Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Chad

Imports (% of GDP) in Chad in 2025 — 16.72%. Ranked 131 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 0.32 pp.

2025 16.72% −0.15 pp vs 2024
World rank 131of 138
Period maximum 113.66%2002
Period minimum 13.49%1982

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Chad, 1960–202505010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 17.04%1962: 19.63%1964: 21.33%1966: 17.96%1968: 18.69%1970: 22.05%1972: 19.38%1974: 26.8%1976: 26.38%1978: 27.97%1980: 28.87%1982: 13.49%1984: 24.05%1986: 35.38%1988: 30.1%1990: 27.91%1992: 24.81%1994: 34.88%1996: 29.07%1998: 29.57%2000: 34.68%2002: 113.66%2004: 50.76%2006: 32.31%2008: 29%2010: 29.29%2012: 20.99%2014: 17.67%2016: 21.35%2018: 20.89%2020: 19.36%2022: 16.25%2024: 16.87%2025: 16.72%
Change over the period: −0.32 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Chad 16.72%
World 28.5%
Middle Africa computed 25.33%
Low-income countries computed 27.75%
Imports (% of GDP) — Chad, by year Chad All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 16.72 −0.15 pp
2024 16.87 −0.89 pp
2023 17.76 +1.51 pp
2022 16.25 −1.41 pp
2021 17.66 −1.69 pp
2020 19.36 −2.35 pp
2019 21.71 +0.82 pp
2018 20.89 +0.79 pp
2017 20.1 −1.25 pp
2016 21.35 +0.75 pp
2015 20.6 +2.93 pp
2014 17.67 −3.71 pp
2013 21.38 +0.39 pp
2012 20.99 −3.89 pp
2011 24.88 −4.41 pp
2010 29.29 −2.69 pp
2009 31.98 +2.99 pp
2008 29 −2.64 pp
2007 31.64 −0.67 pp
2006 32.31 −0.68 pp
2005 32.99 −17.77 pp
2004 50.76 −7.99 pp
2003 58.75 −54.91 pp
2002 113.66 +64 pp
2001 49.66 +14.98 pp
2000 34.68 +2.49 pp
1999 32.19 +2.62 pp
1998 29.57 −1.2 pp
1997 30.77 +1.7 pp
1996 29.07 −4.7 pp
1995 33.77 −1.12 pp
1994 34.88 +5.56 pp
1993 29.32 +4.51 pp
1992 24.81 +0.42 pp
1991 24.4 −3.51 pp
1990 27.91 −3.5 pp
1989 31.41 +1.3 pp
1988 30.1 −6.33 pp
1987 36.43 +1.06 pp
1986 35.38 +4.05 pp
1985 31.33 +7.27 pp
1984 24.05 +0.51 pp
1983 23.54 +10.05 pp
1982 13.49 −9.17 pp
1981 22.66 −6.2 pp
1980 28.87 −5.77 pp
1979 34.64 +6.67 pp
1978 27.97 −0.41 pp
1977 28.37 +1.99 pp
1976 26.38 +0.53 pp
1975 25.85 −0.95 pp
1974 26.8 +3.3 pp
1973 23.5 +4.12 pp
1972 19.38 −1.67 pp
1971 21.06 −0.99 pp
1970 22.05 +4.35 pp
1969 17.7 −0.99 pp
1968 18.69 +0.52 pp
1967 18.16 +0.2 pp
1966 17.96 +0.15 pp
1965 17.81 −3.52 pp
1964 21.33 +2.12 pp
1963 19.21 −0.42 pp
1962 19.63 +1.07 pp
1961 18.56 +1.52 pp
1960 17.04

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.