Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — G7

Imports (% of GDP) in the G7 in 2025 — 33.87%. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 24.01 pp.

2025 33.87% +12.62 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 33.87%2025
Period minimum 9.86%1970

Trend over time

1970–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — G7, 1970–202501020304019701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 9.86%1971: 9.93%1972: 10.32%1973: 11.57%1974: 14.64%1975: 13.3%1976: 14.07%1977: 14.13%1978: 13.63%1979: 15.26%1980: 16.48%1981: 15.74%1982: 14.92%1983: 14.18%1984: 14.87%1985: 14.36%1986: 13.31%1987: 13.66%1988: 13.86%1989: 14.42%1990: 14.89%1991: 14.22%1992: 14.02%1993: 13.2%1994: 13.76%1995: 14.58%1996: 15.2%1997: 15.89%1998: 16.09%1999: 16.27%2000: 17.62%2001: 17.19%2002: 17.06%2003: 17.5%2004: 18.7%2005: 19.89%2006: 21.36%2007: 21.88%2008: 22.88%2009: 18.77%2010: 20.94%2011: 22.71%2012: 22.37%2013: 22.46%2014: 22.6%2015: 21.28%2016: 20.36%2017: 21.19%2018: 21.91%2019: 21.18%2020: 19.06%2021: 20.95%2022: 23.54%2023: 21.63%2024: 21.24%2025: 33.87%
Change over the period: +24.01 pp Annual average: 0.44 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 33.87%
World 28.5%
Imports (% of GDP) — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 33.87 +12.62 pp
2024 21.24 −0.39 pp
2023 21.63 −1.91 pp
2022 23.54 +2.59 pp
2021 20.95 +1.89 pp
2020 19.06 −2.12 pp
2019 21.18 −0.73 pp
2018 21.91 +0.72 pp
2017 21.19 +0.84 pp
2016 20.36 −0.92 pp
2015 21.28 −1.32 pp
2014 22.6 +0.15 pp
2013 22.46 +0.09 pp
2012 22.37 −0.34 pp
2011 22.71 +1.77 pp
2010 20.94 +2.16 pp
2009 18.77 −4.1 pp
2008 22.88 +0.99 pp
2007 21.88 +0.52 pp
2006 21.36 +1.47 pp
2005 19.89 +1.19 pp
2004 18.7 +1.2 pp
2003 17.5 +0.44 pp
2002 17.06 −0.12 pp
2001 17.19 −0.44 pp
2000 17.62 +1.36 pp
1999 16.27 +0.18 pp
1998 16.09 +0.2 pp
1997 15.89 +0.69 pp
1996 15.2 +0.62 pp
1995 14.58 +0.82 pp
1994 13.76 +0.56 pp
1993 13.2 −0.82 pp
1992 14.02 −0.2 pp
1991 14.22 −0.67 pp
1990 14.89 +0.47 pp
1989 14.42 +0.57 pp
1988 13.86 +0.2 pp
1987 13.66 +0.35 pp
1986 13.31 −1.06 pp
1985 14.36 −0.5 pp
1984 14.87 +0.68 pp
1983 14.18 −0.74 pp
1982 14.92 −0.82 pp
1981 15.74 −0.73 pp
1980 16.48 +1.21 pp
1979 15.26 +1.63 pp
1978 13.63 −0.5 pp
1977 14.13 +0.06 pp
1976 14.07 +0.77 pp
1975 13.3 −1.34 pp
1974 14.64 +3.07 pp
1973 11.57 +1.25 pp
1972 10.32 +0.39 pp
1971 9.93 +0.07 pp
1970 9.86

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.