Imports / GDP Map by Country

Imports of goods and services are expressed as a percentage of gross domestic product. Explore the 1985–2025 series in % of GDP.

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Imports / GDP · % of GDP

1.27%45.40%89.52%133.65%177.77%

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198520242025Year Speed

World Bank WDI + Taiwan patch · Snapshot retrieved 6 Oct 2026 · Exact-year observations

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Country rankings · 2024

172 reporting economies; 46 without data. Ranks use the selected indicator and year.

218 economies shown

Imports / GDP rankings for 2024; missing values appear last. All money values use the stated unit.
Rank	Economy		GDP per capitacurrent US$	Populationpeople	GDP growthannual %	Inflationannual %
1	Hong Kong	177.77%	$54.28K	7.52M	2.63%	1.73%
2	Luxembourg	159.73%	$137.78K	677.01K	0.36%	2.05%
3	Singapore	138.64%	$94.9K	6.04M	5.34%	2.39%
4	Djibouti	114.82%	$3.55K	1.17M	6.98%	2.11%
5	Nauru	107.03%	$14.05K	11.95K	1.45%	Not reported
6	Lesotho	103.07%	$1.02K	2.34M	5.23%	6.11%
7	Ireland	102.19%	$112.9K	5.4M	2.60%	2.11%
8	Malta	99.25%	$44.02K	568.85K	6.21%	1.65%
9	Somalia	99.11%	$630	19.01M	4.11%	Not reported
10	Kiribati	97.59%	$2.55K	134.52K	4.70%	2.46%
11	Seychelles	95.30%	$18.37K	121.35K	3.35%	0.31%
12	Cyprus	93.38%	$38.67K	1.36M	3.94%	1.80%
13	Slovak Republic	85.73%	$25.99K	5.42M	1.94%	2.76%
14	Timor-Leste	84.89%	$1.33K	1.4M	-9.10%	2.06%
15	Viet Nam	83.72%	$4.72K	100.99M	7.04%	3.62%
16	Kyrgyz Republic	83.33%	$2.52K	7.22M	11.54%	5.00%
17	Cuba	82.39%	Not reported	10.98M	-1.06%	Not reported
18	Marshall Islands	81.05%	$7.59K	37.55K	3.30%	Not reported
19	Belgium	79.70%	$56.58K	11.86M	1.10%	3.14%
20	Mauritius	78.31%	$11.99K	1.25M	4.95%	3.60%
21	Maldives	78.26%	$13.38K	527.8K	3.49%	1.41%
22	Aruba	78.17%	$38.59K	108K	6.81%	Not reported
23	Armenia	76.44%	$8.56K	3.03M	5.90%	0.27%
24	Estonia	75.37%	$31.43K	1.37M	-0.09%	3.52%
25	Slovenia	74.74%	$34.3K	2.13M	1.73%	1.97%
26	North Macedonia	74.65%	$9.29K	1.82M	2.99%	3.49%
27	Micronesia	73.99%	$4.25K	113.16K	2.30%	Not reported
28	Palau	73.11%	$18.17K	17.7K	12.01%	2.23%
29	Cambodia	72.08%	$2.63K	17.64M	6.02%	0.81%
30	Kosovo	72.04%	$7.03K	1.59M	4.57%	1.62%
31	Hungary	71.73%	$23.31K	9.56M	0.71%	3.70%
32	Netherlands	71.46%	$67.47K	17.99M	1.07%	3.35%
33	Solomon Islands	70.78%	$1.93K	819.2K	3.00%	4.32%
34	Bahrain	69.99%	$29.72K	1.59M	2.90%	0.92%
35	Mongolia	69.73%	$6.75K	3.52M	5.12%	6.20%
36	Lithuania	68.48%	$29.6K	2.89M	3.03%	0.72%
37	Afghanistan	68.06%	$417	42.65M	1.87%	-6.60%
38	Namibia	66.94%	$4.5K	3.03M	3.78%	4.24%
39	Latvia	66.45%	$23.58K	1.87M	-0.04%	1.27%
40	Montenegro	66.20%	$13.27K	623.53K	3.16%	3.34%
41	Thailand	66.05%	$7.39K	71.67M	2.95%	0.40%
42	Malaysia	66.02%	$11.87K	35.56M	5.11%	1.83%
43	Libya	65.78%	$6.57K	7.38M	1.90%	2.13%
44	Belarus	65.09%	$8.61K	9.13M	4.35%	5.79%
45	Fiji	64.56%	$6.43K	928.78K	3.53%	3.89%
46	Czechia	62.61%	$31.83K	10.91M	1.25%	2.44%
47	Denmark	60.76%	$71.03K	5.98M	3.48%	1.37%
48	Tonga	60.68%	$6.22K	104.18K	1.72%	3.18%
49	Switzerland	59.15%	$107.7K	9.01M	1.39%	1.06%
50	Lebanon	58.92%	$4.47K	5.81M	-7.08%	45.24%
51	Brunei Darussalam	58.32%	$33.15K	462.72K	4.05%	-0.39%
52	Nicaragua	58.16%	$2.85K	6.92M	3.58%	4.62%
53	Serbia	58.14%	$13.68K	6.59M	3.95%	4.67%
54	Honduras	57.75%	$3.42K	10.83M	3.63%	4.61%
55	Moldova	57.32%	$7.58K	2.4M	0.27%	4.68%
56	Guinea	56.38%	$1.7K	14.75M	5.35%	8.12%
57	Tunisia	56.30%	$4.19K	12.28M	1.61%	7.21%
58	Georgia	55.64%	$8.97K	3.81M	9.68%	1.11%
59	Croatia	54.77%	$24.05K	3.87M	3.83%	2.97%
60	Cabo Verde	54.22%	$5.17K	524.88K	6.99%	1.05%
61	Bosnia and Herzegovina	54.06%	$9.4K	3.16M	3.23%	Not reported
62	Bulgaria	53.86%	$17.6K	6.44M	3.39%	2.45%
63	Belize	53.75%	$7.68K	417.07K	3.50%	3.29%
64	Eswatini	53.72%	$3.91K	1.24M	3.03%	Not reported
65	Austria	53.15%	$58.27K	9.18M	-0.66%	2.94%
66	El Salvador	53.02%	$5.5K	6.34M	2.59%	0.85%
67	Mozambique	52.81%	$657	34.63M	2.15%	4.08%
68	West Bank and Gaza	52.74%	$3.03K	5.29M	-22.86%	53.67%
69	Mauritania	52.19%	$2.11K	5.17M	6.31%	2.49%
70	Sweden	51.47%	$57.22K	10.57M	1.02%	2.84%
71	Faroe Islands	51.20%	$74.18K	54.64K	0.84%	Not reported
72	Morocco	50.19%	$4.15K	38.08M	3.79%	0.99%
73	Ukraine	50.02%	$5.39K	37.86M	3.25%	6.50%
74	Macao	49.89%	$72.01K	687K	7.85%	0.67%
75	Samoa	48.87%	$5.39K	218.02K	4.75%	2.17%
76	Oman	48.78%	$20.29K	5.28M	1.63%	0.59%
77	Democratic Republic of the Congo	48.55%	$693	109.28M	6.10%	Not reported
78	Poland	48.18%	$25.1K	36.56M	3.03%	3.79%
79	Vanuatu	48.03%	$3.96K	327.78K	3.77%	1.14%
80	Tajikistan	47.88%	$1.36K	10.59M	8.40%	Not reported
81	Bhutan	47.87%	$4.23K	791.52K	7.50%	2.76%
82	Greece	47.66%	$24.63K	10.41M	2.09%	2.74%
83	French Polynesia	46.15%	$22.44K	281.81K	1.13%	Not reported
84	Portugal	43.84%	$29.33K	10.69M	2.21%	2.42%
85	Iceland	43.72%	$85.86K	386.51K	-1.28%	5.86%
86	Rwanda	43.27%	$1.06K	14.26M	7.23%	1.77%
87	Albania	43.17%	$11.37K	2.38M	4.05%	2.22%
88	Puerto Rico (US)	42.75%	$39.35K	3.2M	3.18%	Not reported
88	Senegal	42.75%	$1.74K	18.5M	6.46%	0.80%
90	Botswana	42.37%	$7.65K	2.52M	-2.78%	2.82%
91	Romania	41.61%	$20.08K	19.05M	0.92%	5.72%
92	Finland	41.55%	$53.16K	5.62M	0.37%	1.57%
93	Bahamas	41.46%	$39.46K	401.28K	3.38%	0.41%
94	Republic of the Congo	40.41%	$2.48K	6.33M	2.10%	3.09%
95	South Korea	40.28%	$36.24K	51.75M	2.00%	2.32%
96	Philippines	40.13%	$3.99K	115.84M	5.71%	3.21%
97	Paraguay	39.38%	$6.46K	6.93M	4.67%	3.84%
98	Panama	39.32%	$19.16K	4.52M	2.75%	0.69%
99	Kuwait	38.23%	$32.86K	4.9M	-1.47%	2.90%
100	Mexico	38.14%	$13.99K	130.86M	1.35%	4.72%
101	Germany	37.66%	$56.1K	83.52M	-0.50%	2.26%
102	Iraq	37.38%	$6.07K	46.04M	-1.55%	2.61%
103	Azerbaijan	36.73%	$7.3K	10.2M	4.16%	2.21%
104	Uzbekistan	35.96%	$3.34K	36.36M	6.68%	9.63%
105	France	34.22%	$46.1K	68.55M	1.19%	2.00%
106	Ghana	33.91%	$2.42K	34.43M	5.85%	22.85%
107	Madagascar	33.53%	$550	31.96M	4.32%	7.61%
108	Gambia	33.42%	$871	2.76M	5.55%	11.56%
109	Norway	33.20%	$89.89K	5.57M	1.42%	3.15%
110	Spain	32.89%	$35.33K	48.85M	3.46%	2.75%
111	Canada	32.65%	$55.02K	41.26M	2.05%	2.38%
112	Nepal	32.62%	$1.46K	29.65M	3.68%	4.69%
113	Costa Rica	32.32%	$18.85K	5.13M	4.08%	-0.41%
114	Comoros	32.25%	$1.86K	866.63K	3.30%	5.05%
115	Burkina Faso	31.93%	$982	23.55M	4.83%	4.19%
116	United Kingdom	31.78%	$53.34K	69.28M	1.08%	3.27%
117	Central African Republic	31.42%	$516	5.33M	1.50%	1.48%
117	Guatemala	31.42%	$6.15K	18.41M	3.72%	2.87%
119	Malawi	30.62%	$522	21.66M	1.67%	32.18%
120	Italy	30.26%	$40.43K	58.95M	0.78%	0.98%
121	Chile	30.23%	$16.66K	19.76M	2.81%	4.30%
122	South Africa	29.85%	$6.27K	64.01M	0.53%	4.36%
123	Equatorial Guinea	29.31%	$7K	1.89M	0.40%	2.92%
124	Dominican Republic	29.02%	$10.88K	11.43M	4.95%	3.30%
125	Sao Tome and Principe	28.72%	$3.5K	235.54K	1.48%	14.35%
126	New Caledonia	28.67%	$29.21K	292.64K	-13.50%	Not reported
127	Iran	28.51%	$5.19K	91.57M	3.66%	32.46%
128	Guinea-Bissau	27.67%	$998	2.2M	4.41%	3.77%
129	Zambia	27.55%	$1.19K	21.31M	3.82%	14.99%
130	Gabon	27.47%	$8.23K	2.54M	3.39%	1.17%
131	Mali	27.44%	$1.09K	24.48M	5.02%	3.21%
132	Turkiye	27.03%	$15.89K	85.52M	3.33%	58.51%
133	Saudi Arabia	27.02%	$35.53K	35.3M	2.65%	1.69%
134	Ecuador	26.95%	$6.83K	18.14M	-1.94%	1.55%
135	Israel	25.98%	$54.22K	10M	0.95%	3.07%
136	New Zealand	25.96%	$49.43K	5.29M	-0.87%	2.92%
137	Uganda	25.90%	$1.08K	50.02M	6.06%	3.32%
138	Kazakhstan	25.57%	$14.16K	20.59M	5.00%	8.69%
139	Bolivia	25.54%	$4.42K	12.41M	-1.12%	5.10%
140	Côte d’Ivoire	25.24%	$2.73K	31.93M	6.02%	3.45%
141	Bermuda	25.06%	$142.25K	64.64K	1.89%	Not reported
142	India	23.85%	$2.59K	1.45B	7.10%	4.95%
143	Zimbabwe	23.45%	$2.5K	16.63M	1.68%	Not reported
144	Sierra Leone	23.28%	$807	8.64M	4.29%	28.63%
145	Egypt	23.22%	$3.34K	116.54M	2.40%	28.27%
145	Uruguay	23.22%	$24.31K	3.39M	3.33%	4.85%
147	Kenya	23.15%	$2.13K	56.43M	4.66%	4.49%
148	Japan	22.87%	$33.8K	123.98M	-0.24%	2.74%
149	Peru	22.80%	$8.53K	34.22M	3.52%	2.01%
150	Australia	22.52%	$64.61K	27.19M	1.37%	3.17%
151	Sri Lanka	22.36%	$4.55K	21.92M	4.99%	-0.43%
152	Benin	21.80%	$1.49K	14.46M	7.45%	1.16%
153	Tanzania	21.58%	$1.19K	68.56M	5.53%	3.06%
154	Indonesia	20.50%	$4.93K	283.49M	5.03%	2.18%
155	Algeria	20.28%	$5.75K	46.81M	3.70%	4.05%
156	Colombia	20.24%	$7.95K	52.89M	1.49%	6.61%
157	Angola	18.97%	$2.72K	37.89M	4.95%	28.24%
158	Cameroon	18.73%	$1.83K	29.12M	3.52%	4.53%
159	Brazil	17.65%	$10.31K	212M	3.42%	4.37%
160	Russian Federation	17.56%	$14.96K	143.67M	4.92%	8.43%
161	China	17.51%	$13.29K	1.41B	4.96%	0.22%
162	Pakistan	17.18%	$1.48K	251.27M	3.08%	12.63%
163	Chad	16.87%	$981	20.3M	4.95%	8.90%
164	Haiti	16.46%	$2.06K	11.77M	-4.18%	26.95%
165	Bangladesh	16.32%	$2.59K	173.56M	4.22%	10.47%
166	Niger	15.39%	$730	27.03M	8.32%	9.07%
167	United States	14.04%	$86.17K	340M	2.79%	2.95%
168	Argentina	12.68%	$13.97K	45.7M	-1.34%	219.88%
169	Ethiopia	11.86%	$1.13K	132.06M	7.61%	21.04%
170	Turkmenistan	11.16%	$5.9K	7.49M	6.28%	Not reported
171	Venezuela	9.50%	$4.24K	28.41M	5.52%	Not reported
172	Sudan	1.27%	$985	50.45M	-13.96%	Not reported
—	Andorra	Not reported	$49.36K	81.94K	3.85%	Not reported
—	United Arab Emirates	Not reported	$50.27K	10.99M	3.99%	1.66%
—	American Samoa	Not reported	Not reported	46.77K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Antigua and Barbuda	Not reported	$23.06K	93.77K	2.54%	6.20%
—	Burundi	Not reported	$216	14.05M	4.11%	20.21%
—	Barbados	Not reported	$26.9K	282.47K	3.37%	1.45%
—	Channel Islands	Not reported	Not reported	168.13K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Curacao	Not reported	$22.83K	155.97K	5.03%	Not reported
—	Cayman Islands	Not reported	$104.29K	74.46K	3.76%	Not reported
—	Dominica	Not reported	$10.41K	66.21K	2.05%	2.74%
—	Eritrea	Not reported	Not reported	3.54M	Not reported	Not reported
—	Gibraltar	Not reported	Not reported	39.33K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Grenada	Not reported	$11.53K	117.21K	2.40%	1.09%
—	Greenland	Not reported	Not reported	56.84K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Guam	Not reported	Not reported	167.78K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Guyana	Not reported	$29.68K	831.09K	43.82%	2.90%
—	Isle of Man	Not reported	Not reported	84.16K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Jamaica	Not reported	$7.75K	2.84M	-0.54%	5.41%
—	Jordan	Not reported	$5.07K	11.55M	2.56%	1.56%
—	St. Kitts and Nevis	Not reported	$23.96K	46.84K	0.31%	Not reported
—	Lao PDR	Not reported	$2.12K	7.77M	4.13%	23.13%
—	Liberia	Not reported	$851	5.61M	4.02%	8.21%
—	St. Lucia	Not reported	$14.49K	179.74K	4.77%	-0.67%
—	Liechtenstein	Not reported	$220.17K	40.45K	Not reported	Not reported
—	St. Martin (French part)	Not reported	Not reported	26.13K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Monaco	Not reported	$288K	38.63K	8.51%	Not reported
—	Myanmar	Not reported	$1.36K	54.5M	-0.97%	Not reported
—	Northern Mariana Islands	Not reported	Not reported	44.28K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Nigeria	Not reported	$1.08K	232.68M	4.07%	33.24%
—	Papua New Guinea	Not reported	$2.91K	10.58M	3.89%	0.60%
—	North Korea	Not reported	Not reported	26.5M	Not reported	Not reported
—	Qatar	Not reported	$75.69K	2.86M	3.11%	1.27%
—	San Marino	Not reported	Not reported	33.98K	Not reported	1.24%
—	South Sudan	Not reported	Not reported	11.94M	Not reported	91.44%
—	Suriname	Not reported	$6.96K	634.43K	1.72%	16.23%
—	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	Not reported	$41.47K	43.35K	3.00%	Not reported
—	Syrian Arab Republic	Not reported	Not reported	24.67M	Not reported	Not reported
—	Turks and Caicos Islands	Not reported	$37.51K	46.54K	5.64%	Not reported
—	Togo	Not reported	$1.27K	8.41M	6.53%	2.86%
—	Trinidad and Tobago	Not reported	$18.73K	1.37M	2.51%	0.53%
—	Tuvalu	Not reported	$5.88K	9.65K	3.39%	Not reported
—	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Not reported	$11.5K	100.62K	4.06%	3.63%
—	British Virgin Islands	Not reported	Not reported	39.47K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	Not reported	Not reported	104.38K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Yemen	Not reported	Not reported	40.58M	Not reported	Not reported
—	Taiwan	Not reported	$34.25K	23.4M	5.30%	2.20%

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Imports / GDP rankings: 2024 reference snapshot

172 of 218 economies report this indicator in 2024; 46 have no observation. Use the year controls above to explore historical rankings on this page.

Hong Kong: 177.77%. Rank 1 among reporting economies in 2024.
Luxembourg: 159.73%. Rank 2 among reporting economies in 2024.
Singapore: 138.64%. Rank 3 among reporting economies in 2024.
Djibouti: 114.82%. Rank 4 among reporting economies in 2024.
Nauru: 107.03%. Rank 5 among reporting economies in 2024.

Ranks can change because of the figures themselves or because different economies report from year to year. Compare years using each year's own coverage.

Understanding imports / gdp

Imports of goods and services are expressed as a percentage of gross domestic product.

How to interpret the figures: The ratio can exceed 100%. It describes imports relative to output and should not be interpreted as the share of GDP produced by imports.

In 2024, this snapshot includes 172 reporting economies for imports / gdp. Hong Kong has the highest reported value at 177.77% (% of GDP). This ranking uses the same year for every economy and excludes missing observations.

Source indicator: NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS · World Bank. Taiwan values, where present, use the separately attributed patch described below.

Imports / GDP questions

What unit does this map use?

The series is measured in % of GDP. The ratio can exceed 100%. It describes imports relative to output and should not be interpreted as the share of GDP produced by imports.

Why are some countries grey or absent from the ranking?

A grey country has no reported observation for the selected year. It does not have a value of zero. Only reporting economies receive a rank; use the timeline to inspect another year.

Can I compare countries over time?

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Economic indicators in 2024

Each indicator shows the same observation year, its reporting coverage and the three highest reported values. Sums cover reporting economies only; rates and per-capita values are not added together.

output

GDP

2024 · current US$

201 / 218 economies reporting

Sum of 201 reporting economies $111.42T

Highest reported values

1United States$29.3T
2China$18.73T
3Germany$4.69T

Real GDP

2024 · constant 2015 US$

199 / 218 economies reporting

Sum of 199 reporting economies $95.97T

Highest reported values

1United States$22.73T
2China$18.48T
3Japan$4.71T

GDP (PPP)

2024 · current international $

196 / 218 economies reporting

Sum of 196 reporting economies int$198.58T

Highest reported values

1Chinaint$38.24T
2United Statesint$29.3T
3Indiaint$15.55T

GDP growth

2024 · annual %

201 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

1Guyana43.82%
2Palau12.01%
3Kyrgyz Republic11.54%

GDP per capita

2024 · current US$

201 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

1Monaco$288K
2Liechtenstein$220.17K
3Bermuda$142.25K

Real GDP per capita

2024 · constant 2015 US$

199 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

1Monaco$247.17K
2Bermuda$116.51K
3Luxembourg$104.15K

GDP per capita (PPP)

2024 · current international $

196 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

1Luxembourgint$156.08K
2Singaporeint$153.16K
3Irelandint$140.78K

GNI (Atlas method)

2024 · current US$

198 / 218 economies reporting

Sum of 198 reporting economies $108.27T

Highest reported values

1United States$28.19T
2China$19.25T
3Japan$4.61T

GNI per capita (PPP)

2024 · current international $

195 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

1Singaporeint$126.63K
2Macaoint$125.63K
3Bermudaint$122.53K

people

Population

2024 · people

218 / 218 economies reporting

Sum of 218 reporting economies 8.14B

Highest reported values

prices

Inflation

2024 · annual %

175 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

1Argentina219.88%
2South Sudan91.44%
3Turkiye58.51%

labour

Unemployment

2024 · % of labour force (ILO est.)

183 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

sectors

Agriculture share of GDP

2024 · % of GDP

187 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

1Niger47.97%
2Guinea-Bissau41.16%
3Chad37.16%

Industry share of GDP

2024 · % of GDP

189 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

Services share of GDP

2024 · % of GDP

189 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

1Macao92.03%
2Hong Kong91.45%
3Bermuda91.31%

Gross capital formation

2024 · % of GDP

169 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

1Iran44.35%
2Mauritania43.08%
3Bhutan42.60%

flows

FDI net inflows

2024 · current US$

195 / 218 economies reporting

Sum of 195 reporting economies $1.56T

Highest reported values

1United States$297.06B
2Singapore$135.08B
3Hong Kong$125.82B

FDI net outflows

2024 · current US$

171 / 218 economies reporting

Sum of 171 reporting economies $1.69T

Highest reported values

1United States$322.17B
2Japan$207.46B
3China$192.2B

Total reserves

2024 · current US$

164 / 218 economies reporting

Sum of 164 reporting economies $14.86T

Highest reported values

1China$3.46T
2Japan$1.23T
3United States$910.04B

Current account balance

2024 · current US$

165 / 218 economies reporting

Sum of 165 reporting economies $425.62B

Highest reported values

1China$462.28B
2Germany$276.16B
3Japan$193.66B

Current account / GDP

2024 · % of GDP

166 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

1Macao33.73%
2Kuwait29.03%
3Marshall Islands21.87%

trade

Exports / GDP

2024 · % of GDP

172 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

1Luxembourg191.53%
2Hong Kong181.62%
3Singapore174.66%

Imports / GDP

2024 · % of GDP

172 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

1Hong Kong177.77%
2Luxembourg159.73%
3Singapore138.64%

public finance

Central government debt

2024 · % of GDP

33 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

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Sources & methodology

This explorer uses a frozen snapshot retrieved on 6 October 2026, covering 1985–2025. The observation year is shown beside each value. World Bank WDI metadata records an API revision of 13 July 2026; retrieval date and observation year describe different things.

World Bank World Development Indicators supplies the main country series. Taiwan is included through a separate patch, labelled National Statistics, Taiwan (DGBAS) in the delivered files. The accompanying reference describes an IMF WEO patch; that provenance discrepancy remains unresolved. The Census population cross-check mentioned in the metadata is not a bundled data series.

Countries and territories are joined by ISO3 code to Natural Earth 110m boundaries. The map contains 177 polygons, plus 47 markers for economies without a polygon at this scale. It is a statistical overview; the geometry is not intended for detailed boundary work.

Rankings compare only economies reporting the selected indicator in the selected year. A missing value stays missing, zero and negative values remain valid, and ties receive the same rank. The map uses a logarithmic colour scale for large positive monetary totals and headcounts, and a linear scale for rates and signed values. The legend states the scale in use. Different money units are kept separate.

2024 is the default comparison year. Reporting coverage varies by indicator and year, especially in 2025; estimates may be included. Central government debt has particularly limited coverage and ends in 2024. Aggregate figures are sums over reporting economies with their reporting count, rather than complete world totals. Percentages and per-capita values are never summed.

For a source that updates directly from the API, use the live World Bank GDP per capita map. This explorer uses a fixed historical snapshot so its charts, rankings, downloads and page summaries agree.

Download the source files

The original source files below are served from the GeoDataViewer static CDN and match the frozen snapshot used by this explorer.

All indicator series (JSON) · Country metadata · Reporting-country sums · Source metadata · Country polygons · Country points

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Use each original provider's reuse terms and retain attribution. The Taiwan patch and World Bank series have separate source labels; no single licence is asserted for the combined snapshot. Dataset version 1.0.