Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Brazil

Imports (% of GDP) in Brazil in 2025 — 17.47%. Ranked 127 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 11.14 pp.

2025 17.47% −0.18 pp vs 2024
World rank 127of 138
Period maximum 19.19%2022
Period minimum 5.38%1962

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Brazil, 1960–20250510152019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.33%1962: 5.38%1964: 5.74%1966: 5.73%1968: 6.6%1970: 7.45%1972: 8.86%1974: 13.29%1976: 9.4%1978: 7.88%1980: 11.19%1982: 8.59%1984: 8.79%1986: 6.64%1988: 6.1%1990: 6.96%1992: 8.39%1994: 9.16%1996: 8.91%1998: 9.41%2000: 12.45%2002: 13.39%2004: 13.13%2006: 11.67%2008: 13.72%2010: 11.91%2012: 13.24%2014: 13.67%2016: 12.07%2018: 14.24%2020: 15.85%2022: 19.19%2024: 17.65%2025: 17.47%
Change over the period: +11.14 pp Annual average: 0.17 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Brazil

Brazil 17.47%
World 28.5%
South America computed 19.2%
Imports (% of GDP) — Brazil, by year Brazil All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 17.47 −0.18 pp
2024 17.65 +1.95 pp
2023 15.7 −3.49 pp
2022 19.19 +0.64 pp
2021 18.55 +2.7 pp
2020 15.85 +1.08 pp
2019 14.77 +0.53 pp
2018 14.24 +2.44 pp
2017 11.8 −0.27 pp
2016 12.07 −1.99 pp
2015 14.05 +0.38 pp
2014 13.67 −0.37 pp
2013 14.04 +0.81 pp
2012 13.24 +0.88 pp
2011 12.35 +0.45 pp
2010 11.91 +0.65 pp
2009 11.25 −2.47 pp
2008 13.72 +1.76 pp
2007 11.96 +0.3 pp
2006 11.67 −0.18 pp
2005 11.84 −1.29 pp
2004 13.13 +0.17 pp
2003 12.96 −0.43 pp
2002 13.39 −1.18 pp
2001 14.56 +2.11 pp
2000 12.45 +1.03 pp
1999 11.42 +2.01 pp
1998 9.41 −0.18 pp
1997 9.59 +0.69 pp
1996 8.91 −0.55 pp
1995 9.46 +0.29 pp
1994 9.16 +0.07 pp
1993 9.1 +0.71 pp
1992 8.39 +0.47 pp
1991 7.91 +0.96 pp
1990 6.96 +1.5 pp
1989 5.46 −0.64 pp
1988 6.1 −0.33 pp
1987 6.43 −0.21 pp
1986 6.64 −0.86 pp
1985 7.5 −1.29 pp
1984 8.79 −0.86 pp
1983 9.66 +1.07 pp
1982 8.59 −1.42 pp
1981 10.01 −1.18 pp
1980 11.19 +1.87 pp
1979 9.33 +1.44 pp
1978 7.88 −0.03 pp
1977 7.91 −1.49 pp
1976 9.4 −1.61 pp
1975 11.02 −2.28 pp
1974 13.29 +4.28 pp
1973 9.01 +0.15 pp
1972 8.86 +0.67 pp
1971 8.19 +0.74 pp
1970 7.45 +0.85 pp
1969 6.6 +0 pp
1968 6.6 +0.92 pp
1967 5.68 −0.06 pp
1966 5.73 +0.34 pp
1965 5.39 −0.36 pp
1964 5.74 −3.26 pp
1963 9.01 +3.63 pp
1962 5.38 −1.1 pp
1961 6.47 +0.14 pp
1960 6.33

South America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Imports of goods and services as a percent of GDP — a measure of how far an economy depends on supplies from abroad. High values are typical both of small open economies and of countries embedded in global supply chains, where imported components are processed and shipped back out.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.