Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Madagascar

Imports (% of GDP) in Madagascar in 2025 — 32.91%. Ranked 88 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 16.28 pp.

2025 32.91% −0.62 pp vs 2024
World rank 88of 138
Period maximum 46.65%2008
Period minimum 11.14%1983

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Madagascar, 1960–2025020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 16.62%1962: 18.38%1964: 19.93%1966: 23.2%1968: 22.79%1970: 21.59%1972: 18.32%1974: 20.21%1976: 17.52%1978: 24.06%1980: 19.6%1982: 12.92%1984: 12.51%1986: 11.7%1988: 16.91%1990: 19.51%1992: 18.66%1994: 23.54%1996: 18.86%1998: 20.92%2000: 23.66%2002: 28.37%2004: 29.32%2006: 34.62%2008: 46.65%2010: 36%2012: 30.87%2014: 33.69%2016: 31.74%2018: 36.31%2020: 28.87%2022: 39.96%2024: 33.53%2025: 32.91%
Change over the period: +16.28 pp Annual average: 0.25 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Madagascar 32.91%
World 28.5%
Eastern Africa computed 28.92%
Low-income countries computed 27.75%
Imports (% of GDP) — Madagascar, by year Madagascar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 32.91 −0.62 pp
2024 33.53 −2.51 pp
2023 36.04 −3.92 pp
2022 39.96 +7.84 pp
2021 32.12 +3.26 pp
2020 28.87 −5.31 pp
2019 34.18 −2.13 pp
2018 36.31 +1.86 pp
2017 34.44 +2.7 pp
2016 31.74 −1.09 pp
2015 32.83 −0.86 pp
2014 33.69 +0.59 pp
2013 33.1 +2.22 pp
2012 30.87 −2.89 pp
2011 33.76 −2.24 pp
2010 36 −6.04 pp
2009 42.04 −4.61 pp
2008 46.65 +7.74 pp
2007 38.91 +4.29 pp
2006 34.62 −0.19 pp
2005 34.81 +5.49 pp
2004 29.32 +8.98 pp
2003 20.34 −8.03 pp
2002 28.37 +7.4 pp
2001 20.96 −2.69 pp
2000 23.66 +1.08 pp
1999 22.58 +1.66 pp
1998 20.92 +0.19 pp
1997 20.73 +1.87 pp
1996 18.86 −5.53 pp
1995 24.39 +0.85 pp
1994 23.54 +4.48 pp
1993 19.06 +0.39 pp
1992 18.66 −1.12 pp
1991 19.78 +0.27 pp
1990 19.51 +3.1 pp
1989 16.41 −0.51 pp
1988 16.91 +0.92 pp
1987 15.99 +4.29 pp
1986 11.7 −0.85 pp
1985 12.54 +0.03 pp
1984 12.51 +1.37 pp
1983 11.14 −1.77 pp
1982 12.92 −1.73 pp
1981 14.64 −4.96 pp
1980 19.6 −10.79 pp
1979 30.39 +6.33 pp
1978 24.06 +4.01 pp
1977 20.05 +2.52 pp
1976 17.52 −3.37 pp
1975 20.89 +0.68 pp
1974 20.21 +1.33 pp
1973 18.88 +0.56 pp
1972 18.32 −2.7 pp
1971 21.03 −0.56 pp
1970 21.59 −1.53 pp
1969 23.11 +0.32 pp
1968 22.79 +1.29 pp
1967 21.5 −1.69 pp
1966 23.2 +3.2 pp
1965 20 +0.07 pp
1964 19.93 +0 pp
1963 19.93 +1.54 pp
1962 18.38 −1.12 pp
1961 19.5 +2.88 pp
1960 16.62

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.