Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Singapore

Imports (% of GDP) in Singapore in 2025 — 142.45%. Ranked 3 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 34.03 pp.

2025 142.45% +3.81 pp vs 2024
World rank 3of 138
Period maximum 208.93%1980
Period minimum 121.64%1967

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Singapore, 1960–202510012515017520022519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 176.48%1962: 148.52%1964: 132.95%1966: 130.5%1968: 131.14%1970: 145.03%1972: 122.31%1974: 164.49%1976: 156.42%1978: 169.16%1980: 208.93%1982: 187.18%1984: 156.66%1986: 146.1%1988: 175.15%1990: 167.14%1992: 149.59%1994: 150.02%1996: 159.27%1998: 145.29%2000: 176.01%2002: 165.66%2004: 187.57%2006: 197.33%2008: 208.33%2010: 171.69%2012: 172.49%2014: 168.51%2016: 137.54%2018: 148.01%2020: 149.9%2022: 145.24%2024: 138.64%2025: 142.45%
Change over the period: −34.03 pp Annual average: -0.52 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Singapore 142.45%
World 28.5%
South-Eastern Asia computed 61.6%
Imports (% of GDP) — Singapore, by year Singapore All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 142.45 +3.81 pp
2024 138.64 −4.63 pp
2023 143.27 −1.97 pp
2022 145.24 −0.14 pp
2021 145.37 −4.53 pp
2020 149.9 +2.45 pp
2019 147.45 −0.56 pp
2018 148.01 +3.58 pp
2017 144.43 +6.89 pp
2016 137.54 −13.54 pp
2015 151.09 −17.43 pp
2014 168.51 −3.45 pp
2013 171.96 −0.53 pp
2012 172.49 −3.28 pp
2011 175.77 +4.08 pp
2010 171.69 +4.34 pp
2009 167.35 −40.99 pp
2008 208.33 +26.82 pp
2007 181.51 −15.82 pp
2006 197.33 +2.05 pp
2005 195.27 +7.7 pp
2004 187.57 +12.94 pp
2003 174.63 +8.97 pp
2002 165.66 −0.74 pp
2001 166.4 −9.62 pp
2000 176.01 +16.27 pp
1999 159.74 +14.45 pp
1998 145.29 −9.28 pp
1997 154.57 −4.7 pp
1996 159.27 −5.07 pp
1995 164.34 +14.32 pp
1994 150.02 −1.74 pp
1993 151.77 +2.18 pp
1992 149.59 −5.76 pp
1991 155.34 −11.8 pp
1990 167.14 −1.14 pp
1989 168.28 −6.88 pp
1988 175.15 +14.12 pp
1987 161.04 +14.94 pp
1986 146.1 −5.83 pp
1985 151.92 −4.74 pp
1984 156.66 −9.62 pp
1983 166.28 −20.9 pp
1982 187.18 −14.41 pp
1981 201.6 −7.33 pp
1980 208.93 +18.6 pp
1979 190.33 +21.17 pp
1978 169.16 +4.94 pp
1977 164.22 +7.81 pp
1976 156.42 +9.97 pp
1975 146.45 −18.04 pp
1974 164.49 +37.1 pp
1973 127.39 +5.08 pp
1972 122.31 −17.52 pp
1971 139.83 −5.2 pp
1970 145.03 +3.46 pp
1969 141.57 +10.43 pp
1968 131.14 +9.5 pp
1967 121.64 −8.86 pp
1966 130.5 −3.8 pp
1965 134.3 +1.36 pp
1964 132.95 −22.78 pp
1963 155.73 +7.2 pp
1962 148.52 −8.46 pp
1961 156.98 −19.5 pp
1960 176.48

South-Eastern Asia, 2025

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

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.