Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Republic of the Congo

Imports (% of GDP) in the Republic of the Congo in 2025 — 43.65%. Ranked 64 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 41.96 pp.

2025 43.65% +3.24 pp vs 2024
World rank 64of 138
Period maximum 85.61%1960
Period minimum 16.45%1992

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Republic of the Congo, 1960–2025025507510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 85.61%1962: 62.95%1964: 56.45%1966: 51.11%1968: 57.23%1970: 57.76%1972: 51.79%1974: 59.47%1976: 66.56%1978: 61.07%1980: 60.13%1982: 68.51%1984: 45.62%1986: 53.67%1988: 40.42%1990: 19.04%1992: 16.45%1994: 74.22%1996: 59.95%1998: 72.62%2000: 43.61%2002: 53.94%2004: 50.84%2006: 48.14%2008: 59.71%2010: 55.54%2012: 39.36%2014: 51.06%2016: 80.19%2018: 38.37%2020: 28.59%2022: 34.35%2024: 40.41%2025: 43.65%
Change over the period: −41.96 pp Annual average: -0.65 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo 43.65%
World 28.5%
Middle Africa computed 25.33%
Imports (% of GDP) — Republic of the Congo, by year Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 43.65 +3.24 pp
2024 40.41 +1.09 pp
2023 39.31 +4.97 pp
2022 34.35 +1.64 pp
2021 32.71 +4.12 pp
2020 28.59 −6.79 pp
2019 35.38 −3 pp
2018 38.37 −8.28 pp
2017 46.65 −33.54 pp
2016 80.19 +3.73 pp
2015 76.46 +25.4 pp
2014 51.06 +11 pp
2013 40.07 +0.71 pp
2012 39.36 −11.62 pp
2011 50.98 −4.56 pp
2010 55.54 −15.54 pp
2009 71.07 +11.37 pp
2008 59.71 −20.4 pp
2007 80.1 +31.96 pp
2006 48.14 +3.59 pp
2005 44.55 −6.29 pp
2004 50.84 −25.21 pp
2003 76.05 +22.11 pp
2002 53.94 +0.63 pp
2001 53.31 +9.7 pp
2000 43.61 −15.49 pp
1999 59.1 −13.52 pp
1998 72.62 +12.46 pp
1997 60.16 +0.21 pp
1996 59.95 −3.66 pp
1995 63.61 −10.61 pp
1994 74.22 +42.88 pp
1993 31.34 +14.89 pp
1992 16.45 −11.6 pp
1991 28.05 +9.01 pp
1990 19.04 −15.79 pp
1989 34.83 −5.6 pp
1988 40.42 +1.8 pp
1987 38.62 −15.05 pp
1986 53.67 −2.34 pp
1985 56.01 +10.38 pp
1984 45.62 −6.14 pp
1983 51.76 −16.74 pp
1982 68.51 −7.59 pp
1981 76.09 +15.97 pp
1980 60.13 +11.5 pp
1979 48.63 −12.44 pp
1978 61.07 −4.2 pp
1977 65.27 −1.29 pp
1976 66.56 +2.81 pp
1975 63.75 +4.27 pp
1974 59.47 +16.1 pp
1973 43.38 −8.41 pp
1972 51.79 −0.86 pp
1971 52.65 −5.11 pp
1970 57.76 +0.87 pp
1969 56.89 −0.34 pp
1968 57.23 +1.41 pp
1967 55.82 +4.71 pp
1966 51.11 −1.98 pp
1965 53.09 −3.36 pp
1964 56.45 −1.4 pp
1963 57.85 −5.1 pp
1962 62.95 −20.71 pp
1961 83.66 −1.95 pp
1960 85.61

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.