Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Guatemala

Imports (% of GDP) in Guatemala in 2025 — 30.97%. Ranked 95 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 16.43 pp.

2025 30.97% −0.45 pp vs 2024
World rank 95of 138
Period maximum 43.02%2007
Period minimum 12.98%1985

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Guatemala, 1960–2025020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 14.54%1962: 13.42%1964: 18.09%1966: 19.13%1968: 18.42%1970: 17.78%1972: 18.54%1974: 25.67%1976: 27.58%1978: 27.26%1980: 24.92%1982: 18.69%1984: 15.15%1986: 14.59%1988: 21.94%1990: 24.84%1992: 27.3%1994: 24.85%1996: 22.58%1998: 26.25%2000: 28.95%2002: 40.38%2004: 42.8%2006: 42.57%2008: 40.05%2010: 36.9%2012: 36.69%2014: 33.34%2016: 27.62%2018: 28.84%2020: 24.8%2022: 35.5%2024: 31.42%2025: 30.97%
Change over the period: +16.43 pp Annual average: 0.25 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Guatemala 30.97%
World 28.5%
Central America computed 40.1%
Imports (% of GDP) — Guatemala, by year Guatemala All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 30.97 −0.45 pp
2024 31.42 −0.29 pp
2023 31.71 −3.79 pp
2022 35.5 +3.87 pp
2021 31.63 +6.83 pp
2020 24.8 −3.11 pp
2019 27.9 −0.94 pp
2018 28.84 +1.27 pp
2017 27.57 −0.05 pp
2016 27.62 −2.44 pp
2015 30.06 −3.28 pp
2014 33.34 −1.35 pp
2013 34.69 −2.01 pp
2012 36.69 −1.29 pp
2011 37.98 +1.08 pp
2010 36.9 +3.23 pp
2009 33.67 −6.38 pp
2008 40.05 −2.97 pp
2007 43.02 +0.45 pp
2006 42.57 +0.92 pp
2005 41.65 −1.15 pp
2004 42.8 +1.97 pp
2003 40.82 +0.44 pp
2002 40.38 −1.63 pp
2001 42.01 +13.05 pp
2000 28.95 +1.59 pp
1999 27.36 +1.1 pp
1998 26.25 +2.66 pp
1997 23.6 +1.01 pp
1996 22.58 −2.85 pp
1995 25.43 +0.58 pp
1994 24.85 −1.22 pp
1993 26.08 −1.22 pp
1992 27.3 +5.73 pp
1991 21.57 −3.27 pp
1990 24.84 +2.37 pp
1989 22.47 +0.54 pp
1988 21.94 −0.36 pp
1987 22.29 +7.7 pp
1986 14.59 +1.61 pp
1985 12.98 −2.17 pp
1984 15.15 +0.6 pp
1983 14.55 −4.14 pp
1982 18.69 −4.91 pp
1981 23.6 −1.32 pp
1980 24.92 −0.93 pp
1979 25.85 −1.41 pp
1978 27.26 +1.01 pp
1977 26.26 −1.33 pp
1976 27.58 +4.05 pp
1975 23.53 −2.13 pp
1974 25.67 +5.46 pp
1973 20.2 +1.67 pp
1972 18.54 −0.16 pp
1971 18.7 +0.92 pp
1970 17.78 +0.35 pp
1969 17.43 −0.99 pp
1968 18.42 −1.09 pp
1967 19.51 +0.38 pp
1966 19.13 −0.48 pp
1965 19.61 +1.52 pp
1964 18.09 +2.16 pp
1963 15.93 +2.51 pp
1962 13.42 −0.07 pp
1961 13.49 −1.04 pp
1960 14.54

Central America, 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.