Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Mercosur

Imports (% of GDP) in Mercosur in 2025 — 17.37%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 9.82 pp.

2025 17.37% +0.16 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 19%2022
Period minimum 5.27%1965

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Mercosur, 1960–20250510152019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 7.55%1962: 7.91%1964: 6.14%1966: 5.86%1968: 6.56%1970: 6.85%1972: 8.51%1974: 10.87%1976: 9.08%1978: 7.86%1980: 10.66%1982: 8.81%1984: 8.04%1986: 7.23%1988: 6.8%1990: 7.04%1992: 9.12%1994: 10.5%1996: 10.07%1998: 10.94%2000: 12.73%2002: 13.9%2004: 14.47%2006: 13.35%2008: 15.29%2010: 13.19%2012: 14.16%2014: 14.52%2016: 13.16%2018: 15.4%2020: 15.91%2022: 19%2024: 17.21%2025: 17.37%
Change over the period: +9.82 pp Annual average: 0.15 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mercosur 17.37%
World 28.5%
Imports (% of GDP) — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 17.37 +0.16 pp
2024 17.21 +1.13 pp
2023 16.08 −2.92 pp
2022 19 +0.64 pp
2021 18.37 +2.46 pp
2020 15.91 +0.44 pp
2019 15.47 +0.07 pp
2018 15.4 +2.39 pp
2017 13 −0.16 pp
2016 13.16 −1.11 pp
2015 14.28 −0.24 pp
2014 14.52 −0.36 pp
2013 14.88 +0.72 pp
2012 14.16 +0.41 pp
2011 13.75 +0.56 pp
2010 13.19 +0.77 pp
2009 12.43 −2.87 pp
2008 15.29 +1.62 pp
2007 13.67 +0.32 pp
2006 13.35 −0.13 pp
2005 13.48 −0.99 pp
2004 14.47 +0.62 pp
2003 13.84 −0.06 pp
2002 13.9 +0.28 pp
2001 13.62 +0.9 pp
2000 12.73 +0.72 pp
1999 12 +1.06 pp
1998 10.94 −0.07 pp
1997 11.01 +0.93 pp
1996 10.07 −0.22 pp
1995 10.3 −0.21 pp
1994 10.5 +0.39 pp
1993 10.11 +0.99 pp
1992 9.12 +1.07 pp
1991 8.05 +1.01 pp
1990 7.04 +0.8 pp
1989 6.24 −0.57 pp
1988 6.8 −0.64 pp
1987 7.45 +0.22 pp
1986 7.23 −0.6 pp
1985 7.83 −0.21 pp
1984 8.04 −0.93 pp
1983 8.97 +0.16 pp
1982 8.81 −1.24 pp
1981 10.05 −0.62 pp
1980 10.66 +1.34 pp
1979 9.32 +1.47 pp
1978 7.86 −0.58 pp
1977 8.44 −0.64 pp
1976 9.08 −1.04 pp
1975 10.12 −0.76 pp
1974 10.87 +2.86 pp
1973 8.01 −0.49 pp
1972 8.51 +0.56 pp
1971 7.95 +1.11 pp
1970 6.85 −0.13 pp
1969 6.97 +0.41 pp
1968 6.56 +0.61 pp
1967 5.95 +0.08 pp
1966 5.86 +0.59 pp
1965 5.27 −0.87 pp
1964 6.14 −2.73 pp
1963 8.87 +0.97 pp
1962 7.91 +1.18 pp
1961 6.73 −0.82 pp
1960 7.55

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.