Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Canada

Imports (% of GDP) in Canada in 2025 — 32.18%. Ranked 91 in the world out of 138. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 13.95 pp.

2025 32.18% −0.47 pp vs 2024
World rank 91of 138
Period maximum 38.56%2000
Period minimum 17.4%1963

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Canada, 1961–20251020304019611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 18.23%1963: 17.4%1965: 18.6%1967: 19.18%1969: 21.04%1971: 19.69%1973: 21.6%1975: 23.9%1977: 23.06%1979: 25.91%1981: 25.72%1983: 21.78%1985: 25.3%1987: 24.86%1989: 25.02%1991: 24.87%1993: 29.11%1995: 32.96%1997: 36.2%1999: 38.25%2001: 36.3%2003: 32.97%2005: 32.9%2007: 32.05%2009: 29.96%2011: 31.82%2013: 31.9%2015: 34.31%2017: 33.65%2019: 33.82%2021: 31.07%2023: 33.23%2025: 32.18%
Change over the period: +13.95 pp Annual average: 0.22 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Canada 32.18%
World 28.5%
Imports (% of GDP) — Canada, by year Canada All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 32.18 −0.47 pp
2024 32.65 −0.58 pp
2023 33.23 +0 pp
2022 33.23 +2.16 pp
2021 31.07 −0.61 pp
2020 31.68 −2.14 pp
2019 33.82 −0.46 pp
2018 34.27 +0.63 pp
2017 33.65 −0.21 pp
2016 33.86 −0.45 pp
2015 34.31 +1.67 pp
2014 32.64 +0.74 pp
2013 31.9 −0.34 pp
2012 32.24 +0.42 pp
2011 31.82 +0.78 pp
2010 31.04 +1.08 pp
2009 29.96 −2.67 pp
2008 32.63 +0.57 pp
2007 32.05 −0.6 pp
2006 32.65 −0.25 pp
2005 32.9 +0.04 pp
2004 32.86 −0.11 pp
2003 32.97 −2.67 pp
2002 35.65 −0.66 pp
2001 36.3 −2.25 pp
2000 38.56 +0.3 pp
1999 38.25 +0.2 pp
1998 38.05 +1.85 pp
1997 36.2 +3.04 pp
1996 33.16 +0.2 pp
1995 32.96 +1.35 pp
1994 31.61 +2.5 pp
1993 29.11 +2.57 pp
1992 26.54 +1.67 pp
1991 24.87 −0.05 pp
1990 24.92 −0.1 pp
1989 25.02 −0.29 pp
1988 25.31 +0.45 pp
1987 24.86 −1.21 pp
1986 26.08 +0.78 pp
1985 25.3 +0.75 pp
1984 24.54 +2.76 pp
1983 21.78 +0.36 pp
1982 21.42 −4.29 pp
1981 25.72 −0.09 pp
1980 25.81 −0.1 pp
1979 25.91 +1.6 pp
1978 24.31 +1.26 pp
1977 23.06 +0.47 pp
1976 22.58 −1.31 pp
1975 23.9 −0.19 pp
1974 24.09 +2.49 pp
1973 21.6 +0.96 pp
1972 20.64 +0.94 pp
1971 19.69 +0.04 pp
1970 19.65 −1.39 pp
1969 21.04 +1.14 pp
1968 19.9 +0.72 pp
1967 19.18 −0.06 pp
1966 19.24 +0.64 pp
1965 18.6 +0.59 pp
1964 18.02 +0.62 pp
1963 17.4 −0.54 pp
1962 17.94 −0.29 pp
1961 18.23

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.