Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Faroe Islands

Imports (% of GDP) in the Faroe Islands in 2024 — 51.2%. Ranked 71 in the world out of 172. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 1.02 pp.

2024 51.2% −4.95 pp vs 2023
World rank 71of 172
Period maximum 64.6%2012
Period minimum 28.9%1993

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Faroe Islands, 1962–202420304050607019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 52.21%1964: 45.6%1966: 43.88%1968: 43.24%1970: 35.86%1972: 39.27%1974: 53.1%1976: 48.29%1978: 44.94%1980: 45.05%1982: 45.58%1984: 61.64%1986: 51.52%1988: 49.4%1990: 35.05%1992: 36.47%1994: 32.18%1996: 48.92%1998: 44.96%2000: 59.21%2002: 49.56%2004: 49.71%2006: 55.6%2008: 57.52%2010: 50.46%2012: 64.6%2014: 52.73%2016: 50.02%2018: 54.06%2020: 48.8%2022: 61.49%2024: 51.2%
Change over the period: −1.02 pp Annual average: -0.02 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Faroe Islands 51.2%
World 28.11%
Northern Europe computed 44.04%
High-income countries computed 29.44%
Imports (% of GDP) — Faroe Islands, by year Faroe Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 51.2 −4.95 pp
2023 56.14 −5.35 pp
2022 61.49 +9.98 pp
2021 51.51 +2.71 pp
2020 48.8 −4.06 pp
2019 52.85 −1.2 pp
2018 54.06 +3.18 pp
2017 50.87 +0.86 pp
2016 50.02 −2.38 pp
2015 52.39 −0.33 pp
2014 52.73 −5.89 pp
2013 58.62 −5.98 pp
2012 64.6 +11.19 pp
2011 53.41 +2.95 pp
2010 50.46 −2.74 pp
2009 53.2 −4.32 pp
2008 57.52 +0.14 pp
2007 57.38 +1.78 pp
2006 55.6 −3.32 pp
2005 58.92 +9.2 pp
2004 49.71 −11.77 pp
2003 61.49 +11.93 pp
2002 49.56 −3.78 pp
2001 53.34 −5.87 pp
2000 59.21 +7.48 pp
1999 51.73 +6.77 pp
1998 44.96 −3.93 pp
1997 48.89 −0.03 pp
1996 48.92 +13.95 pp
1995 34.97 +2.79 pp
1994 32.18 +3.28 pp
1993 28.9 −7.57 pp
1992 36.47 +3.18 pp
1991 33.29 −1.76 pp
1990 35.05 −4.64 pp
1989 39.69 −9.71 pp
1988 49.4 −3.91 pp
1987 53.31 +1.79 pp
1986 51.52 −2.51 pp
1985 54.04 −7.6 pp
1984 61.64 +12.22 pp
1983 49.42 +3.84 pp
1982 45.58 −1.38 pp
1981 46.96 +1.91 pp
1980 45.05 −0.84 pp
1979 45.89 +0.94 pp
1978 44.94 +1.32 pp
1977 43.62 −4.67 pp
1976 48.29 −1.55 pp
1975 49.84 −3.26 pp
1974 53.1 +10.83 pp
1973 42.27 +3 pp
1972 39.27 −1.64 pp
1971 40.92 +5.06 pp
1970 35.86 −8.74 pp
1969 44.6 +1.36 pp
1968 43.24 +2.8 pp
1967 40.44 −3.45 pp
1966 43.88 −1.66 pp
1965 45.54 −0.06 pp
1964 45.6 +1.16 pp
1963 44.44 −7.77 pp
1962 52.21

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.