DEFINITION
Imports of goods and services as a % of
GDP, 2000
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
|
# 1
|
Singapore: |
161% |
|
|
# 2
|
Malta: |
114% |
|
|
# 3
|
Guyana: |
111% |
|
|
# 4
|
Malaysia: |
104% |
|
|
# 5
|
Luxembourg: |
99% |
|
|
= 6
|
Estonia: |
88% |
|
|
= 6
|
Lesotho: |
88% |
|
|
= 8
|
Eritrea: |
86% |
|
|
= 8
|
Maldives: |
86% |
|
|
= 8
|
Seychelles: |
86% |
|
|
= 11
|
Belgium: |
85% |
|
|
= 11
|
Tajikistan: |
85% |
|
|
# 13
|
Mongolia: |
82% |
|
|
= 14
|
Nicaragua: |
81% |
|
|
= 14
|
Swaziland: |
81% |
|
|
# 16
|
Antigua and Barbuda: |
80% |
|
|
# 17
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
79% |
|
|
# 18
|
Slovakia: |
76% |
|
|
= 19
|
Czech Republic: |
75% |
|
|
= 19
|
Grenada: |
75% |
|
|
= 21
|
Angola: |
74% |
|
|
= 21
|
Ireland: |
74% |
|
|
# 23
|
Ghana: |
70% |
|
|
= 24
|
Belarus: |
69% |
|
|
= 24
|
Jordan: |
69% |
|
|
= 26
|
Hungary: |
67% |
|
|
= 26
|
Mauritius: |
67% |
|
|
# 28
|
Saint Lucia: |
66% |
|
|
= 29
|
Belize: |
64% |
|
|
= 29
|
Dominica: |
64% |
|
|
= 29
|
Bulgaria: |
64% |
|
|
= 32
|
Fiji: |
63% |
|
|
= 32
|
Bahrain: |
63% |
|
|
= 32
|
Djibouti: |
63% |
|
|
= 32
|
Slovenia: |
63% |
|
|
# 36
|
Cape Verde: |
62% |
|
|
# 37
|
Gambia, The: |
61% |
|
|
# 38
|
Bhutan: |
60% |
|
|
# 39
|
Thailand: |
59% |
|
|
= 40
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
58% |
|
|
= 40
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
58% |
|
|
= 42
|
Mauritania: |
57% |
|
|
= 42
|
Ukraine: |
57% |
|
|
= 44
|
Namibia: |
56% |
|
|
= 44
|
Honduras: |
56% |
|
|
= 44
|
Barbados: |
56% |
|
|
= 44
|
Netherlands: |
56% |
|
|
= 48
|
Jamaica: |
55% |
|
|
= 48
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
55% |
|
|
# 50
|
Latvia: |
54% |
|
|
# 51
|
Turkmenistan: |
53% |
|
|
= 52
|
Lithuania: |
52% |
|
|
= 52
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
52% |
|
|
= 54
|
Armenia: |
51% |
|
|
= 54
|
Sri Lanka: |
51% |
|
|
= 54
|
Croatia: |
51% |
|
|
= 57
|
Philippines: |
50% |
|
|
= 57
|
Togo: |
50% |
|
|
= 59
|
Cyprus: |
48% |
|
|
= 59
|
Laos: |
48% |
|
|
= 59
|
Tunisia: |
48% |
|
|
= 62
|
Georgia: |
47% |
|
|
= 62
|
Israel: |
47% |
|
|
= 62
|
Kazakhstan: |
47% |
|
|
= 62
|
Cambodia: |
47% |
|
|
= 66
|
Zambia: |
46% |
|
|
= 66
|
Austria: |
46% |
|
|
= 66
|
Costa Rica: |
46% |
|
|
= 69
|
Portugal: |
43% |
|
|
= 69
|
El Salvador: |
43% |
|
|
= 71
|
Korea, South: |
42% |
|
|
= 71
|
Sweden: |
42% |
|
|
= 71
|
Papua New Guinea: |
42% |
|
|
= 71
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
42% |
|
|
= 75
|
Canada: |
41% |
|
|
= 75
|
Nigeria: |
41% |
|
|
= 75
|
Yemen: |
41% |
|
|
= 78
|
Senegal: |
40% |
|
|
= 78
|
Mali: |
40% |
|
|
= 78
|
Romania: |
40% |
|
|
= 78
|
Albania: |
40% |
|
|
= 82
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
39% |
|
|
= 82
|
Panama: |
39% |
|
|
= 82
|
Iceland: |
39% |
|
|
= 82
|
Mozambique: |
39% |
|
|
= 82
|
Uzbekistan: |
39% |
|
|
= 82
|
Dominican Republic: |
39% |
|
|
= 88
|
Malawi: |
38% |
|
|
= 88
|
Azerbaijan: |
38% |
|
|
= 88
|
Lebanon: |
38% |
|
|
= 91
|
Denmark: |
37% |
|
|
= 91
|
Switzerland: |
37% |
|
|
= 91
|
Morocco: |
37% |
|
|
# 94
|
Kenya: |
36% |
|
|
= 95
|
Madagascar: |
35% |
|
|
= 95
|
Gabon: |
35% |
|
|
= 95
|
Paraguay: |
35% |
|
|
= 95
|
Syria: |
35% |
|
|
# 99
|
Poland: |
34% |
|
|
= 100
|
Mexico: |
33% |
|
|
= 100
|
Sierra Leone: |
33% |
|
|
= 100
|
Germany: |
33% |
|
|
= 100
|
New Zealand: |
33% |
|
|
= 100
|
Botswana: |
33% |
|
|
= 105
|
Nepal: |
32% |
|
|
= 105
|
Comoros: |
32% |
|
|
= 105
|
Finland: |
32% |
|
|
= 105
|
Spain: |
32% |
|
|
= 105
|
Chad: |
32% |
|
|
= 110
|
Guinea: |
31% |
|
|
= 110
|
Kuwait: |
31% |
|
|
= 110
|
Zimbabwe: |
31% |
|
|
= 110
|
Ethiopia: |
31% |
|
|
= 110
|
Indonesia: |
31% |
|
|
= 110
|
Chile: |
31% |
|
|
= 110
|
Turkey: |
31% |
|
|
= 110
|
Ecuador: |
31% |
|
|
= 118
|
Norway: |
30% |
|
|
= 118
|
Burkina Faso: |
30% |
|
|
= 120
|
Benin: |
29% |
|
|
= 120
|
Greece: |
29% |
|
|
= 120
|
United Kingdom: |
29% |
|
|
# 123
|
Guatemala: |
28% |
|
|
= 124
|
Italy: |
27% |
|
|
= 124
|
France: |
27% |
|
|
= 124
|
Haiti: |
27% |
|
|
= 124
|
Cameroon: |
27% |
|
|
= 128
|
Saudi Arabia: |
26% |
|
|
= 128
|
Uganda: |
26% |
|
|
= 128
|
South Africa: |
26% |
|
|
= 131
|
Bolivia: |
25% |
|
|
= 131
|
Russia: |
25% |
|
|
= 133
|
Burundi: |
24% |
|
|
= 133
|
Rwanda: |
24% |
|
|
= 135
|
Niger: |
23% |
|
|
= 135
|
China: |
23% |
|
|
= 135
|
Egypt: |
23% |
|
|
= 138
|
Australia: |
22% |
|
|
= 138
|
Algeria: |
22% |
|
|
= 140
|
Iran: |
21% |
|
|
= 140
|
Uruguay: |
21% |
|
|
# 142
|
Colombia: |
20% |
|
|
= 143
|
Bangladesh: |
19% |
|
|
= 143
|
Pakistan: |
19% |
|
|
= 145
|
Cuba: |
18% |
|
|
= 145
|
Peru: |
18% |
|
|
= 147
|
India: |
17% |
|
|
= 147
|
Venezuela: |
17% |
|
|
= 147
|
Suriname: |
17% |
|
|
= 150
|
Central African Republic: |
16% |
|
|
= 150
|
Sudan: |
16% |
|
|
# 152
|
United States: |
13% |
|
|
# 153
|
Brazil: |
12% |
|
|
# 154
|
Argentina: |
11% |
|
|
# 155
|
Japan: |
8% |
|
|
# 156
|
Burma: |
1% |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
46.0% |
|
DEFINITION: Imports of goods and services as a % of
GDP, 2000