is 10.4% in United States; the lowest is 0.0% in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 0.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 77,101.

Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 129 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 530.9%), and the largest decrease in Equatorial Guinea (down 84.8%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 10.4% 2024 up 10.7% falling
2 China 7.6% 2024 down 8.8% rising
3 Germany 6.8% 2024 up 4.6% falling
4 Ireland 5.8% 2024 up 91.0% rising
5 United Kingdom 5.0% 2024 up 6.7% falling
5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.0% 2024 up 6.7% falling
7 Singapore 4.3% 2024 up 36.2% rising
8 France 4.2% 2024 down 13.0% flat
9 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 3.8% 2024 up 2.1% rising
10 India 3.3% 2024 up 35.7% rising
11 Japan 3.0% 2024 down 17.3% falling
12 Switzerland 2.7% 2024 up 9.4% rising
13 Italy 2.0% 2024 down 10.4% falling
14 South Korea 2.0% 2024 down 8.7% falling
14 Republic of Korea 2.0% 2024 down 8.7% falling
16 Canada 2.0% 2024 down 9.3% falling
17 Belgium 2.0% 2024 down 12.8% falling
18 Luxembourg 1.6% 2024 up 16.7% rising
19 Australia and New Zealand 1.6% 2024 down 1.6% falling
20 Sweden 1.5% 2024 up 5.9% flat
21 Denmark 1.5% 2024 up 17.4% falling
22 Spain 1.4% 2024 up 8.0% falling
23 Australia 1.3% 2024 down 0.9% flat
24 United Arab Emirates 1.3% 2024 down 18.2% rising
25 Brazil 1.3% 2024 down 31.0% rising
26 Saudi Arabia 1.3% 2024 down 34.6% falling
27 Austria 1.1% 2024 up 2.5% falling
28 Russia 1.0% 2024 down 56.6% falling
28 Russian Federation 1.0% 2024 down 56.6% falling
30 Poland 0.9% 2024 up 38.5% rising
31 Thailand 0.9% 2024 up 5.2% falling
32 Mexico 0.8% 2024 down 2.6% falling
33 Norway 0.8% 2024 down 27.7% falling
34 Indonesia 0.7% 2024 up 10.9% falling
35 Malaysia 0.7% 2024 down 19.6% falling
36 Turkey 0.7% 2024 up 22.3% rising
36 Türkiye 0.7% 2024 up 22.3% rising
38 Finland 0.6% 2024 down 2.0% falling
39 Israel 0.5% 2024 up 6.0% falling
40 Czechia 0.5% 2024 up 9.7% rising
41 Philippines 0.5% 2024 up 15.6% rising
42 Qatar 0.5% 2024 down 27.0% volatile
43 Vietnam 0.4% 2024 up 56.0% rising
43 Viet Nam 0.4% 2024 up 56.0% rising
45 Greece 0.4% 2024 up 18.6% falling
46 Romania 0.4% 2024 up 56.5% rising
47 Kuwait 0.3% 2024 down 23.7% rising
48 Portugal 0.3% 2024 up 11.3% falling
49 Egypt 0.3% 2024 up 1.3% falling
50 Hungary 0.3% 2024 down 5.9% falling
51 Caribbean 0.3% 2024 down 3.9% falling
52 Iraq 0.3% 2024 down 11.7% rising
53 Ukraine 0.3% 2024 up 19.2% rising
54 Argentina 0.3% 2024 down 19.0% falling
55 Cyprus 0.3% 2024 up 98.9% rising
56 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.3% 2024 down 19.8% falling
57 Chile 0.3% 2024 down 14.1% falling
58 South Africa 0.2% 2024 down 25.5% falling
59 New Zealand 0.2% 2024 down 5.4% falling
60 Colombia 0.2% 2024 down 26.7% rising
61 Nigeria 0.2% 2024 down 53.5% flat
62 Malta 0.2% 2024 up 6.9% rising
63 Peru 0.2% 2024 up 19.2% rising
64 Lithuania 0.2% 2024 up 72.7% rising
65 Morocco 0.2% 2024 up 6.0% rising
66 Slovakia 0.2% 2024 down 5.3% flat
67 Kazakhstan 0.2% 2024 down 39.1% falling
68 Serbia 0.2% 2024 up 84.5% rising
69 Oman 0.2% 2024 down 19.1% rising
70 Bahrain 0.2% 2024 up 18.3% volatile
71 Ghana 0.1% 2024 up 59.9% volatile
72 Bangladesh 0.1% 2024 down 5.9% rising
73 Pakistan 0.1% 2024 down 14.7% falling
74 Libya 0.1% 2023 down 24.0% rising
75 Uzbekistan 0.1% 2024 up 134.4% rising
76 Estonia 0.1% 2024 up 36.3% rising
77 Azerbaijan 0.1% 2024 down 36.7% rising
78 Slovenia 0.1% 2024 up 9.9% flat
79 Algeria 0.1% 2024 down 50.2% falling
80 Angola 0.1% 2024 down 78.0% volatile
81 Croatia 0.1% 2024 up 40.1% falling
82 Ethiopia 0.1% 2023 up 41.2% rising
83 Bulgaria 0.1% 2024 down 5.2% falling
84 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.1% 2021 down 75.3% falling
85 Costa Rica 0.1% 2024 up 83.7% rising
86 Cote d'Ivoire 0.1% 2024 up 49.9% falling
86 Côte d'Ivoire 0.1% 2024 up 49.9% falling
88 Turkmenistan 0.1% 2021 down 8.9% rising
89 Belarus 0.1% 2024 down 27.3% rising
90 Guatemala 0.1% 2024 up 33.4% rising
91 Jordan 0.1% 2024 down 11.0% falling
92 Lebanon 0.1% 2024 down 69.0% falling
93 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2024 up 38.0% rising
94 Uruguay 0.1% 2024 down 19.8% rising
95 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.1% 2023 up 40.1% rising
96 Ecuador 0.1% 2024 up 11.7% falling
97 Latvia 0.1% 2024 up 35.1% rising
98 Panama 0.1% 2024 down 24.8% rising
99 Sudan [former] 0.1% 2011 up 16.8% falling
100 Guyana 0.1% 2023 up 530.9% volatile
101 Iceland 0.1% 2024 up 4.0% falling
102 Kenya 0.1% 2024 down 5.0% rising
103 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2024 down 44.9% falling
104 Melanesia 0.1% 2024 down 30.8% falling
105 Mongolia 0.1% 2024 up 57.6% rising
106 Uganda 0.1% 2024 up 5.4% rising
107 Serbia and Montenegro [former] 0.1% 2004 — rising
108 Tunisia 0.0% 2024 down 24.8% falling
109 Senegal 0.0% 2024 up 71.9% rising
110 Armenia 0.0% 2024 up 43.5% rising
111 Georgia 0.0% 2024 up 42.3% rising
112 Albania 0.0% 2024 up 19.6% falling
113 Cuba 0.0% 2023 down 5.8% falling
114 Honduras 0.0% 2024 up 43.0% rising
115 Guinea 0.0% 2023 up 184.7% volatile
116 Jamaica 0.0% 2024 down 0.4% falling
117 Somalia 0.0% 2024 up 80.6% rising
118 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2024 up 75.1% rising
119 El Salvador 0.0% 2024 up 44.5% falling
120 Cambodia 0.0% 2024 down 4.4% rising
121 South Sudan 0.0% 2024 up 405.5% rising
122 Nepal 0.0% 2024 up 52.0% rising
123 Cameroon 0.0% 2024 down 34.4% falling
124 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2024 down 37.6% volatile
125 Paraguay 0.0% 2024 down 0.7% rising
126 United Republic of Tanzania 0.0% 2024 down 38.2% falling
127 Afghanistan 0.0% 2023 down 3.0% volatile
128 Bahamas 0.0% 2024 down 7.5% falling
129 Namibia 0.0% 2024 up 78.1% rising
130 Congo 0.0% 2021 down 66.6% falling
131 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.0% 2024 down 49.8% rising
132 Mauritius 0.0% 2024 down 29.3% falling
133 Mozambique 0.0% 2024 down 62.7% rising
134 Papua New Guinea 0.0% 2024 down 43.2% falling
135 North Macedonia 0.0% 2024 up 6.6% rising
136 Cayman Islands 0.0% 2023 up 22.5% rising
137 Netherlands Antilles [former] 0.0% 2010 down 46.5% falling
138 Maldives 0.0% 2024 up 53.7% rising
139 Yemen 0.0% 2021 down 54.4% falling
140 Zambia 0.0% 2024 down 28.1% rising
141 Myanmar 0.0% 2023 down 50.6% rising
142 Zimbabwe 0.0% 2024 down 40.3% falling
143 Moldova 0.0% 2024 up 13.7% rising
143 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2024 up 13.7% rising
145 Mali 0.0% 2024 down 47.5% rising
146 Brunei 0.0% 2024 down 48.4% falling
146 Brunei Darussalam 0.0% 2024 down 48.4% falling
148 Kosovo 0.0% 2024 up 76.8% rising
149 Burkina Faso 0.0% 2024 down 23.0% rising
150 Madagascar 0.0% 2024 down 22.2% falling
151 Benin 0.0% 2024 up 3.1% rising
152 State of Palestine 0.0% 2024 down 8.8% falling
153 Niger 0.0% 2024 down 17.4% rising
154 Aruba 0.0% 2024 down 6.0% falling
155 Nicaragua 0.0% 2024 down 16.1% falling
156 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0% 2024 up 57.8% falling
157 New Caledonia 0.0% 2023 down 44.9% falling
158 Laos 0.0% 2024 down 28.8% volatile
158 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0% 2024 down 28.8% volatile
160 Botswana 0.0% 2024 down 33.5% falling
161 Chad 0.0% 2024 down 74.5% falling
162 Bermuda 0.0% 2024 down 18.3% falling
163 Montenegro 0.0% 2024 up 70.4% rising
164 Curacao 0.0% 2024 down 17.8% falling
164 Curaçao 0.0% 2024 down 17.8% falling
166 Seychelles 0.0% 2024 up 36.8% rising
167 Rwanda 0.0% 2023 up 1.3% rising
168 Malawi 0.0% 2024 up 143.5% rising
169 Fiji 0.0% 2024 up 6.6% falling
170 Polynesia 0.0% 2024 down 13.9% volatile
171 Tajikistan 0.0% 2024 up 4.6% rising
172 Eswatini 0.0% 2024 up 104.7% volatile
173 Suriname 0.0% 2024 down 25.9% falling
174 Syria 0.0% 2021 down 83.2% volatile
174 Syrian Arab Republic 0.0% 2021 down 83.2% volatile
176 Gabon 0.0% 2024 down 75.9% volatile
177 Equatorial Guinea 0.0% 2023 down 84.8% falling
178 Mauritania 0.0% 2024 down 39.9% rising
179 Djibouti 0.0% 2024 down 11.3% volatile
180 Sudan 0.0% 2024 down 78.7% falling
181 Togo 0.0% 2024 down 2.5% falling
182 Haiti 0.0% 2023 down 65.8% falling
183 Barbados 0.0% 2024 down 42.6% falling
184 Saint Lucia 0.0% 2024 up 26.2% falling
185 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0% 2024 down 8.4% falling
186 French Polynesia 0.0% 2023 down 38.2% volatile
187 Micronesia 0.0% 2024 down 2.0% rising
188 Grenada 0.0% 2024 up 68.2% falling
189 Lesotho 0.0% 2024 down 22.4% falling
190 Faroe Islands 0.0% 2023 down 47.5% falling
191 East Timor 0.0% 2024 down 42.1% volatile
191 Timor-Leste 0.0% 2024 down 42.1% volatile
193 Liberia 0.0% 2024 down 62.1% volatile
194 Sierra Leone 0.0% 2024 down 79.8% volatile
195 Burundi 0.0% 2024 down 5.0% rising
196 Belize 0.0% 2024 up 4.3% falling
197 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0% 2024 down 25.0% falling
198 Cabo Verde 0.0% 2024 down 47.6% falling
199 Central African Republic 0.0% 2023 down 9.4% flat
200 Eritrea 0.0% 2021 up 19.7% rising
201 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2024 down 28.2% flat
202 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% 2024 down 28.1% falling
203 Vanuatu 0.0% 2024 up 4.4% falling
204 Bhutan 0.0% 2024 down 22.3% flat
205 Comoros 0.0% 2024 up 42.5% rising
206 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2024 up 12.1% rising
207 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% 2024 down 1.9% falling
208 Tonga 0.0% 2024 up 58.8% rising
209 Gambia 0.0% 2024 down 11.3% falling
210 Dominica 0.0% 2024 down 25.3% falling
211 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0% 2024 up 43.3% rising
212 Samoa 0.0% 2024 up 10.6% falling
213 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.0% 2018 down 8.6% falling
214 Anguilla 0.0% 2024 down 16.9% falling
215 Kiribati 0.0% 2024 down 22.1% falling
216 Cook Islands 0.0% 2021 down 26.5% falling
217 Nauru 0.0% 2024 up 22.6% rising
217 Naoero 0.0% 2024 up 22.6% rising
219 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0% 2024 down 50.3% rising
220 Palau 0.0% 2024 down 24.5% falling
221 Marshall Islands 0.0% 2024 down 28.5% falling
222 Tuvalu 0.0% 2024 down 23.3% falling
223 Montserrat 0.0% 2024 down 11.2% volatile
224 Niue 0.0% 2017 down 7.5% falling

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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 services imports (%)
Unit
%
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
263 places, 6,253 data points, 2000–2024
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