Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Ecuador

Imports (% of GDP) in Ecuador in 2025 — 27.92%. Ranked 106 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 17.55 pp.

2025 27.92% +0.97 pp vs 2024
World rank 106of 138
Period maximum 34.31%2008
Period minimum 9.96%1963

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Ecuador, 1960–202501020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 10.36%1962: 10.79%1964: 10.14%1966: 11.11%1968: 13.92%1970: 13.01%1972: 15.55%1974: 18.75%1976: 17.98%1978: 18.56%1980: 17.88%1982: 17.76%1984: 15.68%1986: 17.48%1988: 23.66%1990: 21.83%1992: 20.67%1994: 23.5%1996: 21.94%1998: 25.5%2000: 27.85%2002: 29.08%2004: 26.97%2006: 30.14%2008: 34.31%2010: 33.29%2012: 32.17%2014: 30.07%2016: 20%2018: 24.47%2020: 20.71%2022: 30.96%2024: 26.95%2025: 27.92%
Change over the period: +17.55 pp Annual average: 0.27 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Ecuador 27.92%
World 28.5%
South America computed 19.2%
Imports (% of GDP) — Ecuador, by year Ecuador All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 27.92 +0.97 pp
2024 26.95 −1.57 pp
2023 28.51 −2.44 pp
2022 30.96 +4.76 pp
2021 26.2 +5.49 pp
2020 20.71 −3.33 pp
2019 24.03 −0.43 pp
2018 24.47 +2.33 pp
2017 22.13 +2.14 pp
2016 20 −5.08 pp
2015 25.07 −5 pp
2014 30.07 −0.99 pp
2013 31.06 −1.11 pp
2012 32.17 −1.75 pp
2011 33.92 +0.63 pp
2010 33.29 +5.25 pp
2009 28.04 −6.28 pp
2008 34.31 +2.95 pp
2007 31.37 +1.23 pp
2006 30.14 +0.81 pp
2005 29.33 +2.36 pp
2004 26.97 +1.46 pp
2003 25.52 −3.57 pp
2002 29.08 +0.56 pp
2001 28.52 +0.67 pp
2000 27.85 +5.03 pp
1999 22.82 −2.68 pp
1998 25.5 +2.02 pp
1997 23.48 +1.54 pp
1996 21.94 −2.68 pp
1995 24.62 +1.13 pp
1994 23.5 +0.36 pp
1993 23.14 +2.46 pp
1992 20.67 −0.85 pp
1991 21.52 −0.31 pp
1990 21.83 −3 pp
1989 24.83 +1.17 pp
1988 23.66 +1.29 pp
1987 22.36 +4.88 pp
1986 17.48 +1.45 pp
1985 16.04 +0.35 pp
1984 15.68 +0.37 pp
1983 15.32 −2.44 pp
1982 17.76 +2.46 pp
1981 15.3 −2.58 pp
1980 17.88 −0.29 pp
1979 18.17 −0.39 pp
1978 18.56 +0.42 pp
1977 18.14 +0.16 pp
1976 17.98 −1.36 pp
1975 19.33 +0.58 pp
1974 18.75 +2.09 pp
1973 16.66 +1.11 pp
1972 15.55 −1.14 pp
1971 16.69 +3.68 pp
1970 13.01 +0.91 pp
1969 12.1 −1.82 pp
1968 13.92 +1.89 pp
1967 12.03 +0.92 pp
1966 11.11 +0.82 pp
1965 10.29 +0.15 pp
1964 10.14 +0.19 pp
1963 9.96 −0.84 pp
1962 10.79 +0.64 pp
1961 10.15 −0.21 pp
1960 10.36

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.