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Imports (% of GDP) — Peru

Imports (% of GDP) in Peru in 2025 — 21.85%. Ranked 118 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1.58 pp.

2025 21.85% −0.95 pp vs 2024
World rank 118of 138
Period maximum 28.71%2008
Period minimum 11.21%1989

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Peru, 1960–2025101520253019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 20.27%1962: 21.96%1964: 18.8%1966: 19.16%1968: 18.88%1970: 15.58%1972: 14.4%1974: 21.35%1976: 19.69%1978: 19.53%1980: 22.12%1982: 22.25%1984: 17.37%1986: 18.07%1988: 18.12%1990: 13.77%1992: 15.46%1994: 16.15%1996: 18.34%1998: 19.25%2000: 18.77%2002: 17.97%2004: 19.02%2006: 21.25%2008: 28.71%2010: 23.85%2012: 25.17%2014: 24.25%2016: 22.79%2018: 23.44%2020: 21.23%2022: 28.45%2024: 22.8%2025: 21.85%
Change over the period: +1.58 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Peru 21.85%
World 28.5%
Latin America & Caribbean 26.43%
South America computed 19.2%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 21.91%
Imports (% of GDP) — Peru, by year Peru All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 21.85 −0.95 pp
2024 22.8 −0.94 pp
2023 23.74 −4.72 pp
2022 28.45 +2.27 pp
2021 26.18 +4.95 pp
2020 21.23 −1.67 pp
2019 22.9 −0.53 pp
2018 23.44 +0.65 pp
2017 22.79 +0.01 pp
2016 22.79 −1.09 pp
2015 23.88 −0.37 pp
2014 24.25 −0.73 pp
2013 24.98 −0.19 pp
2012 25.17 −0.32 pp
2011 25.49 +1.64 pp
2010 23.85 +2.18 pp
2009 21.67 −7.04 pp
2008 28.71 +4.54 pp
2007 24.17 +2.92 pp
2006 21.25 +0.74 pp
2005 20.51 +1.48 pp
2004 19.02 +0.41 pp
2003 18.61 +0.64 pp
2002 17.97 −0.49 pp
2001 18.46 −0.31 pp
2000 18.77 +0.96 pp
1999 17.81 −1.44 pp
1998 19.25 +0.26 pp
1997 18.99 +0.65 pp
1996 18.34 +0.01 pp
1995 18.33 +2.18 pp
1994 16.15 −0.16 pp
1993 16.32 +0.85 pp
1992 15.46 +1.01 pp
1991 14.46 +0.68 pp
1990 13.77 +2.57 pp
1989 11.21 −6.92 pp
1988 18.12 +3.44 pp
1987 14.69 −3.39 pp
1986 18.07 −0.66 pp
1985 18.73 +1.36 pp
1984 17.37 −4.13 pp
1983 21.5 −0.75 pp
1982 22.25 −0.47 pp
1981 22.72 +0.6 pp
1980 22.12 +3.54 pp
1979 18.58 −0.95 pp
1978 19.53 −2.59 pp
1977 22.12 +2.43 pp
1976 19.69 −1.67 pp
1975 21.36 +0.01 pp
1974 21.35 +6 pp
1973 15.35 +0.95 pp
1972 14.4 −0.38 pp
1971 14.78 −0.8 pp
1970 15.58 −1.25 pp
1969 16.82 −2.05 pp
1968 18.88 −1.3 pp
1967 20.17 +1.01 pp
1966 19.16 +0.17 pp
1965 18.99 +0.19 pp
1964 18.8 −2.78 pp
1963 21.58 −0.38 pp
1962 21.96 −0.24 pp
1961 22.2 +1.93 pp
1960 20.27 —

South America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

PY Paraguay 39.3 CL Chile 30.42 EC Ecuador 27.92 UY Uruguay 22.65 PE Peru 21.85 CO Colombia 20.38 BR Brazil 17.47 AR Argentina 14.81 VE Venezuela 10.11
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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.

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