Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Romania

Imports (% of GDP) in Romania in 2025 — 40.73%. Ranked 71 in the world out of 138. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 14.55 pp.

2025 40.73% −0.88 pp vs 2024
World rank 71of 138
Period maximum 50.44%2022
Period minimum 21.53%1991

Trend over time

1990–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Romania, 1990–2025203040506019901994199820022006201020142018202220251990: 26.18%1991: 21.53%1992: 36.2%1993: 27.99%1994: 26.97%1995: 30.66%1996: 34.32%1997: 35.01%1998: 30.82%1999: 31.31%2000: 26.93%2001: 29.82%2002: 29.7%2003: 31.97%2004: 34.88%2005: 34.83%2006: 36.91%2007: 38.79%2008: 39.02%2009: 32.45%2010: 38.31%2011: 41.03%2012: 40.89%2013: 41.15%2014: 41.9%2015: 42.17%2016: 43.48%2017: 44.82%2018: 45.31%2019: 44.57%2020: 41.39%2021: 46.38%2022: 50.44%2023: 44.13%2024: 41.61%2025: 40.73%
Change over the period: +14.55 pp Annual average: 0.42 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Romania 40.73%
World 28.5%
Eastern Europe computed 34.92%
Imports (% of GDP) — Romania, by year Romania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 40.73 −0.88 pp
2024 41.61 −2.52 pp
2023 44.13 −6.31 pp
2022 50.44 +4.06 pp
2021 46.38 +4.99 pp
2020 41.39 −3.18 pp
2019 44.57 −0.74 pp
2018 45.31 +0.49 pp
2017 44.82 +1.35 pp
2016 43.48 +1.3 pp
2015 42.17 +0.27 pp
2014 41.9 +0.75 pp
2013 41.15 +0.27 pp
2012 40.89 −0.15 pp
2011 41.03 +2.72 pp
2010 38.31 +5.87 pp
2009 32.45 −6.57 pp
2008 39.02 +0.23 pp
2007 38.79 +1.88 pp
2006 36.91 +2.09 pp
2005 34.83 −0.06 pp
2004 34.88 +2.92 pp
2003 31.97 +2.27 pp
2002 29.7 −0.13 pp
2001 29.82 +2.89 pp
2000 26.93 −4.38 pp
1999 31.31 +0.49 pp
1998 30.82 −4.18 pp
1997 35.01 +0.68 pp
1996 34.32 +3.66 pp
1995 30.66 +3.7 pp
1994 26.97 −1.02 pp
1993 27.99 −8.21 pp
1992 36.2 +14.66 pp
1991 21.53 −4.65 pp
1990 26.18

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.