Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Somalia

Imports (% of GDP) in Somalia in 2025 — 98.81%. Ranked 8 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 81.67 pp.

2025 98.81% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 8of 138
Period maximum 99.11%2024
Period minimum 15.52%1970

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Somalia, 1960–2025025507510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 17.15%1961: 23.08%1962: 27.51%1963: 25.97%1964: 30.44%1965: 20.64%1966: 22.57%1967: 22.25%1968: 21.52%1969: 23.65%1970: 15.52%1971: 19%1972: 19.13%1973: 28.17%1974: 32.66%1975: 25.24%1976: 22.09%1977: 59.22%1978: 56.15%1979: 75.64%1980: 88.65%1981: 68.35%1982: 68.04%1983: 72.54%1984: 61.15%1985: 19.32%1986: 29.84%1987: 30.93%1988: 21.9%1989: 41.52%1990: 33.56%2012: 69.02%2013: 64.72%2014: 62.54%2015: 59.61%2016: 58.23%2017: 55.63%2018: 59.61%2019: 57.23%2020: 62.04%2021: 62.94%2022: 73.08%2023: 81.18%2024: 99.11%2025: 98.81%
Change over the period: +81.67 pp Annual average: 1.26 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Somalia 98.81%
World 28.5%
Eastern Africa computed 28.92%
Low-income countries computed 27.75%
Imports (% of GDP) — Somalia, by year Somalia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 98.81 −0.3 pp
2024 99.11 +17.93 pp
2023 81.18 +8.11 pp
2022 73.08 +10.13 pp
2021 62.94 +0.9 pp
2020 62.04 +4.81 pp
2019 57.23 −2.38 pp
2018 59.61 +3.98 pp
2017 55.63 −2.6 pp
2016 58.23 −1.38 pp
2015 59.61 −2.93 pp
2014 62.54 −2.18 pp
2013 64.72 −4.3 pp
2012 69.02
1990 33.56 −7.96 pp
1989 41.52 +19.61 pp
1988 21.9 −9.03 pp
1987 30.93 +1.1 pp
1986 29.84 +10.51 pp
1985 19.32 −41.82 pp
1984 61.15 −11.39 pp
1983 72.54 +4.5 pp
1982 68.04 −0.32 pp
1981 68.35 −20.29 pp
1980 88.65 +13.01 pp
1979 75.64 +19.49 pp
1978 56.15 −3.07 pp
1977 59.22 +37.12 pp
1976 22.09 −3.15 pp
1975 25.24 −7.42 pp
1974 32.66 +4.49 pp
1973 28.17 +9.04 pp
1972 19.13 +0.13 pp
1971 19 +3.48 pp
1970 15.52 −8.13 pp
1969 23.65 +2.13 pp
1968 21.52 −0.73 pp
1967 22.25 −0.32 pp
1966 22.57 +1.94 pp
1965 20.64 −9.8 pp
1964 30.44 +4.46 pp
1963 25.97 −1.54 pp
1962 27.51 +4.43 pp
1961 23.08 +5.94 pp
1960 17.15

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.