Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — NATO

Imports (% of GDP) in NATO in 2025 — 39.74%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 20.21 pp.

2025 39.74% +13.37 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 39.74%2025
Period minimum 17.16%1986

Trend over time

1980–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — NATO, 1980–20251020304019801985199019952000200520102015202020251980: 19.53%1981: 18.72%1982: 17.81%1983: 17.17%1984: 17.8%1985: 17.47%1986: 17.16%1987: 17.86%1988: 18.23%1989: 18.62%1990: 18.98%1991: 18.51%1992: 18.52%1993: 17.91%1994: 18.85%1995: 20.05%1996: 20.14%1997: 20.77%1998: 21.01%1999: 21.42%2000: 23.29%2001: 22.28%2002: 21.88%2003: 22.46%2004: 23.95%2005: 25.08%2006: 26.6%2007: 27.36%2008: 28.59%2009: 23.98%2010: 26.6%2011: 28.82%2012: 28.24%2013: 27.8%2014: 27.76%2015: 26.4%2016: 25.81%2017: 26.91%2018: 27.78%2019: 26.95%2020: 24.71%2021: 27.06%2022: 29.84%2023: 27.24%2024: 26.36%2025: 39.74%
Change over the period: +20.21 pp Annual average: 0.45 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

NATO 39.74%
World 28.5%
Imports (% of GDP) — NATO, by year NATO All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 39.74 +13.37 pp
2024 26.36 −0.88 pp
2023 27.24 −2.6 pp
2022 29.84 +2.78 pp
2021 27.06 +2.35 pp
2020 24.71 −2.24 pp
2019 26.95 −0.83 pp
2018 27.78 +0.87 pp
2017 26.91 +1.1 pp
2016 25.81 −0.59 pp
2015 26.4 −1.36 pp
2014 27.76 −0.04 pp
2013 27.8 −0.44 pp
2012 28.24 −0.58 pp
2011 28.82 +2.21 pp
2010 26.6 +2.62 pp
2009 23.98 −4.61 pp
2008 28.59 +1.23 pp
2007 27.36 +0.77 pp
2006 26.6 +1.51 pp
2005 25.08 +1.14 pp
2004 23.95 +1.48 pp
2003 22.46 +0.59 pp
2002 21.88 −0.4 pp
2001 22.28 −1.01 pp
2000 23.29 +1.87 pp
1999 21.42 +0.41 pp
1998 21.01 +0.24 pp
1997 20.77 +0.64 pp
1996 20.14 +0.09 pp
1995 20.05 +1.19 pp
1994 18.85 +0.95 pp
1993 17.91 −0.61 pp
1992 18.52 +0.01 pp
1991 18.51 −0.47 pp
1990 18.98 +0.36 pp
1989 18.62 +0.39 pp
1988 18.23 +0.37 pp
1987 17.86 +0.7 pp
1986 17.16 −0.31 pp
1985 17.47 −0.33 pp
1984 17.8 +0.63 pp
1983 17.17 −0.64 pp
1982 17.81 −0.91 pp
1981 18.72 −0.8 pp
1980 19.53

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.