Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — OECD

Imports (% of GDP) in the OECD in 2025 — 28.33%. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 15.96 pp.

2025 28.33% +0.44 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 31.12%2022
Period minimum 12.37%1970

Trend over time

1970–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — OECD, 1970–202510152025303519701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 12.37%1971: 12.39%1972: 12.69%1973: 14.21%1974: 17.62%1975: 16.13%1976: 16.86%1977: 16.99%1978: 16.39%1979: 18.16%1980: 19.56%1981: 18.69%1982: 17.87%1983: 17.05%1984: 17.51%1985: 17.09%1986: 16.15%1987: 16.56%1988: 16.83%1989: 17.51%1990: 18.03%1991: 17.25%1992: 17.08%1993: 16.1%1994: 16.84%1995: 17.99%1996: 18.72%1997: 19.49%1998: 19.82%1999: 19.91%2000: 21.51%2001: 21.03%2002: 20.85%2003: 21.47%2004: 22.95%2005: 24.26%2006: 25.95%2007: 26.9%2008: 28.27%2009: 23.67%2010: 26.05%2011: 28.3%2012: 27.92%2013: 28.01%2014: 28.12%2015: 26.84%2016: 26.09%2017: 27.23%2018: 28.17%2019: 27.6%2020: 25.43%2021: 27.75%2022: 31.12%2023: 28.61%2024: 27.89%2025: 28.33%
Change over the period: +15.96 pp Annual average: 0.29 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

OECD 28.33%
World 28.5%
Imports (% of GDP) — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 28.33 +0.44 pp
2024 27.89 −0.72 pp
2023 28.61 −2.51 pp
2022 31.12 +3.38 pp
2021 27.75 +2.32 pp
2020 25.43 −2.17 pp
2019 27.6 −0.57 pp
2018 28.17 +0.94 pp
2017 27.23 +1.14 pp
2016 26.09 −0.76 pp
2015 26.84 −1.28 pp
2014 28.12 +0.11 pp
2013 28.01 +0.09 pp
2012 27.92 −0.38 pp
2011 28.3 +2.25 pp
2010 26.05 +2.38 pp
2009 23.67 −4.61 pp
2008 28.27 +1.37 pp
2007 26.9 +0.95 pp
2006 25.95 +1.69 pp
2005 24.26 +1.31 pp
2004 22.95 +1.48 pp
2003 21.47 +0.62 pp
2002 20.85 −0.18 pp
2001 21.03 −0.48 pp
2000 21.51 +1.6 pp
1999 19.91 +0.09 pp
1998 19.82 +0.34 pp
1997 19.49 +0.76 pp
1996 18.72 +0.73 pp
1995 17.99 +1.15 pp
1994 16.84 +0.75 pp
1993 16.1 −0.98 pp
1992 17.08 −0.17 pp
1991 17.25 −0.78 pp
1990 18.03 +0.52 pp
1989 17.51 +0.67 pp
1988 16.83 +0.27 pp
1987 16.56 +0.41 pp
1986 16.15 −0.94 pp
1985 17.09 −0.42 pp
1984 17.51 +0.46 pp
1983 17.05 −0.82 pp
1982 17.87 −0.82 pp
1981 18.69 −0.87 pp
1980 19.56 +1.4 pp
1979 18.16 +1.77 pp
1978 16.39 −0.6 pp
1977 16.99 +0.13 pp
1976 16.86 +0.72 pp
1975 16.13 −1.49 pp
1974 17.62 +3.41 pp
1973 14.21 +1.52 pp
1972 12.69 +0.3 pp
1971 12.39 +0.02 pp
1970 12.37

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.