Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Rwanda

Imports (% of GDP) in Rwanda in 2025 — 35.12%. Ranked 81 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 23.21 pp.

2025 35.12% −8.15 pp vs 2024
World rank 81of 138
Period maximum 76.54%1994
Period minimum 11.62%1961

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Rwanda, 1960–202502040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 11.91%1962: 15.12%1964: 14.9%1966: 23.62%1968: 17.88%1970: 18%1972: 19.2%1974: 25.21%1976: 22.91%1978: 28.12%1980: 31.17%1982: 28.53%1984: 23.23%1986: 23.81%1988: 20.79%1990: 16.62%1992: 21.57%1994: 76.54%1996: 30.95%1998: 27.42%2000: 26.06%2002: 25.26%2004: 27.18%2006: 22.53%2008: 26.61%2010: 26.89%2012: 28.91%2014: 30.42%2016: 34.47%2018: 26.35%2020: 25.68%2022: 39.16%2024: 43.27%2025: 35.12%
Change over the period: +23.21 pp Annual average: 0.36 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Rwanda 35.12%
World 28.5%
Eastern Africa computed 28.92%
Low-income countries computed 27.75%
Imports (% of GDP) — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 35.12 −8.15 pp
2024 43.27 +0.07 pp
2023 43.19 +4.03 pp
2022 39.16 −1.36 pp
2021 40.52 +14.83 pp
2020 25.68 −1.18 pp
2019 26.86 +0.51 pp
2018 26.35 −7.13 pp
2017 33.47 −1 pp
2016 34.47 +2.12 pp
2015 32.35 +1.92 pp
2014 30.42 +0.84 pp
2013 29.59 +0.68 pp
2012 28.91 +1.53 pp
2011 27.38 +0.49 pp
2010 26.89 +0.16 pp
2009 26.72 +0.12 pp
2008 26.61 +4.04 pp
2007 22.57 +0.04 pp
2006 22.53 −5.31 pp
2005 27.85 +0.66 pp
2004 27.18 +1.72 pp
2003 25.46 +0.2 pp
2002 25.26 −0.62 pp
2001 25.88 −0.18 pp
2000 26.06 +0.17 pp
1999 25.9 −1.52 pp
1998 27.42 −2.91 pp
1997 30.32 −0.62 pp
1996 30.95 +0.45 pp
1995 30.5 −46.04 pp
1994 76.54 +52.32 pp
1993 24.22 +2.65 pp
1992 21.57 +0.25 pp
1991 21.33 +4.71 pp
1990 16.62 −3.8 pp
1989 20.42 −0.37 pp
1988 20.79 −1.82 pp
1987 22.61 −1.2 pp
1986 23.81 +0.32 pp
1985 23.49 +0.26 pp
1984 23.23 −1.29 pp
1983 24.52 −4.01 pp
1982 28.53 +2.83 pp
1981 25.7 −5.47 pp
1980 31.17 +4.29 pp
1979 26.88 −1.24 pp
1978 28.12 +7.25 pp
1977 20.86 −2.05 pp
1976 22.91 +2 pp
1975 20.91 −4.3 pp
1974 25.21 +9.33 pp
1973 15.88 −3.32 pp
1972 19.2 −0.72 pp
1971 19.93 +1.93 pp
1970 18 +1.04 pp
1969 16.96 −0.93 pp
1968 17.88 −0.32 pp
1967 18.21 −5.42 pp
1966 23.62 +3.62 pp
1965 20.01 +5.1 pp
1964 14.9 −0.05 pp
1963 14.95 −0.17 pp
1962 15.12 +3.5 pp
1961 11.62 −0.29 pp
1960 11.91

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.