Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Netherlands

Imports (% of GDP) in the Netherlands in 2025 — 69.45%. Ranked 22 in the world out of 138. Since 1969, the indicator has risen by 29.86 pp.

2025 69.45% −2.01 pp vs 2024
World rank 22of 138
Period maximum 87.66%2022
Period minimum 39.04%1972

Trend over time

1969–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Netherlands, 1969–20252040608010019691975198119871993199920052011201720231969: 39.59%1970: 42.99%1971: 41.66%1972: 39.04%1973: 40.45%1974: 45.32%1975: 42.64%1976: 43.89%1977: 43.41%1978: 42.26%1979: 46.34%1980: 49.04%1981: 49.61%1982: 49.24%1983: 49.86%1984: 51.76%1985: 54.18%1986: 46.01%1987: 45.88%1988: 47.89%1989: 50.63%1990: 49.25%1991: 49.63%1992: 48.27%1993: 45.99%1994: 47.86%1995: 50.22%1996: 50.87%1997: 53.53%1998: 52.73%1999: 54.03%2000: 59.22%2001: 56.1%2002: 52.65%2003: 52.07%2004: 54.36%2005: 56.67%2006: 59.05%2007: 61.09%2008: 60.55%2009: 53.51%2010: 60.79%2011: 66.58%2012: 69.82%2013: 70.28%2014: 70.33%2015: 76.33%2016: 70.06%2017: 74.47%2018: 76.5%2019: 75.36%2020: 70.99%2021: 76.7%2022: 87.66%2023: 77.54%2024: 71.46%2025: 69.45%
Change over the period: +29.86 pp Annual average: 0.53 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Netherlands 69.45%
World 28.5%
Western Europe computed 47%
Imports (% of GDP) — Netherlands, by year Netherlands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 69.45 −2.01 pp
2024 71.46 −6.09 pp
2023 77.54 −10.12 pp
2022 87.66 +10.96 pp
2021 76.7 +5.71 pp
2020 70.99 −4.36 pp
2019 75.36 −1.15 pp
2018 76.5 +2.04 pp
2017 74.47 +4.41 pp
2016 70.06 −6.28 pp
2015 76.33 +6 pp
2014 70.33 +0.05 pp
2013 70.28 +0.46 pp
2012 69.82 +3.24 pp
2011 66.58 +5.79 pp
2010 60.79 +7.29 pp
2009 53.51 −7.04 pp
2008 60.55 −0.54 pp
2007 61.09 +2.04 pp
2006 59.05 +2.38 pp
2005 56.67 +2.31 pp
2004 54.36 +2.3 pp
2003 52.07 −0.58 pp
2002 52.65 −3.46 pp
2001 56.1 −3.12 pp
2000 59.22 +5.19 pp
1999 54.03 +1.3 pp
1998 52.73 −0.8 pp
1997 53.53 +2.66 pp
1996 50.87 +0.64 pp
1995 50.22 +2.36 pp
1994 47.86 +1.87 pp
1993 45.99 −2.28 pp
1992 48.27 −1.37 pp
1991 49.63 +0.38 pp
1990 49.25 −1.38 pp
1989 50.63 +2.74 pp
1988 47.89 +2.01 pp
1987 45.88 −0.12 pp
1986 46.01 −8.17 pp
1985 54.18 +2.42 pp
1984 51.76 +1.9 pp
1983 49.86 +0.62 pp
1982 49.24 −0.37 pp
1981 49.61 +0.57 pp
1980 49.04 +2.7 pp
1979 46.34 +4.09 pp
1978 42.26 −1.15 pp
1977 43.41 −0.49 pp
1976 43.89 +1.25 pp
1975 42.64 −2.68 pp
1974 45.32 +4.87 pp
1973 40.45 +1.41 pp
1972 39.04 −2.62 pp
1971 41.66 −1.33 pp
1970 42.99 +3.39 pp
1969 39.59

Western Europe, 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.