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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.

Rank	Country	Value
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) - Shares of GDP & other - National accounts - Economic Policy & Debt - World Development Indicators (2008)
1	Singapore	215.27
2	Hong Kong	201.63
3	Liberia	172.61
4	Seychelles	152.52
5	Luxembourg	150.73
6	Lesotho	110.75
7	Maldives	110.06
8	Guyana	102.43
9	High income: nonOECD	97.47
10	Vietnam	94.75
11	Kyrgyzstan	93.58
12	Belgium	92.58
13	Moldova	91.53
14	Jordan	90.63
15	Slovakia	85.28
16	Bulgaria	83.25
17	Honduras	81.59
18	Swaziland	80.68
19	Hungary	80.22
20	Estonia	79.81
21	Macedonia	78.58
22	St. Lucia	75.77
23	Antigua and Barbuda	75.66
24	Ghana	75.47
25	Montenegro	74.69
26	Bahrain	74.31
27	Panama	74.04
28	Thailand	73.86
29	Czech Republic	72.54
30	Mongolia	71.54
31	St. Kitts and Nevis	71.41
32	Tonga	70.61
33	Lithuania	70.56
34	Grenada	70.27
35	Belize	70.04
36	Dominica	69.53
37	Bosnia and Herzegovina	69.48
38	Belarus	69.18
39	Netherlands	68.81
40	Mauritius	67.69
41	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	66.58
42	Tunisia	65.29
43	Barbados	64.20
44	Namibia	61.41
45	Papua New Guinea	60.12
46	Cape Verde	59.37
47	Albania	59.37
48	Paraguay	58.85
49	Cyprus	58.49
50	Tajikistan	58.30
51	Georgia	58.26
52	Vanuatu	58.19
53	Kosovo	56.87
54	Lebanon	56.65
55	Samoa	55.37
56	Costa Rica	55.18
57	Latvia	54.92
58	South Korea	54.10
59	North Korea	54.10
60	Austria	53.54
61	Afghanistan	52.74
62	Denmark	52.49
63	Serbia	52.44
64	Madagascar	52.03
65	Republic of the Congo	51.40
66	Bhutan	51.11
67	Turkmenistan	50.77
68	Angola	50.76
69	Croatia	50.28
70	Morocco	50.25
71	Guinea-Bissau	49.81
72	El Salvador	49.80
73	Chad	49.60
74	Macau	49.47
75	Gambia	48.93
76	Ukraine	47.83
77	Iceland	47.61
78	Senegal	47.46
79	Low income	47.09
80	Sweden	46.78
81	Mozambique	45.68
82	Laos	44.38
83	Poland	43.47
84	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	42.62
85	Portugal	42.45
86	Trinidad and Tobago	42.29
87	Israel	41.55
88	Kenya	41.37
89	Chile	41.05
90	Germany	41.04
91	Romania	40.36
92	Finland	40.28
93	Euro area	39.90
94	Armenia	39.79
95	Guatemala	39.59
96	Dominican Republic	39.15
97	Botswana	38.85
98	Sub-Saharan Africa	38.84
99	Ivory Coast	38.80
100	Egypt	38.77
101	Philippines	38.70
102	Democratic Republic of the Congo	38.56
103	South Africa	38.47
104	Guinea	38.43
105	Sri Lanka	38.32
106	Bolivia	37.96
107	Ecuador	37.75
108	Saudi Arabia	37.55
109	Comoros	36.95
110	Kazakhstan	36.92
111	Haiti	36.83
112	Least developed countries: UN classification	35.61
113	Europe & Central Asia	34.94
114	East Asia & Pacific	34.52
115	Zambia	34.30
116	Lower middle income	33.69
117	Uganda	33.35
118	Nepal	32.66
119	Uruguay	32.25
120	Spain	32.23
121	Equatorial Guinea	32.13
122	Gabon	32.01
123	United Kingdom	31.95
124	Greece	31.92
125	Syria	31.58
126	Uzbekistan	31.54
127	Rwanda	31.21
128	Ethiopia	31.18
129	Low & middle income	30.72
130	Mexico	30.47
131	Middle income	30.15
132	Sierra Leone	29.39
133	Italy	29.33
134	Cameroon	29.18
135	France	28.91
136	Benin	28.86
137	Bangladesh	28.75
138	Norway	28.75
139	Indonesia	28.63
140	China	28.49
141	Turkey	28.35
142	South Asia	28.22
143	India	28.02
144	Libya	27.47
145	Upper middle income	27.22
146	Peru	26.48
147	Kuwait	25.64
148	Malawi	25.53
149	Azerbaijan	24.78
150	Nigeria	24.67
151	Latin America & Caribbean	24.11
152	Pakistan	23.80
153	Algeria	23.52
154	Central African Republic	23.36
155	Sudan	23.04
156	Australia	22.56
157	Russia	21.98
158	Colombia	21.70
159	Argentina	20.65
160	Venezuela	20.24
161	Brazil	14.17

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