Of the economies in the World Bank's latest release, Bhutan has the highest merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) (91.5% in 2023) and Marshall Islands the lowest (0.01% in 2023). The world figure is 2.25% (2023).
What this measures
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia 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 | Bhutan | 91.5% | 2023 |
| 2 | Nepal | 61.47% | 2023 |
| 3 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 22.78% | 2023 |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 21.56% | 2023 |
| 5 | Afghanistan | 21.02% | 2023 |
| 6 | Maldives | 20.68% | 2023 |
| 7 | Benin | 17.53% | 2023 |
| 8 | Liberia | 16.56% | 2023 |
| 9 | Djibouti | 16.41% | 2023 |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 15.41% | 2023 |
| 11 | Tanzania | 13.67% | 2023 |
| 12 | Comoros | 13.58% | 2023 |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | 12.47% | 2023 |
| 14 | Madagascar | 12.11% | 2023 |
| 15 | Niger | 11.95% | 2023 |
| 16 | Kenya | 11.71% | 2023 |
| 17 | Uganda | 11.15% | 2023 |
| 18 | Mauritius | 10.77% | 2023 |
| 19 | Guinea | 10.7% | 2023 |
| 20 | Rwanda | 10.57% | 2023 |
| 21 | Ethiopia | 9.93% | 2023 |
| 22 | Syrian Arab Republic | 9.17% | 2023 |
| 23 | Sudan | 9.02% | 2023 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 9% | 2023 |
| 25 | Oman | 8.67% | 2023 |
| 26 | Mozambique | 8.64% | 2023 |
| 27 | Togo | 8.32% | 2023 |
| 28 | Gibraltar | 8.05% | 2023 |
| 29 | Nigeria | 7.85% | 2023 |
| 30 | Malawi | 7.41% | 2023 |
| 31 | South Africa | 7.37% | 2023 |
| 32 | Seychelles | 7.33% | 2023 |
| 33 | Cameroon | 7.32% | 2023 |
| 34 | Iraq | 7.16% | 2023 |
| 35 | Senegal | 7.13% | 2023 |
| 36 | Namibia | 7.06% | 2023 |
| 37 | Angola | 6.97% | 2023 |
| 38 | Jordan | 6.86% | 2023 |
| 39 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.74% | 2023 |
| 40 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 6.73% | 2023 |
| 41 | Qatar | 6.72% | 2023 |
| 42 | Ghana | 6.67% | 2023 |
| 43 | Kuwait | 6.66% | 2023 |
| 44 | Timor-Leste | 6.33% | 2023 |
| 45 | Saudi Arabia | 6.13% | 2023 |
| 46 | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.88% | 2023 |
| 47 | Burkina Faso | 5.85% | 2023 |
| 48 | Zambia | 5.74% | 2023 |
| 49 | Bahrain | 5.69% | 2023 |
| 50 | Kosovo | 5.45% | 2023 |
| 51 | Chad | 5.09% | 2023 |
| 52 | Central African Republic | 4.58% | 2023 |
| 53 | Albania | 4.33% | 2023 |
| 54 | Gabon | 4.21% | 2023 |
| 55 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 4.2% | 2023 |
| 56 | Ukraine | 4.1% | 2023 |
| 57 | Gambia, The | 3.84% | 2023 |
| 58 | Eswatini | 3.68% | 2023 |
| 59 | Yemen, Rep. | 3.6% | 2023 |
| 60 | Malta | 3.59% | 2023 |
| 61 | South Sudan | 3.33% | 2023 |
| 62 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 3.32% | 2023 |
| 63 | United States | 3.24% | 2023 |
| 64 | Indonesia | 3.23% | 2023 |
| 65 | Fiji | 3.19% | 2023 |
| 66 | Armenia | 3.16% | 2023 |
| 67 | Uruguay | 3.11% | 2023 |
| 68 | Cabo Verde | 3.07% | 2023 |
| 69 | Brazil | 3.03% | 2023 |
| 70 | Myanmar | 3.02% | 2023 |
| 71 | Slovenia | 2.95% | 2023 |
| 72 | Lebanon | 2.93% | 2023 |
| 73 | Israel | 2.81% | 2023 |
| 74 | Moldova | 2.8% | 2023 |
| 75 | Malaysia | 2.79% | 2023 |
| 76 | Australia | 2.75% | 2023 |
| 77 | Türkiye | 2.73% | 2023 |
| 78 | Zimbabwe | 2.7% | 2023 |
| 79 | Botswana | 2.62% | 2023 |
| 80 | Cuba | 2.59% | 2023 |
| 81 | Tajikistan | 2.58% | 2023 |
| 82 | Colombia | 2.56% | 2023 |
| 83 | Russian Federation | 2.5% | 2023 |
| 84 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.5% | 2023 |
| 85 | Nicaragua | 2.46% | 2023 |
| 86 | United Kingdom | 2.45% | 2023 |
| 87 | Tunisia | 2.44% | 2023 |
| 88 | Peru | 2.41% | 2023 |
| 89 | Venezuela, RB | 2.38% | 2023 |
| 90 | Algeria | 2.35% | 2023 |
| 91 | Libya | 2.34% | 2023 |
| 92 | Morocco | 2.3% | 2023 |
| 93 | Mauritania | 2.3% | 2023 |
| 94 | Thailand | 2.3% | 2023 |
| 95 | Spain | 2.27% | 2023 |
| 96 | Uzbekistan | 2.23% | 2023 |
| 97 | Pakistan | 2.17% | 2023 |
| 98 | Italy | 2.14% | 2023 |
| 99 | Argentina | 2.11% | 2023 |
| 100 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.05% | 2023 |
| 101 | Bolivia | 2.05% | 2023 |
| 102 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.04% | 2023 |
| 103 | Paraguay | 2.02% | 2023 |
| 104 | Chile | 2.01% | 2023 |
| 105 | Panama | 2% | 2023 |
| 106 | Ecuador | 1.99% | 2023 |
| 107 | Viet Nam | 1.99% | 2023 |
| 108 | Congo, Rep. | 1.92% | 2023 |
| 109 | Honduras | 1.91% | 2023 |
| 110 | Guatemala | 1.9% | 2023 |
| 111 | New Zealand | 1.87% | 2023 |
| 112 | Haiti | 1.81% | 2023 |
| 113 | Denmark | 1.8% | 2023 |
| 114 | Dominican Republic | 1.79% | 2023 |
| 115 | Azerbaijan | 1.78% | 2023 |
| 116 | West Bank and Gaza | 1.78% | 2023 |
| 117 | Singapore | 1.77% | 2023 |
| 118 | Philippines | 1.76% | 2023 |
| 119 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.75% | 2023 |
| 120 | Netherlands | 1.72% | 2023 |
| 121 | Guyana | 1.69% | 2023 |
| 122 | Suriname | 1.57% | 2023 |
| 123 | Belgium | 1.56% | 2023 |
| 124 | Mexico | 1.56% | 2023 |
| 125 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.54% | 2023 |
| 126 | France | 1.48% | 2023 |
| 127 | São Tomé and Principe | 1.47% | 2023 |
| 128 | Canada | 1.46% | 2023 |
| 129 | Jamaica | 1.43% | 2023 |
| 130 | El Salvador | 1.42% | 2023 |
| 131 | Norway | 1.41% | 2023 |
| 132 | Papua New Guinea | 1.39% | 2023 |
| 133 | Mali | 1.36% | 2023 |
| 134 | Germany | 1.36% | 2023 |
| 135 | Portugal | 1.35% | 2023 |
| 136 | Belize | 1.34% | 2023 |
| 137 | Greece | 1.32% | 2023 |
| 138 | Turkmenistan | 1.32% | 2023 |
| 139 | Serbia | 1.31% | 2023 |
| 140 | Costa Rica | 1.3% | 2023 |
| 141 | North Macedonia | 1.29% | 2023 |
| 142 | Switzerland | 1.27% | 2023 |
| 143 | French Polynesia | 1.25% | 2023 |
| 144 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.25% | 2023 |
| 145 | Poland | 1.23% | 2023 |
| 146 | Kazakhstan | 1.22% | 2023 |
| 147 | Korea, Rep. | 1.21% | 2023 |
| 148 | Eritrea | 1.2% | 2023 |
| 149 | Vanuatu | 1.19% | 2023 |
| 150 | Romania | 1.18% | 2023 |
| 151 | Curaçao | 1.14% | 2023 |
| 152 | Montenegro | 1.13% | 2023 |
| 153 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.13% | 2023 |
| 154 | Aruba | 1.11% | 2023 |
| 155 | Ireland | 1.02% | 2023 |
| 156 | Sweden | 1.01% | 2023 |
| 157 | Cyprus | 1% | 2023 |
| 158 | Japan | 0.98% | 2023 |
| 159 | Czechia | 0.98% | 2023 |
| 160 | Kiribati | 0.97% | 2023 |
| 161 | China | 0.96% | 2023 |
| 162 | Kyrgyz Republic | 0.93% | 2023 |
| 163 | Dominica | 0.87% | 2023 |
| 164 | Mongolia | 0.85% | 2023 |
| 165 | Cambodia | 0.84% | 2023 |
| 166 | Croatia | 0.84% | 2023 |
| 167 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.83% | 2023 |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 0.83% | 2023 |
| 169 | Georgia | 0.82% | 2023 |
| 170 | Austria | 0.82% | 2023 |
| 171 | Iceland | 0.8% | 2023 |
| 172 | Lesotho | 0.8% | 2023 |
| 173 | Belarus | 0.79% | 2023 |
| 174 | India | 0.76% | 2023 |
| 175 | Grenada | 0.68% | 2023 |
| 176 | Finland | 0.66% | 2023 |
| 177 | Hungary | 0.63% | 2023 |
| 178 | Bulgaria | 0.61% | 2023 |
| 179 | St. Lucia | 0.59% | 2023 |
| 180 | Lao PDR | 0.54% | 2023 |
| 181 | Barbados | 0.52% | 2023 |
| 182 | Latvia | 0.51% | 2023 |
| 183 | Burundi | 0.47% | 2023 |
| 184 | New Caledonia | 0.45% | 2023 |
| 185 | Lithuania | 0.39% | 2023 |
| 186 | Slovak Republic | 0.37% | 2023 |
| 187 | Estonia | 0.32% | 2023 |
| 188 | Faroe Islands | 0.28% | 2023 |
| 189 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 0.28% | 2023 |
| 190 | Bahamas, The | 0.27% | 2023 |
| 191 | Greenland | 0.27% | 2023 |
| 192 | Macao SAR, China | 0.21% | 2023 |
| 193 | Bermuda | 0.2% | 2023 |
| 194 | American Samoa | 0.18% | 2023 |
| 195 | Luxembourg | 0.18% | 2023 |
| 196 | Samoa | 0.16% | 2023 |
| 197 | Guam | 0.13% | 2023 |
| 198 | Naoero | 0.13% | 2023 |
| 199 | San Marino | 0.11% | 2023 |
| 200 | Palau | 0.08% | 2023 |
| 201 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 0.07% | 2023 |
| 202 | Tuvalu | 0.01% | 2023 |
| 203 | Marshall Islands | 0.01% | 2023 |
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Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, TM.VAL.MRCH.R5.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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