Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Italy

Imports (% of GDP) in Italy in 2025 — 30.3%. Ranked 97 in the world out of 138. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 15.4 pp.

2025 30.3% +0.04 pp vs 2024
World rank 97of 138
Period maximum 36.92%2022
Period minimum 14.78%1971

Trend over time

1970–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Italy, 1970–20251020304019701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 14.9%1971: 14.78%1972: 15.47%1973: 17.92%1974: 22.23%1975: 18.63%1976: 21.1%1977: 20.38%1978: 19.54%1979: 21.28%1980: 22.73%1981: 23.56%1982: 22.34%1983: 19.81%1984: 21.38%1985: 21.48%1986: 17.42%1987: 17.54%1988: 17.49%1989: 18.49%1990: 18.02%1991: 16.8%1992: 17.39%1993: 17.32%1994: 18.54%1995: 20.96%1996: 19.14%1997: 20.39%1998: 20.99%1999: 21.38%2000: 24.71%2001: 24.3%2002: 23.56%2003: 22.77%2004: 23.34%2005: 24.61%2006: 26.87%2007: 27.58%2008: 27.47%2009: 22.86%2010: 26.74%2011: 27.91%2012: 26.9%2013: 25.86%2014: 25.83%2015: 26.29%2016: 25.63%2017: 27.44%2018: 28.46%2019: 27.74%2020: 25.21%2021: 29.13%2022: 36.92%2023: 31.77%2024: 30.26%2025: 30.3%
Change over the period: +15.4 pp Annual average: 0.28 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Italy 30.3%
World 28.5%
Southern Europe computed 35.09%
Imports (% of GDP) — Italy, by year Italy All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 30.3 +0.04 pp
2024 30.26 −1.52 pp
2023 31.77 −5.14 pp
2022 36.92 +7.79 pp
2021 29.13 +3.92 pp
2020 25.21 −2.53 pp
2019 27.74 −0.72 pp
2018 28.46 +1.02 pp
2017 27.44 +1.81 pp
2016 25.63 −0.66 pp
2015 26.29 +0.46 pp
2014 25.83 −0.02 pp
2013 25.86 −1.04 pp
2012 26.9 −1.01 pp
2011 27.91 +1.17 pp
2010 26.74 +3.88 pp
2009 22.86 −4.61 pp
2008 27.47 −0.11 pp
2007 27.58 +0.71 pp
2006 26.87 +2.26 pp
2005 24.61 +1.27 pp
2004 23.34 +0.57 pp
2003 22.77 −0.79 pp
2002 23.56 −0.74 pp
2001 24.3 −0.41 pp
2000 24.71 +3.34 pp
1999 21.38 +0.39 pp
1998 20.99 +0.6 pp
1997 20.39 +1.25 pp
1996 19.14 −1.82 pp
1995 20.96 +2.42 pp
1994 18.54 +1.22 pp
1993 17.32 −0.07 pp
1992 17.39 +0.59 pp
1991 16.8 −1.22 pp
1990 18.02 −0.47 pp
1989 18.49 +1 pp
1988 17.49 −0.05 pp
1987 17.54 +0.12 pp
1986 17.42 −4.06 pp
1985 21.48 +0.09 pp
1984 21.38 +1.57 pp
1983 19.81 −2.53 pp
1982 22.34 −1.23 pp
1981 23.56 +0.83 pp
1980 22.73 +1.46 pp
1979 21.28 +1.73 pp
1978 19.54 −0.84 pp
1977 20.38 −0.72 pp
1976 21.1 +2.47 pp
1975 18.63 −3.6 pp
1974 22.23 +4.31 pp
1973 17.92 +2.44 pp
1972 15.47 +0.69 pp
1971 14.78 −0.12 pp
1970 14.9

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.