Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Northern Africa

Imports (% of GDP) in Northern Africa in 2025 — 33.58%. Since 1965, the indicator has risen by 13.8 pp.

2025 33.58% +3.94 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 36.04%1975
Period minimum 19.05%1968

Trend over time

1965–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Northern Africa, 1965–2025152025303540196519711977198319891995200120072013201920251965: 19.78%1967: 19.18%1969: 19.4%1971: 20.89%1973: 23.37%1975: 36.04%1977: 34.87%1979: 33.91%1981: 35.04%1983: 29.62%1985: 27.72%1987: 21.37%1989: 27.97%1991: 26.31%1993: 28.32%1995: 28.23%1997: 25%1999: 23.68%2001: 23.44%2003: 26.29%2005: 29.28%2007: 31.09%2009: 33.82%2011: 29.51%2013: 31.43%2015: 28.34%2017: 30.49%2019: 30.24%2021: 27.17%2023: 29.31%2025: 33.58%
Change over the period: +13.8 pp Annual average: 0.23 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Northern Africa 33.58%
World 28.5%
Imports (% of GDP) — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 33.58 +3.94 pp
2024 29.64 +0.33 pp
2023 29.31 +0.38 pp
2022 28.94 +1.77 pp
2021 27.17 +2 pp
2020 25.17 −5.07 pp
2019 30.24 −1.43 pp
2018 31.67 +1.18 pp
2017 30.49 +3.31 pp
2016 27.18 −1.16 pp
2015 28.34 −1.84 pp
2014 30.18 −1.25 pp
2013 31.43 +1.32 pp
2012 30.11 +0.6 pp
2011 29.51 −0.88 pp
2010 30.39 −3.43 pp
2009 33.82 −0.03 pp
2008 33.85 +2.76 pp
2007 31.09 +2.65 pp
2006 28.44 −0.83 pp
2005 29.28 +0.8 pp
2004 28.48 +2.19 pp
2003 26.29 +0.08 pp
2002 26.21 +2.77 pp
2001 23.44 +0.12 pp
2000 23.31 −0.37 pp
1999 23.68 −1.57 pp
1998 25.25 +0.25 pp
1997 25 −1.29 pp
1996 26.29 −1.94 pp
1995 28.23 +0.83 pp
1994 27.4 −0.92 pp
1993 28.32 +0.14 pp
1992 28.18 +1.87 pp
1991 26.31 −0.42 pp
1990 26.73 −1.24 pp
1989 27.97 +2 pp
1988 25.97 +4.6 pp
1987 21.37 −2.07 pp
1986 23.44 −4.28 pp
1985 27.72 −2.09 pp
1984 29.82 +0.2 pp
1983 29.62 −3.47 pp
1982 33.09 −1.95 pp
1981 35.04 +1.89 pp
1980 33.15 −0.76 pp
1979 33.91 +0.12 pp
1978 33.78 −1.09 pp
1977 34.87 +2.61 pp
1976 32.26 −3.78 pp
1975 36.04 +4.93 pp
1974 31.11 +7.74 pp
1973 23.37 +2.87 pp
1972 20.49 −0.4 pp
1971 20.89 −0.42 pp
1970 21.31 +1.9 pp
1969 19.4 +0.35 pp
1968 19.05 −0.13 pp
1967 19.18 −0.76 pp
1966 19.94 +0.16 pp
1965 19.78

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.