Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Niger

Imports (% of GDP) in Niger in 2025 — 18.14%. Ranked 126 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 10.74 pp.

2025 18.14% +2.75 pp vs 2024
World rank 126of 138
Period maximum 38.13%1980
Period minimum 7.41%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Niger, 1960–202501020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 7.41%1962: 12.95%1964: 14.1%1966: 16.09%1968: 14.31%1970: 18.1%1972: 20.49%1974: 28.97%1976: 34.34%1978: 27.83%1980: 38.13%1982: 36.1%1984: 26.97%1986: 20.69%1988: 23.59%1990: 20.55%1992: 16.92%1994: 20.5%1996: 21.24%1998: 21.05%2000: 20.37%2002: 18.92%2004: 22.71%2006: 22.66%2008: 26.53%2010: 35.76%2012: 28.99%2014: 29.8%2016: 24.44%2018: 26.31%2020: 25.96%2022: 27%2024: 15.39%2025: 18.14%
Change over the period: +10.74 pp Annual average: 0.17 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Niger 18.14%
World 28.5%
Western Africa computed 31.67%
Low-income countries computed 27.75%
Imports (% of GDP) — Niger, by year Niger All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 18.14 +2.75 pp
2024 15.39 −7.08 pp
2023 22.47 −4.53 pp
2022 27 +0.02 pp
2021 26.98 +1.03 pp
2020 25.96 −1.38 pp
2019 27.33 +1.02 pp
2018 26.31 +0.45 pp
2017 25.86 +1.42 pp
2016 24.44 −6.02 pp
2015 30.46 +0.66 pp
2014 29.8 +0.48 pp
2013 29.32 +0.33 pp
2012 28.99 −5.97 pp
2011 34.96 −0.8 pp
2010 35.76 +1.23 pp
2009 34.53 +8 pp
2008 26.53 +4.09 pp
2007 22.44 −0.22 pp
2006 22.66 −1.28 pp
2005 23.94 +1.23 pp
2004 22.71 +2.6 pp
2003 20.11 +1.19 pp
2002 18.92 −0.64 pp
2001 19.56 −0.82 pp
2000 20.37 +1.65 pp
1999 18.72 −2.33 pp
1998 21.05 +1.41 pp
1997 19.64 −1.61 pp
1996 21.24 +1 pp
1995 20.24 −0.26 pp
1994 20.5 +5.31 pp
1993 15.19 −1.74 pp
1992 16.92 −1.39 pp
1991 18.32 −2.23 pp
1990 20.55 −2.75 pp
1989 23.3 −0.29 pp
1988 23.59 −1.59 pp
1987 25.18 +4.49 pp
1986 20.69 −12.15 pp
1985 32.84 +5.87 pp
1984 26.97 +0.06 pp
1983 26.91 −9.18 pp
1982 36.1 −0.1 pp
1981 36.2 −1.92 pp
1980 38.13 +1.25 pp
1979 36.87 +9.04 pp
1978 27.83 −1.5 pp
1977 29.33 −5.01 pp
1976 34.34 +3.34 pp
1975 30.99 +2.02 pp
1974 28.97 +5.24 pp
1973 23.74 +3.24 pp
1972 20.49 +4.89 pp
1971 15.6 −2.5 pp
1970 18.1 +1.63 pp
1969 16.47 +2.16 pp
1968 14.31 −0.06 pp
1967 14.37 −1.71 pp
1966 16.09 +2.07 pp
1965 14.02 −0.08 pp
1964 14.1 +3.78 pp
1963 10.32 −2.63 pp
1962 12.95 +3.24 pp
1961 9.71 +2.3 pp
1960 7.41

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.