Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Samoa

Imports (% of GDP) in Samoa in 2025 — 43.01%. Ranked 66 in the world out of 138. Since 2002, the indicator has fallen by 10.73 pp.

2025 43.01% −5.86 pp vs 2024
World rank 66of 138
Period maximum 56.49%2012
Period minimum 43.01%2025

Trend over time

2002–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Samoa, 2002–202540455055602002200520082011201420172020202320252002: 53.74%2003: 45.18%2004: 43.46%2005: 47.69%2006: 52.86%2007: 53.99%2008: 46.02%2009: 47.98%2010: 50.85%2011: 53.21%2012: 56.49%2013: 49.78%2014: 52.91%2015: 47.49%2016: 46.43%2017: 44.35%2018: 46.97%2019: 48.3%2020: 48.29%2021: 48.3%2022: 49.36%2023: 54.63%2024: 48.87%2025: 43.01%
Change over the period: −10.73 pp Annual average: -0.47 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Samoa 43.01%
World 28.5%
Imports (% of GDP) — Samoa, by year Samoa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 43.01 −5.86 pp
2024 48.87 −5.77 pp
2023 54.63 +5.27 pp
2022 49.36 +1.06 pp
2021 48.3 +0.01 pp
2020 48.29 −0.01 pp
2019 48.3 +1.33 pp
2018 46.97 +2.62 pp
2017 44.35 −2.08 pp
2016 46.43 −1.06 pp
2015 47.49 −5.42 pp
2014 52.91 +3.13 pp
2013 49.78 −6.71 pp
2012 56.49 +3.28 pp
2011 53.21 +2.35 pp
2010 50.85 +2.87 pp
2009 47.98 +1.96 pp
2008 46.02 −7.97 pp
2007 53.99 +1.14 pp
2006 52.86 +5.17 pp
2005 47.69 +4.23 pp
2004 43.46 −1.71 pp
2003 45.18 −8.57 pp
2002 53.74

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.