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Percent of world imports, 2024:

The average for 2024 based on 42 countries was 0.94 percent. The highest value was in Germany: 5.86 percent and the lowest value was in the Faroe Islands: 0.01 percent. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Percent of world imports, 2024 Global rank Available data
Germany 5.86 1 1990 - 2024
UK 3.9 2 1990 - 2024
France 3.59 3 1990 - 2024
Netherlands 2.88 4 1990 - 2024
Italy 2.4 5 1990 - 2024
Ireland 2.07 6 1990 - 2024
Switzerland 1.91 7 1990 - 2024
Spain 1.89 8 1990 - 2024
Belgium 1.78 9 1990 - 2024
Poland 1.47 10 1995 - 2024
Russia 1.28 11 1990 - 2024
Turkey 1.22 12 1990 - 2024
Sweden 1.03 13 1990 - 2024
Austria 0.94 14 1990 - 2024
Denmark 0.86 15 1990 - 2024
Czechia 0.72 16 1990 - 2024
Norway 0.55 17 1990 - 2024
Hungary 0.53 18 1991 - 2024
Romania 0.53 19 1990 - 2024
Luxembourg 0.5 20 1990 - 2024
Portugal 0.46 21 1990 - 2024
Finland 0.41 22 1990 - 2024
Greece 0.41 23 1990 - 2024
Slovakia 0.4 24 1990 - 2024
Ukraine 0.32 25 1990 - 2024
Bulgaria 0.2 26 1990 - 2024
Lithuania 0.19 27 1995 - 2024
Slovenia 0.18 28 1990 - 2024
Belarus 0.17 29 1990 - 2024
Croatia 0.17 30 1995 - 2024
Serbia 0.17 31 1995 - 2024
Cyprus 0.12 32 1990 - 2024
Estonia 0.11 33 1993 - 2024
Latvia 0.1 34 1995 - 2024
Malta 0.08 35 1990 - 2024
Bosnia & Herz. 0.05 36 1994 - 2024
Iceland 0.05 37 1990 - 2024
Albania 0.04 38 1990 - 2024
North Macedonia 0.04 39 1990 - 2024
Moldova 0.03 40 1995 - 2024
Montenegro 0.02 41 2000 - 2024
Faroe Isl. 0.01 42 1990 - 2024


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Definition: The share of world exports equals the exports of a particular country as percent of the total exports of all countries around the world. Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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