Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Mexico

Imports (% of GDP) in Mexico in 2025 — 40.28%. Ranked 73 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 28.61 pp.

2025 40.28% +2.14 pp vs 2024
World rank 73of 138
Period maximum 45.87%2022
Period minimum 8.72%1971

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Mexico, 1960–2025020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 11.66%1962: 10.11%1964: 9.85%1966: 9.01%1968: 9.35%1970: 9.66%1972: 8.83%1974: 10.57%1976: 9.87%1978: 11.04%1980: 12.29%1982: 9.71%1984: 9.11%1986: 12.92%1988: 18.69%1990: 19.82%1992: 20.3%1994: 16.4%1996: 23.04%1998: 24.81%2000: 25.68%2002: 23.36%2004: 26.94%2006: 27.93%2008: 29.35%2010: 30.26%2012: 32.72%2014: 32.64%2016: 38.87%2018: 41.17%2020: 37.62%2022: 45.87%2024: 38.14%2025: 40.28%
Change over the period: +28.61 pp Annual average: 0.44 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mexico 40.28%
World 28.5%
Central America computed 40.1%
Imports (% of GDP) — Mexico, by year Mexico All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 40.28 +2.14 pp
2024 38.14 +0.55 pp
2023 37.59 −8.28 pp
2022 45.87 +3.37 pp
2021 42.5 +4.88 pp
2020 37.62 −1.31 pp
2019 38.93 −2.24 pp
2018 41.17 +1.73 pp
2017 39.44 +0.56 pp
2016 38.87 +2.62 pp
2015 36.25 +3.61 pp
2014 32.64 +0.7 pp
2013 31.94 −0.78 pp
2012 32.72 +1 pp
2011 31.72 +1.46 pp
2010 30.26 +2.18 pp
2009 28.08 −1.27 pp
2008 29.35 +0.87 pp
2007 28.48 +0.55 pp
2006 27.93 +0.85 pp
2005 27.08 +0.14 pp
2004 26.94 +1.89 pp
2003 25.04 +1.69 pp
2002 23.36 +0.16 pp
2001 23.2 −2.48 pp
2000 25.68 +1.08 pp
1999 24.6 −0.21 pp
1998 24.81 +1.57 pp
1997 23.24 +0.19 pp
1996 23.04 +2.24 pp
1995 20.8 +4.4 pp
1994 16.4 +1.84 pp
1993 14.57 −5.73 pp
1992 20.3 +0.94 pp
1991 19.35 −0.46 pp
1990 19.82 +0.62 pp
1989 19.2 +0.5 pp
1988 18.69 +5.97 pp
1987 12.73 −0.2 pp
1986 12.92 +3.16 pp
1985 9.76 +0.66 pp
1984 9.11 +0.12 pp
1983 8.98 −0.73 pp
1982 9.71 −2.55 pp
1981 12.26 −0.04 pp
1980 12.29 −0.16 pp
1979 12.45 +1.41 pp
1978 11.04 +0.82 pp
1977 10.22 +0.35 pp
1976 9.87 +0.25 pp
1975 9.62 −0.95 pp
1974 10.57 +1.11 pp
1973 9.46 +0.63 pp
1972 8.83 +0.11 pp
1971 8.72 −0.94 pp
1970 9.66 +0.39 pp
1969 9.27 −0.08 pp
1968 9.35 +0.34 pp
1967 9.01 −0 pp
1966 9.01 −0.51 pp
1965 9.52 −0.33 pp
1964 9.85 −0.1 pp
1963 9.95 −0.16 pp
1962 10.11 −0.51 pp
1961 10.62 −1.05 pp
1960 11.66

Central America, 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.