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World Imports (% of GDP) Ranking Map In the available data, Hong Kong has the highest recorded value at 196.9% (rank #1); Japan ranks #163 at 22.9%. Coverage: 189 countries and territories. Reference years: Hong Kong 2025; Japan 2024. This is goods-and-services imports as a share of GDP; country size, domestic demand and international supply chains all matter.
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Compare imports (% of gdp) across the world. Compare imports (% of gdp) by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.
Japan 22.9%
Japan, world rank 163 for Imports (% of GDP), 22.9%
Fiji: 64.6% Tanzania: 20% Western Sahara: No data Canada: 32.2% United States: 14% Kazakhstan: 25.6% Uzbekistan: 35.4% Papua New Guinea: No data Indonesia: 20.5% Argentina: 14.8% Chile: 30.4% Democratic Republic of the Congo: 43.9% Somalia: 98.8% Kenya: 21.8% Sudan: 1.3% Chad: 16.7% Haiti: 14.3% Dominican Republic: 27.9% Russia: 15.5% Bahamas: 41.5% Falkland Islands: No data Norway: 33.7% Greenland: 51.1% Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: 84.9% South Africa: 29.5% Lesotho: 104.5% Mexico: 40.3% Uruguay: 22.6% Brazil: 17.5% Bolivia: 25.5% Peru: 21.8% Colombia: 20.4% Panama: 39.3% Costa Rica: 32.6% Nicaragua: 54.9% Honduras: 56.5% El Salvador: 56.1% Guatemala: 31% Belize: 53.7% Venezuela: 10.1% Guyana: No data Suriname: 38.4% France: 33.8% Ecuador: 27.9% Puerto Rico: 43.6% Jamaica: No data Cuba: 82.4% Zimbabwe: 23.4% Botswana: 37.5% Namibia: 63.9% Senegal: 38.6% Mali: 26.7% Mauritania: 54.2% Benin: 20.1% Niger: 18.1% Nigeria: No data Cameroon: 20.3% Togo: 35.3% Ghana: 33.9% Côte d’Ivoire: 24.8% Guinea: 62.3% Guinea-Bissau: 27% Liberia: No data Sierra Leone: 28.2% Burkina Faso: 30% Central African Republic: 33.6% Republic of the Congo: 43.6% Gabon: 29.4% Equatorial Guinea: 28.4% Zambia: 27.6% Malawi: 28.8% Mozambique: 55.7% Eswatini: 53.7% Angola: 11.7% Burundi: No data Israel: 25.4% Lebanon: 58.9% Madagascar: 32.9% Palestine: 53.5% Gambia: 49.4% Tunisia: 54.8% Algeria: 22.1% Jordan: No data United Arab Emirates: 92.2% Qatar: 31.6% Kuwait: 38.2% Iraq: 37.4% Oman: 48.8% Vanuatu: 48% Cambodia: 67.4% Thailand: 67.3% Laos: 41.9% Myanmar: No data Vietnam: 92.1% North Korea: No data South Korea: 40.6% Mongolia: 62.6% India: 24% Bangladesh: 16.8% Bhutan: 47.9% Nepal: 33.7% Pakistan: 17.2% Afghanistan: 68.1% Tajikistan: 47.9% Kyrgyzstan: 65.6% Turkmenistan: 13.7% Iran: 34.5% Syria: 28.7% Armenia: 53.6% Sweden: 51.1% Belarus: 57% Ukraine: 51.8% Poland: 47.1% Austria: 52.3% Hungary: 68.1% Moldova: 60.9% Romania: 40.7% Lithuania: 69.1% Latvia: 67.2% Estonia: 77.4% Germany: 38.1% Bulgaria: 51.8% Greece: 44% Türkiye: 25.1% Albania: 42.5% Croatia: 53% Switzerland: 69.1% Luxembourg: 159.4% Belgium: 77.5% Netherlands: 69.5% Portugal: 42.7% Spain: 32.8% Ireland: 99.9% New Caledonia: 28.7% Solomon Islands: 70.8% New Zealand: 26% Australia: 22.7% Sri Lanka: 22.8% China: 16.9% Taiwan: No data Italy: 30.3% Denmark: 59.1% United Kingdom: 31.9% Iceland: 42.4% Azerbaijan: 36.8% Georgia: 53.2% Philippines: 40.2% Malaysia: 65.4% Brunei: 52% Slovenia: 73.3% Finland: 41.1% Slovakia: 85.2% Czechia: 61.1% Eritrea: 29.2% Japan: 22.9% Paraguay: 39.3% Yemen: 47.3% Saudi Arabia: 28.2% Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: 91.9% Morocco: 51.1% Egypt: 31.5% Libya: 65.9% Ethiopia: 20.2% Djibouti: 95.8% Somaliland: No data Uganda: 28.8% Rwanda: 35.1% Bosnia and Herzegovina: 54.1% North Macedonia: 73.4% Serbia: 58.6% Montenegro: 65.7% Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: No data South Sudan: 28.9% Japan Luxembourg 2 United States 185 Turkmenistan 186 Angola 187 Venezuela 188 Sudan 189 Somalia Lesotho United Arab Emirates Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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× JPN Bottom 20% / 2024
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ Imports (% of GDP)Rankings 163/189 22.9%
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #163 for imports (% of gdp). Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 Hong Kong 196.9% 2 Luxembourg 159.4% 3 San Marino 155% 4 Singapore 142.5% 5 U.S. Virgin Islands 108.3%
189 Sudan 1.3% 188 Venezuela 10.1% 187 Angola 11.7% 186 Turkmenistan 13.7% 185 United States 14% 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Imports (% of GDP) ranking map Compare imports (% of gdp) by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. This page orders 189 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 Hong Kong (196.9%), #2 Luxembourg (159.4%), #3 San Marino (155%)
Japan’s position World #163 (22.9%)
Data period latest available year by country (2010–2025) Reference years differ by country. Compare each value with the year and source shown in the country card.
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Imports (% of GDP) Full ranking189 countries #14 United Arab Emirates 92.2% Profile #32 Northern Mariana Islands 70.9% Profile #66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 54.1% Profile #93 Democratic Republic of the Congo 43.9% Profile #94 Republic of the Congo 43.6% Profile #124 Central African Republic 33.6% Profile #125 Sao Tome and Principe 33.3% Profile