Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Puerto Rico

Imports (% of GDP) in Puerto Rico in 2025 — 43.57%. Ranked 65 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 9.94 pp.

2025 43.57% +0.83 pp vs 2024
World rank 65of 138
Period maximum 61.63%1977
Period minimum 40.3%1998

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Puerto Rico, 1960–20254050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 53.52%1964: 52.17%1966: 51.94%1968: 49.42%1970: 49.92%1972: 49.1%1974: 55.45%1976: 60.56%1978: 58.72%1980: 59.84%1982: 50.65%1984: 49.72%1986: 45.88%1988: 44.95%1990: 51.37%1992: 44.43%1994: 41.96%1996: 42.04%1998: 40.3%2000: 43.83%2002: 40.47%2004: 48.43%2006: 48.85%2008: 47.98%2010: 41.48%2012: 45.86%2014: 41.56%2016: 41.52%2018: 46.05%2020: 43.16%2022: 45.81%2024: 42.75%2025: 43.57%
Change over the period: −9.94 pp Annual average: -0.15 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Puerto Rico 43.57%
World 28.5%
Imports (% of GDP) — Puerto Rico, by year Puerto Rico All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 43.57 +0.83 pp
2024 42.75 −5.27 pp
2023 48.01 +2.2 pp
2022 45.81 +3.48 pp
2021 42.33 −0.83 pp
2020 43.16 −3.83 pp
2019 46.99 +0.95 pp
2018 46.05 +1.64 pp
2017 44.41 +2.89 pp
2016 41.52 −0.17 pp
2015 41.69 +0.12 pp
2014 41.56 −2.46 pp
2013 44.02 −1.84 pp
2012 45.86 +1.35 pp
2011 44.51 +3.02 pp
2010 41.48 −0.69 pp
2009 42.18 −5.8 pp
2008 47.98 −2.58 pp
2007 50.56 +1.72 pp
2006 48.85 +2.48 pp
2005 46.36 −2.06 pp
2004 48.43 +3.32 pp
2003 45.1 +4.64 pp
2002 40.47 −1.65 pp
2001 42.12 −1.71 pp
2000 43.83 +0.09 pp
1999 43.74 +3.44 pp
1998 40.3 −4.08 pp
1997 44.38 +2.34 pp
1996 42.04 −2.08 pp
1995 44.12 +2.16 pp
1994 41.96 −2.42 pp
1993 44.38 −0.05 pp
1992 44.43 −4.83 pp
1991 49.26 −2.11 pp
1990 51.37 +1.51 pp
1989 49.87 +4.92 pp
1988 44.95 +0.31 pp
1987 44.63 −1.25 pp
1986 45.88 −3.96 pp
1985 49.84 +0.12 pp
1984 49.72 +0.49 pp
1983 49.24 −1.41 pp
1982 50.65 −7.26 pp
1981 57.91 −1.93 pp
1980 59.84 +1.9 pp
1979 57.94 −0.79 pp
1978 58.72 −2.91 pp
1977 61.63 +1.07 pp
1976 60.56 +0.18 pp
1975 60.39 +4.93 pp
1974 55.45 +5.53 pp
1973 49.93 +0.82 pp
1972 49.1 −1.88 pp
1971 50.99 +1.06 pp
1970 49.92 −0.1 pp
1969 50.02 +0.61 pp
1968 49.42 −1.43 pp
1967 50.84 −1.09 pp
1966 51.94 −0.25 pp
1965 52.18 +0.01 pp
1964 52.17 +3.02 pp
1963 49.15
1960 53.52

Caribbean, 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.