Of the economies in the World Bank's latest release, Nicaragua has the highest merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) (50.79% in 2023) and Tuvalu the lowest (0.000727% in 2023). The world figure is 5.8% (2023).
What this measures
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region 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.
Each country's latest available year is shown; countries report on different schedules, so compare years before comparing values.
Ranking
| # | Economy | Latest value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicaragua | 50.79% | 2023 |
| 2 | Bolivia | 39.57% | 2023 |
| 3 | Uruguay | 39.26% | 2023 |
| 4 | El Salvador | 34.98% | 2023 |
| 5 | Argentina | 34.37% | 2023 |
| 6 | Paraguay | 33.55% | 2023 |
| 7 | Honduras | 32.98% | 2023 |
| 8 | Guatemala | 29.16% | 2023 |
| 9 | Venezuela, RB | 27.1% | 2023 |
| 10 | Chile | 26.92% | 2023 |
| 11 | Panama | 26.45% | 2023 |
| 12 | Belize | 24.64% | 2023 |
| 13 | Peru | 23.07% | 2023 |
| 14 | Ecuador | 21.54% | 2023 |
| 15 | United States | 19.19% | 2023 |
| 16 | Yemen, Rep. | 18.75% | 2023 |
| 17 | Costa Rica | 18.45% | 2023 |
| 18 | Colombia | 17.68% | 2023 |
| 19 | Jamaica | 16.64% | 2023 |
| 20 | Dominican Republic | 16.42% | 2023 |
| 21 | Cuba | 15.54% | 2023 |
| 22 | Haiti | 14.11% | 2023 |
| 23 | Guyana | 13.24% | 2023 |
| 24 | Dominica | 13.09% | 2023 |
| 25 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.04% | 2023 |
| 26 | Brazil | 10.92% | 2023 |
| 27 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.84% | 2023 |
| 28 | Aruba | 10.42% | 2023 |
| 29 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 10.18% | 2023 |
| 30 | Algeria | 10.12% | 2023 |
| 31 | Bahrain | 9.88% | 2023 |
| 32 | Canada | 9.1% | 2023 |
| 33 | Suriname | 8.64% | 2023 |
| 34 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.42% | 2023 |
| 35 | China | 7.89% | 2023 |
| 36 | Barbados | 7.19% | 2023 |
| 37 | Grenada | 7.09% | 2023 |
| 38 | Mauritius | 5.11% | 2023 |
| 39 | Mauritania | 5.11% | 2023 |
| 40 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 5.07% | 2023 |
| 41 | Iceland | 4.89% | 2023 |
| 42 | Bangladesh | 4.86% | 2023 |
| 43 | Angola | 4.82% | 2023 |
| 44 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 4.67% | 2023 |
| 45 | Spain | 4.39% | 2023 |
| 46 | Portugal | 3.98% | 2023 |
| 47 | Jordan | 3.98% | 2023 |
| 48 | Mexico | 3.95% | 2023 |
| 49 | Namibia | 3.94% | 2023 |
| 50 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.83% | 2023 |
| 51 | Libya | 3.82% | 2023 |
| 52 | Morocco | 3.77% | 2023 |
| 53 | Oman | 3.57% | 2023 |
| 54 | Cameroon | 3.53% | 2023 |
| 55 | Norway | 3.52% | 2023 |
| 56 | Cabo Verde | 3.5% | 2023 |
| 57 | Senegal | 3.45% | 2023 |
| 58 | Iraq | 3.44% | 2023 |
| 59 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.41% | 2023 |
| 60 | Korea, Rep. | 3.34% | 2023 |
| 61 | Netherlands | 3.32% | 2023 |
| 62 | Switzerland | 3.29% | 2023 |
| 63 | St. Lucia | 3.27% | 2023 |
| 64 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.27% | 2023 |
| 65 | Gabon | 3.2% | 2023 |
| 66 | Lebanon | 3.19% | 2023 |
| 67 | Indonesia | 3.15% | 2023 |
| 68 | India | 3.07% | 2023 |
| 69 | Saudi Arabia | 3.05% | 2023 |
| 70 | Japan | 3% | 2023 |
| 71 | Uzbekistan | 2.9% | 2023 |
| 72 | Sierra Leone | 2.83% | 2023 |
| 73 | United Arab Emirates | 2.67% | 2023 |
| 74 | Liberia | 2.61% | 2023 |
| 75 | Nigeria | 2.58% | 2023 |
| 76 | Tunisia | 2.58% | 2023 |
| 77 | Bahamas, The | 2.58% | 2023 |
| 78 | Viet Nam | 2.54% | 2023 |
| 79 | Madagascar | 2.53% | 2023 |
| 80 | South Africa | 2.45% | 2023 |
| 81 | Congo, Rep. | 2.42% | 2023 |
| 82 | Ghana | 2.37% | 2023 |
| 83 | Malaysia | 2.36% | 2023 |
| 84 | Kuwait | 2.3% | 2023 |
| 85 | Türkiye | 2.25% | 2023 |
| 86 | Togo | 2.25% | 2023 |
| 87 | Thailand | 2.24% | 2023 |
| 88 | Tajikistan | 2.23% | 2023 |
| 89 | Qatar | 2.22% | 2023 |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 2.2% | 2023 |
| 91 | Singapore | 2.16% | 2023 |
| 92 | Guinea | 2.07% | 2023 |
| 93 | Central African Republic | 2.07% | 2023 |
| 94 | Armenia | 2.03% | 2023 |
| 95 | São Tomé and Principe | 2% | 2023 |
| 96 | Burkina Faso | 1.98% | 2023 |
| 97 | Belgium | 1.86% | 2023 |
| 98 | Finland | 1.84% | 2023 |
| 99 | Kosovo | 1.84% | 2023 |
| 100 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.82% | 2023 |
| 101 | New Zealand | 1.8% | 2023 |
| 102 | Australia | 1.78% | 2023 |
| 103 | Philippines | 1.78% | 2023 |
| 104 | Marshall Islands | 1.73% | 2023 |
| 105 | Russian Federation | 1.72% | 2023 |
| 106 | Albania | 1.71% | 2023 |
| 107 | Italy | 1.69% | 2023 |
| 108 | Bulgaria | 1.64% | 2023 |
| 109 | Timor-Leste | 1.6% | 2023 |
| 110 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.58% | 2023 |
| 111 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.56% | 2023 |
| 112 | Pakistan | 1.55% | 2023 |
| 113 | Djibouti | 1.52% | 2023 |
| 114 | Kenya | 1.49% | 2023 |
| 115 | Kazakhstan | 1.45% | 2023 |
| 116 | United Kingdom | 1.45% | 2023 |
| 117 | Macao SAR, China | 1.44% | 2023 |
| 118 | Ireland | 1.38% | 2023 |
| 119 | Germany | 1.34% | 2023 |
| 120 | Greece | 1.33% | 2023 |
| 121 | Georgia | 1.32% | 2023 |
| 122 | Gambia, The | 1.3% | 2023 |
| 123 | American Samoa | 1.3% | 2023 |
| 124 | Montenegro | 1.27% | 2023 |
| 125 | North Macedonia | 1.23% | 2023 |
| 126 | Poland | 1.22% | 2023 |
| 127 | Ukraine | 1.2% | 2023 |
| 128 | Nepal | 1.17% | 2023 |
| 129 | Benin | 1.17% | 2023 |
| 130 | West Bank and Gaza | 1.09% | 2023 |
| 131 | Myanmar | 1.06% | 2023 |
| 132 | Seychelles | 1.03% | 2023 |
| 133 | French Polynesia | 1.03% | 2023 |
| 134 | Mozambique | 0.97% | 2023 |
| 135 | France | 0.97% | 2023 |
| 136 | Slovenia | 0.96% | 2023 |
| 137 | Gibraltar | 0.94% | 2023 |
| 138 | Israel | 0.93% | 2023 |
| 139 | Denmark | 0.91% | 2023 |
| 140 | Moldova | 0.83% | 2023 |
| 141 | Sweden | 0.82% | 2023 |
| 142 | Cyprus | 0.82% | 2023 |
| 143 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 0.81% | 2023 |
| 144 | Serbia | 0.8% | 2023 |
| 145 | Faroe Islands | 0.79% | 2023 |
| 146 | Chad | 0.78% | 2023 |
| 147 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 0.76% | 2023 |
| 148 | Belarus | 0.75% | 2023 |
| 149 | Maldives | 0.74% | 2023 |
| 150 | Tanzania | 0.61% | 2023 |
| 151 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 0.6% | 2023 |
| 152 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.55% | 2023 |
| 153 | Czechia | 0.52% | 2023 |
| 154 | Cambodia | 0.51% | 2023 |
| 155 | Romania | 0.5% | 2023 |
| 156 | Guam | 0.47% | 2023 |
| 157 | Comoros | 0.46% | 2023 |
| 158 | Hungary | 0.46% | 2023 |
| 159 | Sudan | 0.46% | 2023 |
| 160 | Niger | 0.45% | 2023 |
| 161 | Sri Lanka | 0.43% | 2023 |
| 162 | Mongolia | 0.43% | 2023 |
| 163 | Zambia | 0.41% | 2023 |
| 164 | Ethiopia | 0.41% | 2023 |
| 165 | Eswatini | 0.4% | 2023 |
| 166 | Malta | 0.39% | 2023 |
| 167 | Bermuda | 0.38% | 2023 |
| 168 | Mali | 0.37% | 2023 |
| 169 | Uganda | 0.34% | 2023 |
| 170 | Estonia | 0.29% | 2023 |
| 171 | Kyrgyz Republic | 0.29% | 2023 |
| 172 | Croatia | 0.26% | 2023 |
| 173 | Rwanda | 0.26% | 2023 |
| 174 | Latvia | 0.24% | 2023 |
| 175 | Austria | 0.24% | 2023 |
| 176 | Lithuania | 0.24% | 2023 |
| 177 | Turkmenistan | 0.22% | 2023 |
| 178 | Greenland | 0.19% | 2023 |
| 179 | Zimbabwe | 0.18% | 2023 |
| 180 | Slovak Republic | 0.18% | 2023 |
| 181 | Fiji | 0.14% | 2017 |
| 182 | Malawi | 0.13% | 2023 |
| 183 | Luxembourg | 0.12% | 2023 |
| 184 | Palau | 0.09% | 2023 |
| 185 | Botswana | 0.09% | 2023 |
| 186 | Bhutan | 0.09% | 2023 |
| 187 | Papua New Guinea | 0.08% | 2023 |
| 188 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 0.06% | 2023 |
| 189 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.06% | 2023 |
| 190 | Lao PDR | 0.05% | 2023 |
| 191 | Afghanistan | 0.05% | 2023 |
| 192 | Eritrea | 0.04% | 2023 |
| 193 | Naoero | 0.03% | 2023 |
| 194 | Lesotho | 0.02% | 2023 |
| 195 | Solomon Islands | 0.02% | 2023 |
| 196 | San Marino | 0.02% | 2023 |
| 197 | Kiribati | 0.01% | 2023 |
| 198 | Tuvalu | 0.000727% | 2023 |
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Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, TM.VAL.MRCH.R3.ZS, CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Direction of Trade database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) View on data.worldbank.org; the full definition is in the World Bank's metadata glossary.
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