Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Dominican Republic

Imports (% of GDP) in the Dominican Republic in 2025 — 27.85%. Ranked 107 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 9.04 pp.

2025 27.85% −1.16 pp vs 2024
World rank 107of 138
Period maximum 43.8%2000
Period minimum 16.34%1961

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Dominican Republic, 1960–2025102030405019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 18.81%1962: 24.18%1964: 28.03%1966: 25.34%1968: 26.64%1970: 27.93%1972: 24.64%1974: 34.97%1976: 29.18%1978: 29.47%1980: 34.07%1982: 24.64%1984: 30.01%1986: 26.49%1988: 36.87%1990: 38.59%1992: 43.66%1994: 40.95%1996: 37.76%1998: 41.6%2000: 43.8%2002: 38%2004: 40.2%2006: 35.54%2008: 37.48%2010: 33.28%2012: 33.74%2014: 30.25%2016: 27.54%2018: 28.34%2020: 25.94%2022: 32.35%2024: 29.02%2025: 27.85%
Change over the period: +9.04 pp Annual average: 0.14 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Dominican Republic 27.85%
World 28.5%
Imports (% of GDP) — Dominican Republic, by year Dominican Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 27.85 −1.16 pp
2024 29.02 +0.5 pp
2023 28.52 −3.83 pp
2022 32.35 +1.93 pp
2021 30.42 +4.49 pp
2020 25.94 −1.65 pp
2019 27.59 −0.75 pp
2018 28.34 +1.76 pp
2017 26.58 −0.96 pp
2016 27.54 −0.77 pp
2015 28.31 −1.94 pp
2014 30.25 −1.18 pp
2013 31.43 −2.31 pp
2012 33.74 −1 pp
2011 34.74 +1.46 pp
2010 33.28 +3.72 pp
2009 29.56 −7.92 pp
2008 37.48 +3.01 pp
2007 34.47 −1.07 pp
2006 35.54 +2.22 pp
2005 33.32 −6.88 pp
2004 40.2 −2.09 pp
2003 42.3 +4.3 pp
2002 38 −0.62 pp
2001 38.62 −5.18 pp
2000 43.8 +2.48 pp
1999 41.32 −0.28 pp
1998 41.6 +2.59 pp
1997 39.01 +1.26 pp
1996 37.76 −0.92 pp
1995 38.67 −2.28 pp
1994 40.95 −0.66 pp
1993 41.61 −2.05 pp
1992 43.66 +0.65 pp
1991 43.01 +4.43 pp
1990 38.59 −0.21 pp
1989 38.8 +1.93 pp
1988 36.87 +4.34 pp
1987 32.53 +6.04 pp
1986 26.49 −4.35 pp
1985 30.83 +0.82 pp
1984 30.01 +5.65 pp
1983 24.36 −0.27 pp
1982 24.64 −4.37 pp
1981 29 −5.07 pp
1980 34.07 +2.3 pp
1979 31.77 +2.3 pp
1978 29.47 +1.19 pp
1977 28.28 −0.9 pp
1976 29.18 −3.06 pp
1975 32.24 −2.74 pp
1974 34.97 +8 pp
1973 26.97 +2.33 pp
1972 24.64 −3.06 pp
1971 27.71 −0.22 pp
1970 27.93 +1.82 pp
1969 26.11 −0.53 pp
1968 26.64 +1.63 pp
1967 25.01 −0.33 pp
1966 25.34 +5.07 pp
1965 20.27 −7.76 pp
1964 28.03 +2.05 pp
1963 25.98 +1.79 pp
1962 24.18 +7.84 pp
1961 16.34 −2.47 pp
1960 18.81

Caribbean, 2025

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

PR Puerto Rico 43.57 DO Dominican Republic 27.85 HT Haiti 14.33

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.