2-24  Exports and Imports of Goods and Services as percentage of GDP
Source:World Bank WDI Database.         (%)
Country or Area Exports Imports
2000 2007 2008 2000 2007 2008
             
 World 24.5 28.3   24.6 28.5  
 High Income 23.9 27.2   24.4 28.1  
 Middle Income 27.2 33.2 30.3 25.6 30.7 29.4
 Low Income 25.4 34.4   31.9 45.4  
    China 23.3 42.5 35.0 20.9 32.8 28.4
    Hong Kong, China 143.3 208.0 212.5 138.8 197.2 201.6
    Macao, China 100.4 88.3 90.4 64.6 54.6 49.5
    Bangladesh 14.0 19.8 19.4 19.2 26.7 27.6
    Brunei Darussalam 67.4 67.7   35.8 27.8  
    Cambodia 49.9 65.3   61.8 73.0  
    India 13.2 21.2 24.0 14.2 24.7 30.3
    Indonesia 41.0 29.5 29.8 30.5 25.4 28.6
    Iran 22.7 32.2 32.7 17.4 21.5 22.6
    Israel 37.4 43.2 40.3 37.7 44.9 42.3
    Japan 11.0 16.1   9.5 14.8  
    Kazakhstan 56.6 49.4 60.7 49.1 42.6 40.7
    Korea, Rep. 38.6 41.9 52.9 35.7 40.4 54.1
    Laos 30.0 35.7   44.1 51.0  
    Malaysia 119.8 110.2   100.6 89.9  
    Mongolia 56.4 64.3   70.9 65.7  
    Pakistan 13.4 14.1 12.1 14.7 21.2 22.1
    Philippines 55.4 42.5 36.9 53.5 42.3 38.7
    Singapore   230.2 234.3   198.5 215.3
    Sri Lanka 39.0 29.1 24.9 49.6 39.5 38.3
    Thailand 66.8 76.0   58.1 68.1  
    Viet Nam 55.0 76.8   57.5 90.2  
    Egypt 16.2 30.3 37.7 22.8 34.8 44.2
    Nigeria 54.0 40.2 43.5 32.0 29.7 30.4
    South Africa 27.9 31.6 36.3 24.9 34.7 40.4
    Canada 45.6 36.3   39.8  33.7  
    Mexico 30.9 28.3 28.3 32.9 29.9 30.5
    United States 11.2 11.2   15.1 17.0  
    Argentina 10.9 24.6   11.5 20.3  
    Brazil 10.0 13.7 14.3 11.7 12.1 14.2
    Venezuela 29.7 31.0 34.8 18.1 24.7 21.1
    Czech Rep. 63.4 80.2 76.8 66.4 75.1 71.8
    France 28.6 26.5   27.7 28.5  
    Germany 33.4 46.7   33.0 39.7  
    Italy 27.1 29.2   26.1 29.5  
    Netherlands 70.1 75.3   64.5 67.3  
    Poland 27.1 40.6 37.1 33.5 43.3 40.4
    Russian Fed. 44.1 30.5 33.4 24.0 21.8 22.5
    Spain 29.0 26.2   32.2 32.7  
    Turkey 20.1 22.1 23.6 23.1 27.2 28.7
    Ukraine 62.4 44.8 41.8 57.4 50.4 47.8
    United Kingdom 27.9 25.9   29.9 29.5  
    Australia 19.9 20.6 20.7 21.9 21.9 22.6
    New Zealand 35.5 29.1   33.8 30.6  
             
             
Note:Data refer to 2006.