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Imports (% of GDP) — Russia

Imports (% of GDP) in Russia in 2025 — 15.51%. Ranked 132 in the world out of 138. Since 1989, the indicator has fallen by 5.51 pp.

2025 15.51% −2.06 pp vs 2024
World rank 132of 138
Period maximum 48.25%1992
Period minimum 12.99%1991

Trend over time

1989–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Russia, 1989–2025020406019891993199720012005200920132017202120251989: 21.01%1990: 17.94%1991: 12.99%1992: 48.25%1993: 30.49%1994: 23.2%1995: 25.89%1996: 21.85%1997: 22.53%1998: 24.55%1999: 26.17%2000: 24.03%2001: 24.22%2002: 24.43%2003: 23.88%2004: 22.16%2005: 21.51%2006: 21%2007: 21.54%2008: 22.07%2009: 20.5%2010: 21.14%2011: 19.98%2012: 20.24%2013: 20.44%2014: 20.69%2015: 20.66%2016: 20.66%2017: 20.79%2018: 20.79%2019: 20.8%2020: 20.44%2021: 20.58%2022: 15.06%2023: 18.57%2024: 17.56%2025: 15.51%
Change over the period: −5.51 pp Annual average: -0.15 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Russia 15.51%
World 28.5%
Europe & Central Asia 41.01%
Eastern Europe computed 34.92%
Imports (% of GDP) — Russia, by year Russia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 15.51 −2.06 pp
2024 17.56 −1.01 pp
2023 18.57 +3.51 pp
2022 15.06 −5.53 pp
2021 20.58 +0.14 pp
2020 20.44 −0.35 pp
2019 20.8 +0.01 pp
2018 20.79 +0 pp
2017 20.79 +0.12 pp
2016 20.66 +0.01 pp
2015 20.66 −0.03 pp
2014 20.69 +0.25 pp
2013 20.44 +0.2 pp
2012 20.24 +0.26 pp
2011 19.98 −1.16 pp
2010 21.14 +0.64 pp
2009 20.5 −1.58 pp
2008 22.07 +0.53 pp
2007 21.54 +0.54 pp
2006 21 −0.51 pp
2005 21.51 −0.65 pp
2004 22.16 −1.71 pp
2003 23.88 −0.55 pp
2002 24.43 +0.22 pp
2001 24.22 +0.18 pp
2000 24.03 −2.14 pp
1999 26.17 +1.62 pp
1998 24.55 +2.02 pp
1997 22.53 +0.68 pp
1996 21.85 −4.04 pp
1995 25.89 +2.7 pp
1994 23.2 −7.3 pp
1993 30.49 −17.76 pp
1992 48.25 +35.27 pp
1991 12.99 −4.96 pp
1990 17.94 −3.07 pp
1989 21.01 —

Eastern Europe, 2025

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

SK Slovakia 85.25 HU Hungary 68.15 CZ Czechia 61.09 MD Moldova 60.91 BY Belarus 57.03 UA Ukraine 51.85 BG Bulgaria 51.78 PL Poland 47.08 RO Romania 40.73 RU Russia 15.51
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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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