Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Euro area

Imports (% of GDP) in the Euro area in 2025 — 44.69%. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 25.07 pp.

2025 44.69% −0.15 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 52.08%2022
Period minimum 19.37%1971

Trend over time

1970–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Euro area, 1970–202510203040506019701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 19.62%1971: 19.37%1972: 19.44%1973: 20.66%1974: 24.72%1975: 22.42%1976: 24.31%1977: 24.17%1978: 23.14%1979: 24.86%1980: 26.97%1981: 27.91%1982: 27.48%1983: 26.74%1984: 27.89%1985: 28.09%1986: 24.24%1987: 24.19%1988: 24.72%1989: 26.17%1990: 25.6%1991: 25.5%1992: 24.94%1993: 23.59%1994: 24.83%1995: 26.16%1996: 26.3%1997: 28.21%1998: 29.07%1999: 29.92%2000: 34.12%2001: 33.41%2002: 31.83%2003: 31.36%2004: 32.67%2005: 34.52%2006: 36.78%2007: 37.67%2008: 38.32%2009: 32.87%2010: 36.88%2011: 39.54%2012: 39.93%2013: 39.62%2014: 39.84%2015: 40.71%2016: 40.29%2017: 42.04%2018: 43.24%2019: 44.01%2020: 41.16%2021: 44.62%2022: 52.08%2023: 46.8%2024: 44.84%2025: 44.69%
Change over the period: +25.07 pp Annual average: 0.46 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Euro area 44.69%
World 28.5%
Imports (% of GDP) — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 44.69 −0.15 pp
2024 44.84 −1.96 pp
2023 46.8 −5.27 pp
2022 52.08 +7.46 pp
2021 44.62 +3.46 pp
2020 41.16 −2.85 pp
2019 44.01 +0.77 pp
2018 43.24 +1.2 pp
2017 42.04 +1.76 pp
2016 40.29 −0.43 pp
2015 40.71 +0.87 pp
2014 39.84 +0.23 pp
2013 39.62 −0.31 pp
2012 39.93 +0.39 pp
2011 39.54 +2.65 pp
2010 36.88 +4.01 pp
2009 32.87 −5.45 pp
2008 38.32 +0.64 pp
2007 37.67 +0.89 pp
2006 36.78 +2.26 pp
2005 34.52 +1.85 pp
2004 32.67 +1.31 pp
2003 31.36 −0.47 pp
2002 31.83 −1.58 pp
2001 33.41 −0.71 pp
2000 34.12 +4.2 pp
1999 29.92 +0.85 pp
1998 29.07 +0.86 pp
1997 28.21 +1.9 pp
1996 26.3 +0.14 pp
1995 26.16 +1.34 pp
1994 24.83 +1.24 pp
1993 23.59 −1.35 pp
1992 24.94 −0.56 pp
1991 25.5 −0.1 pp
1990 25.6 −0.57 pp
1989 26.17 +1.45 pp
1988 24.72 +0.53 pp
1987 24.19 −0.05 pp
1986 24.24 −3.86 pp
1985 28.09 +0.2 pp
1984 27.89 +1.15 pp
1983 26.74 −0.74 pp
1982 27.48 −0.43 pp
1981 27.91 +0.94 pp
1980 26.97 +2.11 pp
1979 24.86 +1.72 pp
1978 23.14 −1.02 pp
1977 24.17 −0.14 pp
1976 24.31 +1.89 pp
1975 22.42 −2.3 pp
1974 24.72 +4.05 pp
1973 20.66 +1.23 pp
1972 19.44 +0.07 pp
1971 19.37 −0.24 pp
1970 19.62

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.