Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Sweden

Imports (% of GDP) in Sweden in 2025 — 51.11%. Ranked 58 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 29.86 pp.

2025 51.11% −0.36 pp vs 2024
World rank 58of 138
Period maximum 52.8%2022
Period minimum 19.03%1967

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Sweden, 1960–202510203040506019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 21.25%1962: 19.4%1964: 19.85%1966: 19.89%1968: 19.57%1970: 22.27%1972: 20.48%1974: 29.77%1976: 26.48%1978: 24.56%1980: 28.62%1982: 30.44%1984: 30.38%1986: 27.66%1988: 28.44%1990: 27.81%1992: 24.73%1994: 30.14%1996: 30.38%1998: 34.2%2000: 38.23%2002: 35.92%2004: 36.02%2006: 40.73%2008: 43.79%2010: 40.21%2012: 40.46%2014: 40.36%2016: 40.51%2018: 44.47%2020: 40.19%2022: 52.8%2024: 51.47%2025: 51.11%
Change over the period: +29.86 pp Annual average: 0.46 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Sweden 51.11%
World 28.5%
Northern Europe computed 44.3%
Imports (% of GDP) — Sweden, by year Sweden All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 51.11 −0.36 pp
2024 51.47 −0.95 pp
2023 52.42 −0.38 pp
2022 52.8 +9.17 pp
2021 43.63 +3.44 pp
2020 40.19 −4.28 pp
2019 44.46 −0.01 pp
2018 44.47 +2.32 pp
2017 42.15 +1.64 pp
2016 40.51 +0.05 pp
2015 40.46 +0.1 pp
2014 40.36 +1.46 pp
2013 38.9 −1.56 pp
2012 40.46 −0.51 pp
2011 40.98 +0.76 pp
2010 40.21 +1.72 pp
2009 38.5 −5.3 pp
2008 43.79 +1.97 pp
2007 41.82 +1.09 pp
2006 40.73 +1.9 pp
2005 38.84 +2.82 pp
2004 36.02 +1.02 pp
2003 34.99 −0.93 pp
2002 35.92 −1.75 pp
2001 37.67 −0.56 pp
2000 38.23 +3.56 pp
1999 34.67 +0.47 pp
1998 34.2 +1.44 pp
1997 32.76 +2.38 pp
1996 30.38 −0.96 pp
1995 31.34 +1.2 pp
1994 30.14 +2.51 pp
1993 27.63 +2.9 pp
1992 24.73 −0.18 pp
1991 24.91 −2.9 pp
1990 27.81 −1.55 pp
1989 29.36 +0.92 pp
1988 28.44 −0.05 pp
1987 28.49 +0.83 pp
1986 27.66 −3.56 pp
1985 31.23 +0.84 pp
1984 30.38 −0.75 pp
1983 31.13 +0.69 pp
1982 30.44 +2.63 pp
1981 27.82 −0.81 pp
1980 28.62 +0.27 pp
1979 28.36 +3.8 pp
1978 24.56 −1.68 pp
1977 26.23 −0.25 pp
1976 26.48 +0.88 pp
1975 25.59 −4.18 pp
1974 29.77 +7.52 pp
1973 22.25 +1.77 pp
1972 20.48 −0.46 pp
1971 20.93 −1.34 pp
1970 22.27 +1.38 pp
1969 20.89 +1.32 pp
1968 19.57 +0.54 pp
1967 19.03 −0.86 pp
1966 19.89 −0.55 pp
1965 20.44 +0.59 pp
1964 19.85 +0.34 pp
1963 19.51 +0.12 pp
1962 19.4 −0.27 pp
1961 19.67 −1.58 pp
1960 21.25

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.