The U.S. imported US$3.51T; top five held 35.5% of world goods imports.
World goods importers are ranked by merchandise import value in 2025. The rows show the five largest WTO-reporting economies in current US$ billions, with each economy’s share of world merchandise imports. The United States ranked first at US$3.51 trillion and 13.2%, followed by China at US$2.58 trillion. The top two accounted for 22.9% of world imports, while the top five accounted for 35.5%.
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | US$3.51T | 2025 |
| 2 | China | US$2.58T | 2025 |
| 3 | Germany | US$1.54T | 2025 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | US$948.6B | 2025 |
| 5 | Netherlands | US$870.4B | 2025 |
Source 1: World Trade Organization
Publisher: World Trade Organization
Dataset/table: Appendix Table 1: Leading exporters and importers in world merchandise trade, 2025
Units: US$ billions and percentage shares
Date checked: 2026-05-19
Evidence: Provides 2025 merchandise export and import values, ranks and shares for leading economies.
WTO ranks reporting economies. Imports are merchandise trade only and exclude services; the WTO table may include Secretariat estimates for some economies.
Used WTO Appendix Table 1 for 2025 merchandise imports. Rows are ranked by current US$ value; shares use the WTO world import total of US$26,607.6B. Values are merchandise trade only.
All values, shares and ranks come from the same WTO-UNCTAD 2025 Appendix Table 1 vintage.
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