Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Sudan

Imports (% of GDP) in Sudan in 2025 — 1.28%. Ranked 138 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 11.72 pp.

2025 1.28% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 138of 138
Period maximum 24.41%1982
Period minimum 1.13%2022

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Sudan, 1960–2025010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 13%1962: 15.05%1964: 17.94%1966: 13.95%1968: 16.84%1970: 16.41%1972: 16.67%1974: 20.73%1976: 19.14%1978: 15.21%1980: 23.24%1982: 24.41%1984: 16.49%1986: 8.2%1988: 7.7%1990: 7.07%1992: 14.42%1994: 9.92%1996: 13.87%1998: 15.17%2000: 13.42%2002: 14.22%2004: 16.13%2006: 21.11%2008: 16.48%2010: 15.25%2012: 15%2014: 13.24%2016: 10.28%2018: 14.22%2020: 4.83%2022: 1.13%2024: 1.27%2025: 1.28%
Change over the period: −11.72 pp Annual average: -0.18 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Sudan 1.28%
World 28.5%
Northern Africa computed 33.58%
Low-income countries computed 27.75%
Imports (% of GDP) — Sudan, by year Sudan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 1.28 +0 pp
2024 1.27 −0.09 pp
2023 1.37 +0.24 pp
2022 1.13 −0.75 pp
2021 1.88 −2.95 pp
2020 4.83 −12.84 pp
2019 17.67 +3.45 pp
2018 14.22 +2.5 pp
2017 11.72 +1.44 pp
2016 10.28 −1.68 pp
2015 11.96 −1.28 pp
2014 13.24 −4.12 pp
2013 17.35 +2.35 pp
2012 15 −0.03 pp
2011 15.03 −0.22 pp
2010 15.25 −2.97 pp
2009 18.23 +1.75 pp
2008 16.48 −1.03 pp
2007 17.5 −3.6 pp
2006 21.11 −0.31 pp
2005 21.41 +5.28 pp
2004 16.13 +1.94 pp
2003 14.19 −0.03 pp
2002 14.22 +3.48 pp
2001 10.73 −2.69 pp
2000 13.42 −3.52 pp
1999 16.93 +1.76 pp
1998 15.17 +2.66 pp
1997 12.51 −1.35 pp
1996 13.87 +4.07 pp
1995 9.8 −0.12 pp
1994 9.92 +2.68 pp
1993 7.24 −7.19 pp
1992 14.42 +2.69 pp
1991 11.74 +4.67 pp
1990 7.07 −2.27 pp
1989 9.34 +1.64 pp
1988 7.7 −3.44 pp
1987 11.14 +2.93 pp
1986 8.2 −3.67 pp
1985 11.88 −4.61 pp
1984 16.49 −4.72 pp
1983 21.22 −3.19 pp
1982 24.41 +0.78 pp
1981 23.63 +0.39 pp
1980 23.24 +3.88 pp
1979 19.36 +4.14 pp
1978 15.21 −1.41 pp
1977 16.63 −2.51 pp
1976 19.14 −3.56 pp
1975 22.7 +1.98 pp
1974 20.73 +3.7 pp
1973 17.02 +0.36 pp
1972 16.67 −0.51 pp
1971 17.18 +0.77 pp
1970 16.41 +1 pp
1969 15.4 −1.44 pp
1968 16.84 +1.3 pp
1967 15.54 +1.6 pp
1966 13.95 −1.1 pp
1965 15.05 −2.89 pp
1964 17.94 −0.11 pp
1963 18.04 +3 pp
1962 15.05 +0.7 pp
1961 14.35 +1.35 pp
1960 13

Northern Africa, 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.