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Imports (% of GDP) — Guinea

Imports (% of GDP) in Guinea in 2025 — 62.27%. Ranked 35 in the world out of 138. Since 1986, the indicator has risen by 43.01 pp.

2025 62.27% +5.88 pp vs 2024
World rank 35of 138
Period maximum 82.47%2016
Period minimum 15.67%1997

Trend over time

1986–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Guinea, 1986–20250255075100198619901994199820022006201020142018202220251986: 19.25%1987: 21.06%1988: 21.31%1989: 20.43%1990: 22.94%1991: 20.98%1992: 17.88%1993: 19.26%1994: 17.74%1995: 16.82%1996: 16.7%1997: 15.67%1998: 18.47%1999: 17.85%2000: 19.86%2001: 20.59%2002: 19.87%2003: 17.27%2004: 17.71%2005: 24.08%2006: 45.56%2007: 47.57%2008: 42.54%2009: 47.3%2010: 43.21%2011: 53.35%2012: 53.54%2013: 53.96%2014: 50.08%2015: 50.95%2016: 82.47%2017: 56.59%2018: 48.78%2019: 43.37%2020: 68.8%2021: 58.98%2022: 48.75%2023: 51.7%2024: 56.38%2025: 62.27%
Change over the period: +43.01 pp Annual average: 1.1 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Guinea 62.27%
World 28.5%
Sub-Saharan Africa 27.88%
Western Africa computed 31.67%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 32.16%
Imports (% of GDP) — Guinea, by year Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 62.27 +5.88 pp
2024 56.38 +4.69 pp
2023 51.7 +2.95 pp
2022 48.75 −10.23 pp
2021 58.98 −9.82 pp
2020 68.8 +25.42 pp
2019 43.37 −5.4 pp
2018 48.78 −7.81 pp
2017 56.59 −25.88 pp
2016 82.47 +31.52 pp
2015 50.95 +0.86 pp
2014 50.08 −3.87 pp
2013 53.96 +0.42 pp
2012 53.54 +0.18 pp
2011 53.35 +10.15 pp
2010 43.21 −4.09 pp
2009 47.3 +4.76 pp
2008 42.54 −5.03 pp
2007 47.57 +2.01 pp
2006 45.56 +21.48 pp
2005 24.08 +6.37 pp
2004 17.71 +0.43 pp
2003 17.27 −2.6 pp
2002 19.87 −0.72 pp
2001 20.59 +0.73 pp
2000 19.86 +2.01 pp
1999 17.85 −0.61 pp
1998 18.47 +2.79 pp
1997 15.67 −1.02 pp
1996 16.7 −0.12 pp
1995 16.82 −0.92 pp
1994 17.74 −1.52 pp
1993 19.26 +1.38 pp
1992 17.88 −3.09 pp
1991 20.98 −1.96 pp
1990 22.94 +2.51 pp
1989 20.43 −0.88 pp
1988 21.31 +0.25 pp
1987 21.06 +1.8 pp
1986 19.25 —

Western Africa, 2025

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

GN Guinea 62.27 MR Mauritania 54.17 CV Cabo Verde 53.35 GM Gambia 49.44 SN Senegal 38.58 BF Burkina Faso 30.01 SL Sierra Leone 28.21 GW Guinea-Bissau 27.01 ML Mali 26.7 CI Côte d'Ivoire 24.77 BJ Benin 20.06 NE Niger 18.14
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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.

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