Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Gambia

Imports (% of GDP) in the Gambia in 2025 — 49.44%. Ranked 59 in the world out of 138. Since 1966, the indicator has risen by 5.86 pp.

2025 49.44% +16.02 pp vs 2024
World rank 59of 138
Period maximum 71.58%1990
Period minimum 24.61%2008

Trend over time

1966–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Gambia, 1966–2025020406080196619721978198419901996200220082014202020251966: 43.58%1967: 47.19%1968: 50.99%1969: 51.09%1970: 40.91%1971: 37.18%1972: 40.76%1973: 42.38%1974: 43.72%1975: 43.61%1976: 46.35%1977: 47.52%1978: 59.89%1979: 63.26%1980: 63.6%1981: 66.76%1982: 59.64%1983: 62.48%1984: 64.79%1985: 53.92%1986: 56.1%1987: 59.29%1988: 58.45%1989: 65.28%1990: 71.58%1991: 34.66%1992: 36.85%1993: 36.44%1994: 28.68%1995: 35.5%1996: 29.16%1997: 25.39%1998: 28.57%1999: 28.02%2000: 30.56%2001: 25.11%2002: 32.49%2003: 37.77%2004: 29.34%2005: 30.12%2006: 29.34%2007: 26.26%2008: 24.61%2009: 26.03%2010: 26.34%2011: 25.78%2012: 27.86%2013: 26.48%2014: 36.42%2015: 28.95%2016: 25.36%2017: 37.25%2018: 42.52%2019: 35.83%2020: 37.79%2021: 35.48%2022: 36.15%2023: 32.91%2024: 33.42%2025: 49.44%
Change over the period: +5.86 pp Annual average: 0.1 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Gambia 49.44%
World 28.5%
Western Africa computed 31.67%
Low-income countries computed 27.75%
Imports (% of GDP) — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 49.44 +16.02 pp
2024 33.42 +0.51 pp
2023 32.91 −3.24 pp
2022 36.15 +0.67 pp
2021 35.48 −2.31 pp
2020 37.79 +1.96 pp
2019 35.83 −6.69 pp
2018 42.52 +5.27 pp
2017 37.25 +11.89 pp
2016 25.36 −3.59 pp
2015 28.95 −7.47 pp
2014 36.42 +9.94 pp
2013 26.48 −1.38 pp
2012 27.86 +2.08 pp
2011 25.78 −0.56 pp
2010 26.34 +0.31 pp
2009 26.03 +1.42 pp
2008 24.61 −1.65 pp
2007 26.26 −3.08 pp
2006 29.34 −0.78 pp
2005 30.12 +0.78 pp
2004 29.34 −8.43 pp
2003 37.77 +5.28 pp
2002 32.49 +7.38 pp
2001 25.11 −5.45 pp
2000 30.56 +2.55 pp
1999 28.02 −0.55 pp
1998 28.57 +3.18 pp
1997 25.39 −3.77 pp
1996 29.16 −6.35 pp
1995 35.5 +6.82 pp
1994 28.68 −7.76 pp
1993 36.44 −0.41 pp
1992 36.85 +2.19 pp
1991 34.66 −36.92 pp
1990 71.58 +6.31 pp
1989 65.28 +6.82 pp
1988 58.45 −0.83 pp
1987 59.29 +3.19 pp
1986 56.1 +2.18 pp
1985 53.92 −10.87 pp
1984 64.79 +2.31 pp
1983 62.48 +2.84 pp
1982 59.64 −7.12 pp
1981 66.76 +3.16 pp
1980 63.6 +0.34 pp
1979 63.26 +3.37 pp
1978 59.89 +12.37 pp
1977 47.52 +1.16 pp
1976 46.35 +2.74 pp
1975 43.61 −0.1 pp
1974 43.72 +1.33 pp
1973 42.38 +1.63 pp
1972 40.76 +3.57 pp
1971 37.18 −3.73 pp
1970 40.91 −10.18 pp
1969 51.09 +0.1 pp
1968 50.99 +3.8 pp
1967 47.19 +3.61 pp
1966 43.58

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.