Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Germany

Imports (% of GDP) in Germany in 2025 — 38.08%. Ranked 77 in the world out of 138. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 21.55 pp.

2025 38.08% +0.42 pp vs 2024
World rank 77of 138
Period maximum 43.16%2022
Period minimum 16.12%1972

Trend over time

1970–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Germany, 1970–2025102030405019701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 16.53%1971: 16.23%1972: 16.12%1973: 16.29%1974: 18.65%1975: 18.73%1976: 20.23%1977: 20.05%1978: 19.48%1979: 21.33%1980: 23.15%1981: 23.97%1982: 23.44%1983: 23.2%1984: 24.43%1985: 24.89%1986: 21.58%1987: 20.93%1988: 21.36%1989: 22.84%1990: 22.95%1991: 24.07%1992: 22.59%1993: 19.87%1994: 20.49%1995: 21.12%1996: 21.62%1997: 23.68%1998: 24.5%1999: 25.49%2000: 29.51%2001: 29%2002: 27.14%2003: 27.65%2004: 28.97%2005: 31%2006: 33.79%2007: 34.25%2008: 35.16%2009: 30.68%2010: 34.39%2011: 36.79%2012: 36.65%2013: 35.91%2014: 35.15%2015: 35.17%2016: 34.37%2017: 35.25%2018: 36.63%2019: 36.73%2020: 33.81%2021: 37.4%2022: 43.16%2023: 39%2024: 37.66%2025: 38.08%
Change over the period: +21.55 pp Annual average: 0.39 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Germany 38.08%
World 28.5%
Western Europe computed 47%
Imports (% of GDP) — Germany, by year Germany All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 38.08 +0.42 pp
2024 37.66 −1.34 pp
2023 39 −4.16 pp
2022 43.16 +5.76 pp
2021 37.4 +3.59 pp
2020 33.81 −2.92 pp
2019 36.73 +0.1 pp
2018 36.63 +1.38 pp
2017 35.25 +0.88 pp
2016 34.37 −0.8 pp
2015 35.17 +0.02 pp
2014 35.15 −0.75 pp
2013 35.91 −0.74 pp
2012 36.65 −0.14 pp
2011 36.79 +2.4 pp
2010 34.39 +3.71 pp
2009 30.68 −4.48 pp
2008 35.16 +0.92 pp
2007 34.25 +0.46 pp
2006 33.79 +2.79 pp
2005 31 +2.03 pp
2004 28.97 +1.32 pp
2003 27.65 +0.5 pp
2002 27.14 −1.86 pp
2001 29 −0.52 pp
2000 29.51 +4.03 pp
1999 25.49 +0.99 pp
1998 24.5 +0.82 pp
1997 23.68 +2.06 pp
1996 21.62 +0.5 pp
1995 21.12 +0.63 pp
1994 20.49 +0.62 pp
1993 19.87 −2.72 pp
1992 22.59 −1.47 pp
1991 24.07 +1.12 pp
1990 22.95 +0.11 pp
1989 22.84 +1.47 pp
1988 21.36 +0.43 pp
1987 20.93 −0.65 pp
1986 21.58 −3.31 pp
1985 24.89 +0.46 pp
1984 24.43 +1.23 pp
1983 23.2 −0.23 pp
1982 23.44 −0.53 pp
1981 23.97 +0.81 pp
1980 23.15 +1.83 pp
1979 21.33 +1.85 pp
1978 19.48 −0.58 pp
1977 20.05 −0.17 pp
1976 20.23 +1.5 pp
1975 18.73 +0.08 pp
1974 18.65 +2.36 pp
1973 16.29 +0.17 pp
1972 16.12 −0.1 pp
1971 16.23 −0.3 pp
1970 16.53

Western Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.