Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Northern Europe

Imports (% of GDP) in Northern Europe in 2025 — 44.3%. Since 1993, the indicator has risen by 17.18 pp.

2025 44.3% +0.27 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 45.78%2022
Period minimum 27.13%1993

Trend over time

1993–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Northern Europe, 1993–20252530354045501993199720012005200920132017202120251993: 27.13%1994: 28.48%1995: 28.5%1996: 28.96%1997: 29.04%1998: 29.48%1999: 29.53%2000: 31.57%2001: 31.79%2002: 31.21%2003: 30.48%2004: 31.02%2005: 32.64%2006: 34.8%2007: 34.1%2008: 36.16%2009: 33.95%2010: 36.14%2011: 37.79%2012: 37.34%2013: 37.46%2014: 37.15%2015: 37.26%2016: 39.56%2017: 40.98%2018: 41.66%2019: 44.55%2020: 41.49%2021: 40.12%2022: 45.78%2023: 44.93%2024: 44.04%2025: 44.3%
Change over the period: +17.18 pp Annual average: 0.54 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Northern Europe 44.3%
World 28.5%
Imports (% of GDP) — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 44.3 +0.27 pp
2024 44.04 −0.89 pp
2023 44.93 −0.86 pp
2022 45.78 +5.67 pp
2021 40.12 −1.38 pp
2020 41.49 −3.05 pp
2019 44.55 +2.89 pp
2018 41.66 +0.67 pp
2017 40.98 +1.42 pp
2016 39.56 +2.31 pp
2015 37.26 +0.1 pp
2014 37.15 −0.31 pp
2013 37.46 +0.12 pp
2012 37.34 −0.45 pp
2011 37.79 +1.65 pp
2010 36.14 +2.2 pp
2009 33.95 −2.21 pp
2008 36.16 +2.06 pp
2007 34.1 −0.7 pp
2006 34.8 +2.16 pp
2005 32.64 +1.63 pp
2004 31.02 +0.53 pp
2003 30.48 −0.72 pp
2002 31.21 −0.59 pp
2001 31.79 +0.22 pp
2000 31.57 +2.04 pp
1999 29.53 +0.04 pp
1998 29.48 +0.44 pp
1997 29.04 +0.08 pp
1996 28.96 +0.46 pp
1995 28.5 +0.03 pp
1994 28.48 +1.35 pp
1993 27.13

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.