APP.2-23 Export and Import of Goods and Services as
 Percentage of GDP
Source:World Bank Database.         (%)
Country or Area Exports Imports
2000 2003 2004 2000 2003 2004
World 24.6 23.9   24.8 23.9  
High Income 23.7 22.4   24.2 22.8
Middle Income 30.2 32.1 34.7 28.7 29.7 32.3
Low Income 19.3 20.6 23.7 21.0 23.1 26.2
China① 23.3 29.6 34.0 20.9 27.4 31.4
Hong Kong,China 143.6 171.1 190.2 139.1 161.9 181.3
Bangladesh 14.5 14.2 15.5 19.9 20.0 20.8
India 13.2 14.8 19.0 14.1 16.1 21.0
Indonesia 41.0 30.8 31.3 30.5 23.1 27.3
Iran 22.8 24.9 31.8 17.5 22.5 30.0
Israel 39.8 38.7 44.0 45.2 44.4 49.3
Japan 10.8 11.8   9.4 10.2
Kazakhstan 56.6 48.4 52.2 49.1 43.0 43.5
Korea, Rep. 40.8 37.9 44.1 37.7 35.6 39.7
Malaysia 124.4 113.4 121.2 104.5 92.5 99.9
Mongolia 56.6 65.5 75.1 71.4 85.1 87.2
Pakistan 13.6 16.9 16.0 14.8 16.3 14.9
Philippines 55.4 49.5 50.6 53.5 51.5 50.0
Sri Lanka 39.0 35.9 36.4 49.6 42.1 45.5
Thailand 66.8 65.6 70.5 58.1 58.8 65.8
Turkey 24.0 27.4 28.9 31.5 30.7 34.7
Vietnam 55.0 59.2 66.4 57.5 67.0 73.6
Egypt 15.8 21.6 28.6 22.3 24.2 28.9
Nigeria 53.3 49.7 54.6 37.5 41.2 37.4
South Africa 27.9 27.9 26.6 24.9 23.2 22.4
Canada 46.1 38.3   40.3 34.4
Mexico 30.9 27.8 29.6 32.9 29.4 31.6
United States 11.2 9.6   15.1 14.1
Argentina 10.9 25.0 25.3 11.5 14.2 18.1
Brazil 10.7 16.4 18.0 12.2 12.8 13.4
Venezuela 29.7 33.8 36.2 18.1 17.0 20.1
Belarus 64.7 65.1 67.9 68.2 69.0 74.2
Bulgaria 55.7 53.6 58.0 61.1 63.0 68.2
Czech Republic 64.5 62.2 71.2 67.5 64.4 71.7
France 28.6 25.7 26.0 27.7 24.6 25.7
Germany 33.4 35.5 38.0 33.0 31.5 33.1
Italy 28.3 25.8 26.6 27.3 25.2 25.8
Netherlands 67.5 61.5 65.4 62.2 56.5 60.0
Poland 27.1 33.4 37.6 33.5 35.9 39.6
Romania 32.9 36.3 35.9 38.5 42.2 45.0
Russian Federation 44.1 35.2 34.4 24.0 23.8 22.0
Spain 29.0 26.3 25.7 32.2 28.6 29.3
Ukraine 62.4 57.8 61.2 57.9 55.2 53.7
United Kingdom 28.1 25.4 24.7 30.1 28.3 28.0
Australia 23.0 17.6   22.9 20.6
New Zealand 36.0 29.1   34.3 28.9
Note:①Data from World Bank.