Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — G20

Imports (% of GDP) in the G20 in 2025 — 24.92%. Since 1967, the indicator has risen by 14.24 pp.

2025 24.92% +3.62 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 24.92%2025
Period minimum 9.52%1970

Trend over time

1967–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — G20, 1967–2025510152025196719731979198519911997200320092015202120251967: 10.67%1968: 11.14%1969: 11.42%1970: 9.52%1971: 9.64%1972: 9.97%1973: 11.12%1974: 14%1975: 13%1976: 13.61%1977: 13.76%1978: 13.58%1979: 15.09%1980: 16.32%1981: 15.82%1982: 15.06%1983: 14.45%1984: 14.88%1985: 14.36%1986: 13.4%1987: 13.74%1988: 14.04%1989: 14.74%1990: 15%1991: 14.42%1992: 15.16%1993: 14.08%1994: 14.39%1995: 15.25%1996: 15.76%1997: 16.38%1998: 16.45%1999: 16.69%2000: 18.23%2001: 17.81%2002: 17.86%2003: 18.51%2004: 19.94%2005: 20.99%2006: 22.35%2007: 22.78%2008: 23.81%2009: 19.89%2010: 21.92%2011: 23.51%2012: 23.19%2013: 23.03%2014: 22.9%2015: 21.25%2016: 20.27%2017: 21%2018: 21.78%2019: 20.96%2020: 19.13%2021: 20.93%2022: 22.82%2023: 21.52%2024: 21.3%2025: 24.92%
Change over the period: +14.24 pp Annual average: 0.25 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20

G20 24.92%
World 28.5%
Imports (% of GDP) — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 24.92 +3.62 pp
2024 21.3 −0.22 pp
2023 21.52 −1.3 pp
2022 22.82 +1.89 pp
2021 20.93 +1.8 pp
2020 19.13 −1.84 pp
2019 20.96 −0.82 pp
2018 21.78 +0.78 pp
2017 21 +0.73 pp
2016 20.27 −0.97 pp
2015 21.25 −1.65 pp
2014 22.9 −0.13 pp
2013 23.03 −0.16 pp
2012 23.19 −0.31 pp
2011 23.51 +1.59 pp
2010 21.92 +2.03 pp
2009 19.89 −3.92 pp
2008 23.81 +1.03 pp
2007 22.78 +0.43 pp
2006 22.35 +1.36 pp
2005 20.99 +1.05 pp
2004 19.94 +1.42 pp
2003 18.51 +0.65 pp
2002 17.86 +0.05 pp
2001 17.81 −0.42 pp
2000 18.23 +1.54 pp
1999 16.69 +0.24 pp
1998 16.45 +0.07 pp
1997 16.38 +0.62 pp
1996 15.76 +0.51 pp
1995 15.25 +0.86 pp
1994 14.39 +0.31 pp
1993 14.08 −1.09 pp
1992 15.16 +0.74 pp
1991 14.42 −0.58 pp
1990 15 +0.27 pp
1989 14.74 +0.7 pp
1988 14.04 +0.3 pp
1987 13.74 +0.35 pp
1986 13.4 −0.96 pp
1985 14.36 −0.52 pp
1984 14.88 +0.43 pp
1983 14.45 −0.61 pp
1982 15.06 −0.76 pp
1981 15.82 −0.49 pp
1980 16.32 +1.23 pp
1979 15.09 +1.51 pp
1978 13.58 −0.18 pp
1977 13.76 +0.14 pp
1976 13.61 +0.62 pp
1975 13 −1.01 pp
1974 14 +2.89 pp
1973 11.12 +1.15 pp
1972 9.97 +0.33 pp
1971 9.64 +0.12 pp
1970 9.52 −1.9 pp
1969 11.42 +0.28 pp
1968 11.14 +0.46 pp
1967 10.67

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.