Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Pakistan

Imports (% of GDP) in Pakistan in 2025 — 17.21%. Ranked 128 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 3.99 pp.

2025 17.21% +0.03 pp vs 2024
World rank 128of 138
Period maximum 23.31%1980
Period minimum 8.65%1972

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Pakistan, 1960–202551015202519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 13.22%1962: 14.39%1964: 15.4%1966: 12.29%1968: 11.6%1970: 10.35%1972: 8.65%1974: 17.25%1976: 18.3%1978: 18.49%1980: 23.31%1982: 21.13%1984: 21.97%1986: 20.11%1988: 19.43%1990: 20.25%1992: 20.42%1994: 18.9%1996: 21.43%1998: 17.53%2000: 11.83%2002: 11.87%2004: 13.39%2006: 20.5%2008: 22.47%2010: 19.35%2012: 19.45%2014: 18.27%2016: 15.96%2018: 19.04%2020: 17.42%2022: 22.49%2024: 17.18%2025: 17.21%
Change over the period: +3.99 pp Annual average: 0.06 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Pakistan 17.21%
World 28.5%
South Asia 23.46%
Southern Asia computed 23.64%
Imports (% of GDP) — Pakistan, by year Pakistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 17.21 +0.03 pp
2024 17.18 −0.79 pp
2023 17.97 −4.52 pp
2022 22.49 +4.51 pp
2021 17.98 +0.56 pp
2020 17.42 −2.1 pp
2019 19.51 +0.47 pp
2018 19.04 +1.79 pp
2017 17.25 +1.29 pp
2016 15.96 −0.75 pp
2015 16.71 −1.56 pp
2014 18.27 −0.44 pp
2013 18.71 −0.73 pp
2012 19.45 +0.56 pp
2011 18.88 −0.47 pp
2010 19.35 −1.58 pp
2009 20.94 −1.54 pp
2008 22.47 +3.31 pp
2007 19.16 −1.34 pp
2006 20.5 +2.87 pp
2005 17.63 +4.24 pp
2004 13.39 +0.9 pp
2003 12.49 +0.62 pp
2002 11.87 −1.08 pp
2001 12.95 +1.12 pp
2000 11.83 −5.14 pp
1999 16.97 −0.56 pp
1998 17.53 −3.24 pp
1997 20.77 −0.66 pp
1996 21.43 +2 pp
1995 19.42 +0.52 pp
1994 18.9 −3.4 pp
1993 22.3 +1.87 pp
1992 20.42 +1.94 pp
1991 18.49 −1.76 pp
1990 20.25 −0.1 pp
1989 20.35 +0.92 pp
1988 19.43 +0.34 pp
1987 19.09 −1.02 pp
1986 20.11 −2.49 pp
1985 22.6 +0.64 pp
1984 21.97 −0.54 pp
1983 22.51 +1.38 pp
1982 21.13 −1.2 pp
1981 22.33 −0.97 pp
1980 23.31 +1.49 pp
1979 21.82 +3.33 pp
1978 18.49 +0.63 pp
1977 17.86 −0.44 pp
1976 18.3 −2.4 pp
1975 20.7 +3.45 pp
1974 17.25 +3.03 pp
1973 14.22 +5.57 pp
1972 8.65 −1.83 pp
1971 10.48 +0.13 pp
1970 10.35 −0.21 pp
1969 10.56 −1.04 pp
1968 11.6 −1.97 pp
1967 13.57 +1.29 pp
1966 12.29 −4.7 pp
1965 16.99 +1.58 pp
1964 15.4 −0.41 pp
1963 15.81 +1.42 pp
1962 14.39 +0.38 pp
1961 14.02 +0.8 pp
1960 13.22

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.