Indicators by Countries (Source: World Bank)
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) Change in Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
Country 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 country Pcnt Change (2005-1998)
Zimbabwe 35.90 44.61 47.75 46.62 36.22 17.46 7.59 28.11 44.04 205.25   Zimbabwe33.86
Hong Kong, China 143.50 135.95 125.16 124.99 139.12 134.23 141.30 161.87 181.33 185.46   Sierra Leone14.95
Seychelles 68.30 73.55 76.73 85.28 78.38 99.65 81.91 82.62 87.61 118.02   Burundi12.91
Sao Tome and Principe 93.60 93.95 72.47 84.30 81.16 91.35 86.64 90.31 107.46 118   Thailand12
Lesotho 118.90 112.03 99.77 94.81 92.42 98.38 116.14 105.87 104.56 102.96   Bulgaria10.56
Swaziland 92.70 94.04 98.63 91.57 97.16 107.13 95.19 86.43 96.96 95.40   Sao Tome and Principe10.24
Mongolia 46.80 87.40 69.04 74.58 71.42 68.20 84.72 85.06 87.16 89.45   Iran, Islamic Rep.9.36
Jordan 77.10 70.81 64.33 61.34 68.50 67.16 65.86 67.43 79.74 84.43   Ethiopia9.09
Moldova 73.90 74.28 72.29 69.41 75.43 73.53 77.93 87.25 82.10 83.35   Seychelles8.99
Slovak Republic 66.80 67.80 69.87 65.73 73.27 81.54 78.85 79.18 79.49 83.03   Romania8.96
Malta 101 93.51 93.20 96.30 102.52 85.61 82.01 83.24 83.37 81.69   Guinea-Bissau8.78
Palau .. 55.59 53.89 73.89 106.06 89.46 91.29 78.97 88.55 81.22   Palau8.55
Bulgaria 59.80 56.36 46.83 50.33 61.06 63.15 59.75 63.04 68.23 77.36   Brazil8.52
Thailand 45.40 46.39 42.99 45.73 58.14 59.37 57.50 58.78 65.84 75.76   Hong Kong, China8.18
Tajikistan .. 87.73 57.27 65.71 86.29 76.72 75.05 73.49 70.03 72.35   Mozambique8.01
Hungary 39.90 45.46 64.09 67.83 78.04 74.39 66.48 67.17 68.82 69   Guinea7.59
Slovenia 56.50 58.26 58.17 56.84 59.06 57.94 55.76 55.92 61.38 65.15   Malawi6.65
Macedonia, FYR 38.50 50.85 56.09 52.15 63.52 56.61 58.16 54.83 60.48 62.52   Madagascar6.61
Cape Verde 54.40 55.92 55.28 57.76 61.40 63.72 68.07 66.29 63.74 62.46   Rwanda6.55
Angola .. 67.79 73.14 93.68 62.83 74.94 65.62 63.66 54.83 61.80   Morocco6.21
Belarus 52.20 65.66 63.91 61.63 68.21 72.88 67.37 68.98 74.25 60.38   Sudan6.18
Gambia, The .. 57.82 66.63 52.80 56.85 41.30 50.80 52.34 63.68 60.28   Uganda6.14
Turkmenistan .. 62.63 64.47 53.05 82.41 78.91 53.41 55.55 57.14 58.95   Albania5.97
Kyrgyz Republic 56.60 46.19 58.03 57 47.58 37.02 43.34 45.25 52.44 58.22   Georgia5.67
Bosnia and Herzegovina 83.10 73.89 66.11 58.14 60.26 60.69 60.96 56.70 55.03 57.95   Jordan5.59
Lithuania 63.20 65.07 58.30 49.24 50.90 55.39 58.56 57.17 59.37 57.72   Israel5.49
Eritrea 92 90.07 80.04 82.34 81.76 75.62 80.01 99.53 98.83 56.65   Kazakhstan5.45
Croatia 39.10 56.82 49.20 49.33 52.25 54.50 54.68 56.83 55.67 56.62   Mongolia5.32
Mauritius 66 65.39 66.74 67.26 64.69 62.95 56.73 57.05 56.19 56.57   Congo, Dem. Rep.4.95
Congo, Rep. 49.50 61.43 72.63 59.10 43.61 53.44 53.99 53.06 57.29 54.85   Tajikistan4.79
Guinea-Bissau 31.80 39.86 35.97 42.83 51.58 62.95 51.92 44.31 51.05 54.79   Chad4.71
Costa Rica 42.90 44.59 50.11 45.93 45.77 44.46 47.58 48.56 49.35 54.33   Bangladesh4.32
Malawi 29.90 34.45 38.41 42.48 35.33 39.13 45.79 49.75 51.21 52.99   Turkey4.02
Israel .. 41.58 39.27 44.03 45.19 42.72 45.67 44.37 49.28 51.29   El Salvador3.86
Tunisia .. 46.22 46.41 44.80 47.69 51.69 49.06 47.64 47.99 51.02   Egypt, Arab Rep.3.71
Ghana 40.10 52.99 46.73 49.82 67.55 64.74 54.47 52.21 54.40 49.50   Slovak Republic3.51
Ukraine 48.20 43.65 44.16 48.25 57.95 53.83 50.71 55.18 53.70 49.11   Moldova2.89
Georgia 28.60 41.38 36.97 38.10 39.67 38.87 42.40 46.42 53.90 48.72   Croatia2.85
Honduras 52.20 51.91 54.30 56.24 55.15 54.68 52.89 54.11 50.20 48   Pakistan2.59
Philippines 49.30 59.29 58.78 51.31 53.50 52.30 50.72 51.54 50.01 47.10   Cape Verde2.47
Romania 36.70 36.24 30.65 32.85 38.50 41.06 41.17 42.20 45.03 47.07   Poland2.3
Togo .. 44.81 48.53 39.01 50.71 51.08 51.72 47.37 47 46.58   Slovenia2.29
Albania .. 35.90 34.54 31.97 37.49 38.71 44.19 45.75 43.86 46.16   Guatemala2.28
Sri Lanka 43.90 43.60 42.25 43.29 49.62 43.57 42.81 42.11 45.49 45.60   Macedonia, FYR2.19
Kazakhstan 35.90 37.44 34.86 40.12 49.10 46.95 47.04 43.05 43.49 45.45   Senegal2.18
Namibia 58.60 57.38 58.01 56.92 51.16 51.38 51.56 55.01 45.04 45.04   Ukraine2.15
El Salvador 33.90 34.99 37.08 37.28 42.43 41.63 41.16 42.73 44.16 44.80   Mali2.11
Lebanon 58.50 50.27 43.48 37.52 37.08 41.02 36.12 36.97 44.04 43.17   Tunisia1.91
Morocco 29.60 31.80 31.90 33.93 37.61 36.23 36.89 36.41 39.31 43.12   Costa Rica1.63
Latvia 59 59.45 64.77 54.24 48.67 51.11 50.62 54.65 59.74 42.93   Sri Lanka1.54
Sierra Leone 32.10 23.10 21.28 19.76 39.41 34.26 35.87 41.26 37.87 42.70   Hungary1.49
Congo, Dem. Rep. 21.80 22.13 33.18 17.56 21.37 20.70 26.08 33.35 39.36 42.25   Chile1.27
Senegal 39.80 39.60 37.03 37.96 39.82 40.39 41.71 41.45 41.45 41.25   Ghana1.16
Mozambique 34.70 28.83 27.89 37.77 41.59 45.05 47.85 44.06 39.24 41   Peru0.71
Madagascar 25.80 30.02 29.28 32.21 38.01 32.29 22.57 32.07 49.18 40.33   Lesotho0.63
Armenia .. 58.27 52.84 49.80 50.54 46.15 46.59 50.03 42.13 39.93   Colombia0.44
Chad 29.10 31.48 31.24 30.43 34.69 49.93 64.27 60.32 47.22 39.32   Kyrgyz Republic0.07
Mali 35.80 36.76 35.25 38.19 39.38 50.27 39.22 37.36 35.79 39.12   Uzbekistan0.06
Ethiopia 27.50 24.89 25.29 28.96 24.99 24.57 28.26 29.55 32.58 39.08   Cameroon0.02
Gabon 33.20 37.53 44.18 38.35 34.83 40.65 39.46 41.02 40.15 38.54   Lebanon-0.14
Poland 25.80 29.80 33.40 30.64 33.53 30.73 32.09 35.92 39.58 37.43   Saudi Arabia-0.19
Dominican Republic 35.50 36.21 39.48 53.35 54.85 46.48 46.65 53.61 48.97 36.97   Lithuania-0.2
Burundi 15.20 14.20 19.79 18.32 21.23 22.09 23.97 28.76 30.90 36.32   Algeria-0.35
Guinea 24.40 22.60 25.18 26.69 28.72 28.95 28.44 24.52 26.11 36.30   Swaziland-0.66
Paraguay 45 43.42 45.14 36.72 34.19 33.95 43.62 46.73 37.21 35.95   Mexico-0.81
Nigeria 27.40 37.75 38.07 41.13 37.54 34.40 41 41.17 37.42 35.23   Togo-0.82
Turkey 27.50 30.39 27.90 26.87 31.53 31.31 30.71 30.67 34.68 33.98   Benin-1.03
Chile 30.90 30.85 31.51 25.19 29.73 31.77 31.62 32.48 31.86 33.56   Belarus-1.13
Indonesia 26.40 28.13 43.22 27.43 30.46 30.07 25.80 23.13 27.28 32.56   Dominican Republic-1.31
Yemen, Rep. .. 44.83 47.21 38.03 34.90 36.48 38.88 34.51 33.52 32.25   Tanzania-1.45
Botswana 36.50 34.94 45.18 43.87 39.62 37.23 35.04 32.86 32.24 32.24   Kenya-1.49
Uzbekistan .. 30 31.89 18.41 21.52 27.65 29.35 30.57 32.83 31.98   Nigeria-1.54
Egypt, Arab Rep. 26 25.83 26.57 23.73 22.29 22.32 22.67 24.22 28.95 31.88   Niger-1.65
Rwanda 25.80 25.48 23.21 22.93 24.59 25.07 24.55 27.55 28.39 31.88   Turkmenistan-1.77
Mexico 30.10 30.42 32.83 32.36 32.93 29.77 28.64 29.44 31.61 31.52   South Africa-1.85
Lao PDR 41.10 .. 47.62 44.29 34.44 33.28 33.90 31.49 32.57 31.37   Gambia, The-1.98
Kenya 36.60 35.52 33.28 31.33 29.57 30.64 28.36 28.31 31.79 30.88   Honduras-2.44
Comoros 44.70 43.03 34.58 33.87 27.01 28.55 26.23 28.51 27.77 30.41   Comoros-2.54
Guatemala 22.60 23.54 26.25 27.36 28.95 28.98 29.48 29.37 31.07 29.38   Bosnia and Herzegovina-2.6
Nepal 35.80 37.71 33.89 29.72 32.43 31.39 30.26 30.08 30.59 29.30   Malta-2.6
Uganda .. 21.20 20.56 24.39 23.05 24.25 26.57 26.57 27.54 27.70   Russian Federation-2.64
Iran, Islamic Rep. 17.10 17.45 17.50 19.37 17.47 18.88 23.27 22.49 30 27.37   Gabon-2.69
Saudi Arabia 30 30.71 26.64 23.29 24.90 24.07 23.78 24.11 24.87 26.39   Nepal-2.87
Tanzania 31.90 26.55 28.33 26.21 22.73 24.71 24.59 27.37 27.74 26.34   Mauritius-3.25
Benin 29.50 30.34 27.50 28.83 28.12 27.90 27.49 26.52 26.06 26.11   Angola-3.31
Zambia 38.90 35.31 39.18 41.09 31.43 29.70 29 28.01 27.25 25.21   Philippines-4.33
Sudan .. 15.28 18.40 14.28 17.70 20.64 19.35 19.04 21.52 24.83   Paraguay-4.45
Cameroon 20.50 22.39 24.81 24.69 19.66 23.21 20.72 19.84 19.83 24.83   Namibia-4.94
Niger 23.50 24.04 26.32 22.39 25.70 24.61 24.11 25.19 26.03 24.22   Burkina Faso-5.17
Algeria 23.90 22.22 24.48 24.31 21.89 21.73 25.92 23.87 25.65 24.06   Armenia-5.45
Bangladesh 18.70 18.02 18.28 18.66 19.93 21.50 19.05 20.04 20.81 22.59   Congo, Rep.-5.46
South Africa 23.20 23.44 24.58 23.09 24.92 26.07 28.51 23.18 22.39 22.39   Indonesia-5.51
Burkina Faso 28.60 28.84 28.54 25.92 25.28 23.12 21.63 23.35 22.89 21.89   Botswana-6.53
Russian Federation 20.60 21.47 24.55 26.17 24.03 24.22 24.43 23.82 21.99 21.48   Eritrea-6.68
Colombia 19.50 20.76 20.90 17.80 19.40 20.85 20.70 21.69 21.47 21.36   Yemen, Rep.-7.34
Pakistan 24.10 22.98 17.53 16.97 14.81 15.89 15.49 16.30 14.92 19.92   Latvia-7.9
Peru 18.10 18.58 18.69 17.12 18.03 17.69 17.36 17.68 18.27 19.36   Lao PDR-8.01
Brazil 9.20 10.14 9.94 11.98 12.18 14.22 13.41 12.77 13.35 14.96   Zambia-8.44