Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Philippines

Imports (% of GDP) in the Philippines in 2025 — 40.24%. Ranked 74 in the world out of 138. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 21.13 pp.

2025 40.24% +0.12 pp vs 2024
World rank 74of 138
Period maximum 45.3%2004
Period minimum 15.82%1985

Trend over time

1981–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Philippines, 1981–2025020406019811986199119962001200620112016202120251981: 19.11%1982: 18.31%1983: 19.6%1984: 17.88%1985: 15.82%1986: 16.17%1987: 18.82%1988: 19.32%1989: 21.54%1990: 23.53%1991: 23.25%1992: 24.21%1993: 28.16%1994: 28.45%1995: 31.38%1996: 34.97%1997: 42.14%1998: 42.27%1999: 38.75%2000: 41.81%2001: 43.74%2002: 43.84%2003: 45.27%2004: 45.3%2005: 42.62%2006: 39.61%2007: 35.63%2008: 34.32%2009: 30.67%2010: 33.23%2011: 31.69%2012: 30.37%2013: 29.65%2014: 30.11%2015: 31.93%2016: 35.1%2017: 38.62%2018: 41.95%2019: 40.46%2020: 32.97%2021: 37.73%2022: 44.04%2023: 40.78%2024: 40.13%2025: 40.24%
Change over the period: +21.13 pp Annual average: 0.48 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Philippines 40.24%
World 28.5%
South-Eastern Asia computed 61.6%
Imports (% of GDP) — Philippines, by year Philippines All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 40.24 +0.12 pp
2024 40.13 −0.66 pp
2023 40.78 −3.26 pp
2022 44.04 +6.31 pp
2021 37.73 +4.77 pp
2020 32.97 −7.49 pp
2019 40.46 −1.49 pp
2018 41.95 +3.33 pp
2017 38.62 +3.51 pp
2016 35.1 +3.17 pp
2015 31.93 +1.82 pp
2014 30.11 +0.47 pp
2013 29.65 −0.73 pp
2012 30.37 −1.32 pp
2011 31.69 −1.54 pp
2010 33.23 +2.56 pp
2009 30.67 −3.66 pp
2008 34.32 −1.31 pp
2007 35.63 −3.97 pp
2006 39.61 −3.01 pp
2005 42.62 −2.68 pp
2004 45.3 +0.03 pp
2003 45.27 +1.43 pp
2002 43.84 +0.09 pp
2001 43.74 +1.94 pp
2000 41.81 +3.06 pp
1999 38.75 −3.52 pp
1998 42.27 +0.13 pp
1997 42.14 +7.17 pp
1996 34.97 +3.58 pp
1995 31.38 +2.93 pp
1994 28.45 +0.29 pp
1993 28.16 +3.95 pp
1992 24.21 +0.96 pp
1991 23.25 −0.27 pp
1990 23.53 +1.99 pp
1989 21.54 +2.22 pp
1988 19.32 +0.51 pp
1987 18.82 +2.64 pp
1986 16.17 +0.36 pp
1985 15.82 −2.06 pp
1984 17.88 −1.72 pp
1983 19.6 +1.29 pp
1982 18.31 −0.81 pp
1981 19.11

South-Eastern 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.