Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Malta

Imports (% of GDP) in Malta in 2025 — 99.9%. Ranked 6 in the world out of 138. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 28.55 pp.

2025 99.9% +0.66 pp vs 2024
World rank 6of 138
Period maximum 116.28%2022
Period minimum 67.46%1972

Trend over time

1970–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Malta, 1970–2025608010012019701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 71.36%1971: 68.94%1972: 67.46%1973: 75.91%1974: 101.08%1975: 86.33%1976: 86.49%1977: 90.43%1978: 80.53%1979: 84.62%1980: 86.41%1981: 80.57%1982: 76.56%1983: 73.66%1984: 76.48%1985: 79.15%1986: 73.82%1987: 78.47%1988: 79.91%1989: 82.47%1990: 88.65%1991: 87.87%1992: 88.71%1993: 94.09%1994: 95.74%1995: 91.74%1996: 86.99%1997: 80.88%1998: 81.74%1999: 84.9%2000: 99.33%2001: 82.87%2002: 80.01%2003: 79.12%2004: 80.79%2005: 83.32%2006: 93.25%2007: 93.98%2008: 94.28%2009: 82.52%2010: 88.61%2011: 94.59%2012: 98.41%2013: 89.76%2014: 84.37%2015: 98.46%2016: 100.19%2017: 96.42%2018: 104.75%2019: 108.55%2020: 112.41%2021: 101.29%2022: 116.28%2023: 101.38%2024: 99.25%2025: 99.9%
Change over the period: +28.55 pp Annual average: 0.52 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Malta 99.9%
World 28.5%
Southern Europe computed 35.09%
Imports (% of GDP) — Malta, by year Malta All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 99.9 +0.66 pp
2024 99.25 −2.14 pp
2023 101.38 −14.9 pp
2022 116.28 +14.99 pp
2021 101.29 −11.12 pp
2020 112.41 +3.86 pp
2019 108.55 +3.8 pp
2018 104.75 +8.33 pp
2017 96.42 −3.77 pp
2016 100.19 +1.73 pp
2015 98.46 +14.09 pp
2014 84.37 −5.39 pp
2013 89.76 −8.65 pp
2012 98.41 +3.83 pp
2011 94.59 +5.98 pp
2010 88.61 +6.08 pp
2009 82.52 −11.75 pp
2008 94.28 +0.3 pp
2007 93.98 +0.72 pp
2006 93.25 +9.93 pp
2005 83.32 +2.53 pp
2004 80.79 +1.67 pp
2003 79.12 −0.89 pp
2002 80.01 −2.86 pp
2001 82.87 −16.46 pp
2000 99.33 +14.44 pp
1999 84.9 +3.16 pp
1998 81.74 +0.86 pp
1997 80.88 −6.11 pp
1996 86.99 −4.76 pp
1995 91.74 −4 pp
1994 95.74 +1.65 pp
1993 94.09 +5.39 pp
1992 88.71 +0.84 pp
1991 87.87 −0.78 pp
1990 88.65 +6.18 pp
1989 82.47 +2.56 pp
1988 79.91 +1.45 pp
1987 78.47 +4.64 pp
1986 73.82 −5.33 pp
1985 79.15 +2.68 pp
1984 76.48 +2.82 pp
1983 73.66 −2.9 pp
1982 76.56 −4.01 pp
1981 80.57 −5.84 pp
1980 86.41 +1.79 pp
1979 84.62 +4.09 pp
1978 80.53 −9.9 pp
1977 90.43 +3.94 pp
1976 86.49 +0.16 pp
1975 86.33 −14.75 pp
1974 101.08 +25.17 pp
1973 75.91 +8.45 pp
1972 67.46 −1.48 pp
1971 68.94 −2.42 pp
1970 71.36

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.