Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Guinea-Bissau

Imports (% of GDP) in Guinea-Bissau in 2025 — 27.01%. Ranked 108 in the world out of 138. Since 1970, the indicator has fallen by 3.18 pp.

2025 27.01% −0.66 pp vs 2024
World rank 108of 138
Period maximum 64.59%1997
Period minimum 25.95%1975

Trend over time

1970–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Guinea-Bissau, 1970–202520304050607019701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 30.19%1971: 34.31%1972: 35.63%1973: 40.73%1974: 39.25%1975: 25.95%1976: 27.94%1977: 32.6%1978: 36.05%1979: 41.53%1980: 41.84%1981: 35.72%1982: 41.29%1983: 32.25%1984: 51.28%1985: 57.71%1986: 31.84%1987: 38.96%1988: 51.17%1989: 46.19%1990: 37.03%1991: 37.79%1992: 50.11%1993: 32.72%1994: 34.31%1995: 35.14%1996: 31.84%1997: 64.59%1998: 39.4%1999: 40.77%2000: 39.64%2001: 37.5%2002: 28.22%2003: 26.1%2004: 30.26%2005: 32.22%2006: 38.38%2007: 35.12%2008: 33.37%2009: 32.47%2010: 30.88%2011: 29.32%2012: 30.01%2013: 26.74%2014: 30.18%2015: 29.32%2016: 30.53%2017: 30.38%2018: 29.54%2019: 31.66%2020: 27.42%2021: 27.28%2022: 31.24%2023: 28.69%2024: 27.67%2025: 27.01%
Change over the period: −3.18 pp Annual average: -0.06 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau 27.01%
World 28.5%
Western Africa computed 31.67%
Low-income countries computed 27.75%
Imports (% of GDP) — Guinea-Bissau, by year Guinea-Bissau All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 27.01 −0.66 pp
2024 27.67 −1.02 pp
2023 28.69 −2.55 pp
2022 31.24 +3.96 pp
2021 27.28 −0.14 pp
2020 27.42 −4.25 pp
2019 31.66 +2.12 pp
2018 29.54 −0.84 pp
2017 30.38 −0.15 pp
2016 30.53 +1.2 pp
2015 29.32 −0.85 pp
2014 30.18 +3.43 pp
2013 26.74 −3.27 pp
2012 30.01 +0.69 pp
2011 29.32 −1.56 pp
2010 30.88 −1.59 pp
2009 32.47 −0.9 pp
2008 33.37 −1.75 pp
2007 35.12 −3.26 pp
2006 38.38 +6.16 pp
2005 32.22 +1.96 pp
2004 30.26 +4.16 pp
2003 26.1 −2.12 pp
2002 28.22 −9.28 pp
2001 37.5 −2.14 pp
2000 39.64 −1.13 pp
1999 40.77 +1.38 pp
1998 39.4 −25.19 pp
1997 64.59 +32.75 pp
1996 31.84 −3.31 pp
1995 35.14 +0.83 pp
1994 34.31 +1.59 pp
1993 32.72 −17.4 pp
1992 50.11 +12.32 pp
1991 37.79 +0.76 pp
1990 37.03 −9.16 pp
1989 46.19 −4.98 pp
1988 51.17 +12.21 pp
1987 38.96 +7.12 pp
1986 31.84 −25.87 pp
1985 57.71 +6.43 pp
1984 51.28 +19.03 pp
1983 32.25 −9.03 pp
1982 41.29 +5.57 pp
1981 35.72 −6.12 pp
1980 41.84 +0.32 pp
1979 41.53 +5.47 pp
1978 36.05 +3.45 pp
1977 32.6 +4.67 pp
1976 27.94 +1.99 pp
1975 25.95 −13.3 pp
1974 39.25 −1.48 pp
1973 40.73 +5.1 pp
1972 35.63 +1.32 pp
1971 34.31 +4.12 pp
1970 30.19

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.