Of the economies in the World Bank's latest release, Lesotho has the highest merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) (84.96% in 2023) and Bhutan the lowest (0.000379% in 2023). The world figure is 2.15% (2023).
What this measures
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa 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 | Lesotho | 84.96% | 2023 |
| 2 | Botswana | 84.08% | 2023 |
| 3 | Eswatini | 76% | 2023 |
| 4 | South Sudan | 64.85% | 2023 |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 64.24% | 2023 |
| 6 | Mali | 62.5% | 2023 |
| 7 | Guinea-Bissau | 44.49% | 2023 |
| 8 | Namibia | 43.07% | 2023 |
| 9 | Congo, Rep. | 41.73% | 2023 |
| 10 | Zambia | 37.49% | 2023 |
| 11 | São Tomé and Principe | 34.14% | 2023 |
| 12 | Liberia | 33.97% | 2023 |
| 13 | Burundi | 33.55% | 2023 |
| 14 | Malawi | 32.98% | 2023 |
| 15 | Central African Republic | 31.6% | 2023 |
| 16 | Burkina Faso | 27.66% | 2023 |
| 17 | Uganda | 26.94% | 2023 |
| 18 | Mozambique | 26.5% | 2023 |
| 19 | Rwanda | 24.21% | 2023 |
| 20 | Chad | 20.37% | 2023 |
| 21 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 19.56% | 2023 |
| 22 | Côte d'Ivoire | 19.47% | 2023 |
| 23 | Togo | 16.43% | 2023 |
| 24 | Benin | 15.17% | 2023 |
| 25 | Mauritius | 14.86% | 2023 |
| 26 | Senegal | 13.1% | 2023 |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 12.77% | 2023 |
| 28 | Niger | 11.71% | 2023 |
| 29 | Equatorial Guinea | 11.36% | 2023 |
| 30 | Seychelles | 10.53% | 2023 |
| 31 | Gambia, The | 10.02% | 2023 |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 9.99% | 2023 |
| 33 | Naoero | 9.3% | 2023 |
| 34 | Angola | 9.11% | 2023 |
| 35 | Tanzania | 8.95% | 2023 |
| 36 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 8.85% | 2023 |
| 37 | Gibraltar | 8.27% | 2023 |
| 38 | Kenya | 8.18% | 2023 |
| 39 | Madagascar | 8.12% | 2023 |
| 40 | South Africa | 8.08% | 2023 |
| 41 | Cameroon | 7.33% | 2023 |
| 42 | Ghana | 7.01% | 2023 |
| 43 | Comoros | 5.92% | 2023 |
| 44 | Russian Federation | 5.13% | 2023 |
| 45 | Kazakhstan | 5.08% | 2023 |
| 46 | India | 4.83% | 2023 |
| 47 | Switzerland | 4.78% | 2023 |
| 48 | Uruguay | 4.61% | 2023 |
| 49 | Guinea | 4.53% | 2023 |
| 50 | Djibouti | 4.45% | 2023 |
| 51 | China | 4.24% | 2023 |
| 52 | Sudan | 4.02% | 2023 |
| 53 | Indonesia | 4% | 2023 |
| 54 | Eritrea | 3.8% | 2023 |
| 55 | Pakistan | 3.78% | 2023 |
| 56 | Gabon | 3.04% | 2023 |
| 57 | Bangladesh | 2.87% | 2023 |
| 58 | Spain | 2.86% | 2023 |
| 59 | Netherlands | 2.73% | 2023 |
| 60 | Portugal | 2.58% | 2023 |
| 61 | Jamaica | 2.22% | 2023 |
| 62 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 2.04% | 2023 |
| 63 | North Macedonia | 1.93% | 2023 |
| 64 | Nigeria | 1.88% | 2023 |
| 65 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 1.87% | 2023 |
| 66 | Ethiopia | 1.74% | 2023 |
| 67 | Saudi Arabia | 1.68% | 2023 |
| 68 | Malaysia | 1.66% | 2023 |
| 69 | France | 1.62% | 2023 |
| 70 | Sri Lanka | 1.6% | 2023 |
| 71 | United Kingdom | 1.57% | 2023 |
| 72 | Italy | 1.53% | 2023 |
| 73 | Belgium | 1.52% | 2023 |
| 74 | Algeria | 1.42% | 2023 |
| 75 | Brazil | 1.42% | 2023 |
| 76 | Mauritania | 1.41% | 2023 |
| 77 | Oman | 1.33% | 2023 |
| 78 | Yemen, Rep. | 1.32% | 2023 |
| 79 | Bahamas, The | 1.26% | 2023 |
| 80 | Japan | 1.22% | 2023 |
| 81 | Norway | 1.22% | 2023 |
| 82 | Greece | 1.21% | 2023 |
| 83 | Korea, Rep. | 1.18% | 2023 |
| 84 | Thailand | 1.17% | 2023 |
| 85 | Canada | 1.12% | 2023 |
| 86 | Lebanon | 1.1% | 2023 |
| 87 | Bahrain | 1.07% | 2023 |
| 88 | Germany | 1.07% | 2023 |
| 89 | United States | 0.95% | 2023 |
| 90 | Croatia | 0.94% | 2023 |
| 91 | Türkiye | 0.9% | 2023 |
| 92 | Viet Nam | 0.89% | 2023 |
| 93 | Serbia | 0.86% | 2023 |
| 94 | Jordan | 0.85% | 2023 |
| 95 | Qatar | 0.82% | 2023 |
| 96 | Morocco | 0.81% | 2023 |
| 97 | Kuwait | 0.77% | 2023 |
| 98 | Australia | 0.74% | 2023 |
| 99 | Bulgaria | 0.73% | 2023 |
| 100 | Cabo Verde | 0.69% | 2023 |
| 101 | Sweden | 0.69% | 2023 |
| 102 | Haiti | 0.68% | 2023 |
| 103 | Macao SAR, China | 0.68% | 2023 |
| 104 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 0.67% | 2023 |
| 105 | Marshall Islands | 0.67% | 2023 |
| 106 | Israel | 0.65% | 2023 |
| 107 | Nicaragua | 0.65% | 2023 |
| 108 | Tunisia | 0.59% | 2023 |
| 109 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.59% | 2023 |
| 110 | Singapore | 0.56% | 2023 |
| 111 | Nepal | 0.56% | 2023 |
| 112 | Maldives | 0.55% | 2023 |
| 113 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.52% | 2022 |
| 114 | Poland | 0.51% | 2023 |
| 115 | Ukraine | 0.5% | 2023 |
| 116 | Fiji | 0.47% | 2017 |
| 117 | Tuvalu | 0.43% | 2023 |
| 118 | Argentina | 0.42% | 2023 |
| 119 | Palau | 0.42% | 2023 |
| 120 | Colombia | 0.41% | 2023 |
| 121 | Denmark | 0.41% | 2023 |
| 122 | Suriname | 0.39% | 2023 |
| 123 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.37% | 2023 |
| 124 | Ireland | 0.37% | 2023 |
| 125 | Guam | 0.36% | 2023 |
| 126 | Cyprus | 0.34% | 2023 |
| 127 | New Zealand | 0.34% | 2023 |
| 128 | El Salvador | 0.34% | 2023 |
| 129 | Armenia | 0.32% | 2023 |
| 130 | Chile | 0.31% | 2023 |
| 131 | Guyana | 0.3% | 2023 |
| 132 | Belarus | 0.29% | 2023 |
| 133 | Honduras | 0.27% | 2023 |
| 134 | Mexico | 0.26% | 2023 |
| 135 | Finland | 0.25% | 2023 |
| 136 | Panama | 0.25% | 2023 |
| 137 | Estonia | 0.24% | 2023 |
| 138 | Iceland | 0.24% | 2023 |
| 139 | West Bank and Gaza | 0.24% | 2023 |
| 140 | Lithuania | 0.24% | 2023 |
| 141 | Papua New Guinea | 0.23% | 2023 |
| 142 | Dominican Republic | 0.23% | 2023 |
| 143 | Kosovo | 0.22% | 2023 |
| 144 | Grenada | 0.22% | 2023 |
| 145 | Belize | 0.2% | 2023 |
| 146 | Slovenia | 0.2% | 2023 |
| 147 | Barbados | 0.2% | 2023 |
| 148 | Austria | 0.19% | 2023 |
| 149 | Moldova | 0.19% | 2023 |
| 150 | Georgia | 0.17% | 2023 |
| 151 | Uzbekistan | 0.17% | 2023 |
| 152 | Venezuela, RB | 0.17% | 2023 |
| 153 | Romania | 0.16% | 2023 |
| 154 | Philippines | 0.16% | 2023 |
| 155 | Czechia | 0.15% | 2023 |
| 156 | Guatemala | 0.15% | 2023 |
| 157 | Curaçao | 0.15% | 2023 |
| 158 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.15% | 2023 |
| 159 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.14% | 2023 |
| 160 | Iraq | 0.14% | 2023 |
| 161 | Cuba | 0.14% | 2023 |
| 162 | Malta | 0.13% | 2023 |
| 163 | Luxembourg | 0.13% | 2023 |
| 164 | Faroe Islands | 0.12% | 2023 |
| 165 | Bermuda | 0.11% | 2023 |
| 166 | Albania | 0.11% | 2023 |
| 167 | Afghanistan | 0.11% | 2023 |
| 168 | Azerbaijan | 0.11% | 2023 |
| 169 | Montenegro | 0.1% | 2023 |
| 170 | Timor-Leste | 0.09% | 2023 |
| 171 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 0.09% | 2023 |
| 172 | Paraguay | 0.09% | 2023 |
| 173 | Cambodia | 0.08% | 2023 |
| 174 | Peru | 0.08% | 2023 |
| 175 | Bolivia | 0.07% | 2023 |
| 176 | Aruba | 0.07% | 2023 |
| 177 | Mongolia | 0.07% | 2023 |
| 178 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.07% | 2023 |
| 179 | Slovak Republic | 0.07% | 2023 |
| 180 | Kyrgyz Republic | 0.07% | 2023 |
| 181 | Ecuador | 0.06% | 2023 |
| 182 | New Caledonia | 0.06% | 2023 |
| 183 | Hungary | 0.06% | 2023 |
| 184 | Lao PDR | 0.06% | 2023 |
| 185 | French Polynesia | 0.05% | 2023 |
| 186 | Solomon Islands | 0.04% | 2023 |
| 187 | Costa Rica | 0.04% | 2023 |
| 188 | Greenland | 0.04% | 2023 |
| 189 | Libya | 0.04% | 2023 |
| 190 | San Marino | 0.03% | 2023 |
| 191 | Dominica | 0.03% | 2023 |
| 192 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.02% | 2023 |
| 193 | Kiribati | 0.02% | 2023 |
| 194 | Latvia | 0.02% | 2023 |
| 195 | Myanmar | 0.02% | 2023 |
| 196 | St. Lucia | 0.01% | 2023 |
| 197 | Tajikistan | 0.0067% | 2023 |
| 198 | American Samoa | 0.00442% | 2023 |
| 199 | Turkmenistan | 0.000757% | 2023 |
| 200 | Bhutan | 0.000379% | 2023 |
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Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, TM.VAL.MRCH.R6.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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