Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — India

Imports (% of GDP) in India in 2025 — 24.01%. Ranked 113 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 17.17 pp.

2025 24.01% +0.15 pp vs 2024
World rank 113of 138
Period maximum 31.26%2012
Period minimum 3.71%1972

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — India, 1960–202501020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.83%1962: 6.03%1964: 5.68%1966: 6.67%1968: 4.94%1970: 3.88%1972: 3.71%1974: 6.02%1976: 6.11%1978: 6.59%1980: 9.25%1982: 8.14%1984: 7.73%1986: 7.02%1988: 7.46%1990: 8.45%1992: 9.59%1994: 10.19%1996: 11.54%1998: 12.68%2000: 13.9%2002: 15.24%2004: 19.64%2006: 24.46%2008: 29.27%2010: 26.85%2012: 31.26%2014: 25.95%2016: 20.92%2018: 23.69%2020: 19.08%2022: 26.66%2024: 23.85%2025: 24.01%
Change over the period: +17.17 pp Annual average: 0.26 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

India 24.01%
World 28.5%
South Asia 23.46%
Southern Asia computed 23.64%
Imports (% of GDP) — India, by year India All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 24.01 +0.15 pp
2024 23.85 −0.12 pp
2023 23.97 −2.69 pp
2022 26.66 +2.63 pp
2021 24.02 +4.95 pp
2020 19.08 −2.17 pp
2019 21.24 −2.45 pp
2018 23.69 +1.74 pp
2017 21.95 +1.03 pp
2016 20.92 −1.19 pp
2015 22.11 −3.84 pp
2014 25.95 −2.46 pp
2013 28.41 −2.85 pp
2012 31.26 +0.18 pp
2011 31.08 +4.23 pp
2010 26.85 +0.98 pp
2009 25.87 −3.4 pp
2008 29.27 +4.38 pp
2007 24.89 +0.43 pp
2006 24.46 +2.06 pp
2005 22.4 +2.75 pp
2004 19.64 +4 pp
2003 15.64 +0.4 pp
2002 15.24 +1.81 pp
2001 13.43 −0.47 pp
2000 13.9 +0.54 pp
1999 13.36 +0.68 pp
1998 12.68 +0.75 pp
1997 11.93 +0.38 pp
1996 11.54 −0.48 pp
1995 12.02 +1.83 pp
1994 10.19 +0.37 pp
1993 9.82 +0.23 pp
1992 9.59 +1.1 pp
1991 8.49 +0.04 pp
1990 8.45 +0.3 pp
1989 8.15 +0.7 pp
1988 7.46 +0.47 pp
1987 6.98 −0.04 pp
1986 7.02 −0.62 pp
1985 7.65 −0.08 pp
1984 7.73 −0.13 pp
1983 7.85 −0.29 pp
1982 8.14 −0.43 pp
1981 8.57 −0.67 pp
1980 9.25 +1.08 pp
1979 8.17 +1.58 pp
1978 6.59 +0.32 pp
1977 6.26 +0.15 pp
1976 6.11 −0.53 pp
1975 6.65 +0.63 pp
1974 6.02 +1.3 pp
1973 4.72 +1.01 pp
1972 3.71 −0.29 pp
1971 4 +0.12 pp
1970 3.88 −0.15 pp
1969 4.03 −0.91 pp
1968 4.94 −1 pp
1967 5.95 −0.73 pp
1966 6.67 +1.46 pp
1965 5.21 −0.47 pp
1964 5.68 −0.22 pp
1963 5.91 −0.12 pp
1962 6.03 +0.07 pp
1961 5.96 −0.88 pp
1960 6.83

Southern Asia, 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.