Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Nepal

Imports (% of GDP) in Nepal in 2025 — 33.72%. Ranked 84 in the world out of 138. Since 1965, the indicator has risen by 19.8 pp.

2025 33.72% +1.11 pp vs 2024
World rank 84of 138
Period maximum 42.27%2022
Period minimum 6.95%1967

Trend over time

1965–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Nepal, 1965–20250204060196519711977198319891995200120072013201920251965: 13.92%1967: 6.95%1969: 10.22%1971: 9.13%1973: 10.37%1975: 13.37%1977: 14.32%1979: 15.97%1981: 19.62%1983: 21.32%1985: 20%1987: 20.91%1989: 22.28%1991: 23.18%1993: 28.76%1995: 34.52%1997: 37.71%1999: 29.72%2001: 33.24%2003: 28.55%2005: 29.48%2007: 31.72%2009: 34.66%2011: 28.49%2013: 32.57%2015: 36.45%2017: 36.83%2019: 41.47%2021: 37.93%2023: 34.56%2025: 33.72%
Change over the period: +19.8 pp Annual average: 0.33 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Nepal 33.72%
World 28.5%
South Asia 23.46%
Southern Asia computed 23.64%
Imports (% of GDP) — Nepal, by year Nepal All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 33.72 +1.11 pp
2024 32.62 −1.95 pp
2023 34.56 −7.71 pp
2022 42.27 +4.34 pp
2021 37.93 +3.82 pp
2020 34.11 −7.36 pp
2019 41.47 +0.84 pp
2018 40.63 +3.8 pp
2017 36.83 +2.89 pp
2016 33.94 −2.52 pp
2015 36.45 +0.59 pp
2014 35.86 +3.29 pp
2013 32.57 +3.4 pp
2012 29.17 +0.68 pp
2011 28.49 −7.91 pp
2010 36.4 +1.74 pp
2009 34.66 +1.4 pp
2008 33.26 +1.54 pp
2007 31.72 +0.41 pp
2006 31.32 +1.84 pp
2005 29.48 +0.01 pp
2004 29.46 +0.92 pp
2003 28.55 +0.05 pp
2002 28.49 −4.75 pp
2001 33.24 +0.81 pp
2000 32.43 +2.71 pp
1999 29.72 −4.17 pp
1998 33.89 −3.82 pp
1997 37.71 +2.07 pp
1996 35.64 +1.12 pp
1995 34.52 +3.08 pp
1994 31.44 +2.68 pp
1993 28.76 +3.02 pp
1992 25.74 +2.55 pp
1991 23.18 +1.52 pp
1990 21.66 −0.62 pp
1989 22.28 −0.1 pp
1988 22.38 +1.48 pp
1987 20.91 +0.6 pp
1986 20.3 +0.3 pp
1985 20 +0.55 pp
1984 19.45 −1.87 pp
1983 21.32 +2.51 pp
1982 18.81 −0.81 pp
1981 19.62 +0.89 pp
1980 18.73 +2.76 pp
1979 15.97 +0.49 pp
1978 15.47 +1.16 pp
1977 14.32 +0.14 pp
1976 14.18 +0.81 pp
1975 13.37 +2.82 pp
1974 10.55 +0.18 pp
1973 10.37 +2.45 pp
1972 7.92 −1.21 pp
1971 9.13 +0.83 pp
1970 8.3 −1.92 pp
1969 10.22 +2.72 pp
1968 7.5 +0.55 pp
1967 6.95 −1.8 pp
1966 8.76 −5.17 pp
1965 13.92

Southern Asia, 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.