Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Syria

Imports (% of GDP) in Syria in 2022 — 28.66%. Ranked 142 in the world out of 183. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 0.86 pp.

2022 28.66% −15.39 pp vs 2021
World rank 142of 183
Period maximum 47.25%2014
Period minimum 17.04%1965

Trend over time

1960–2022 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Syria, 1960–2022102030405019601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 27.8%1962: 21.56%1964: 19.21%1966: 22.99%1968: 20.52%1970: 21.06%1972: 23.7%1974: 33.75%1976: 34.29%1978: 31.23%1980: 35.44%1982: 24.93%1984: 24%1986: 22.25%1988: 26%1990: 27.95%1992: 37.63%1994: 45.39%1996: 38.09%1998: 30.9%2000: 29.17%2002: 31.71%2004: 37.67%2006: 35.19%2008: 36.67%2010: 31.84%2012: 27.65%2014: 47.25%2016: 45.43%2018: 35.74%2020: 30%2022: 28.66%
Change over the period: +0.86 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Syria 28.66%
World 29.95%
Western Asia computed 37.84%
Low-income countries computed 29.69%
Imports (% of GDP) — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 28.66 −15.39 pp
2021 44.05 +14.05 pp
2020 30 +1.01 pp
2019 28.99 −6.75 pp
2018 35.74 −5.97 pp
2017 41.71 −3.72 pp
2016 45.43 +8.64 pp
2015 36.8 −10.45 pp
2014 47.25 +10.32 pp
2013 36.93 +9.27 pp
2012 27.65 −3.67 pp
2011 31.33 −0.52 pp
2010 31.84 +0.96 pp
2009 30.88 −5.78 pp
2008 36.67 −1.12 pp
2007 37.78 +2.59 pp
2006 35.19 −3.9 pp
2005 39.09 +1.42 pp
2004 37.67 +8.33 pp
2003 29.34 −2.37 pp
2002 31.71 +0.99 pp
2001 30.72 +1.55 pp
2000 29.17 −2.82 pp
1999 31.99 +1.1 pp
1998 30.9 −2.91 pp
1997 33.8 −4.29 pp
1996 38.09 +0.15 pp
1995 37.94 −7.46 pp
1994 45.39 +4.49 pp
1993 40.9 +3.27 pp
1992 37.63 +5.56 pp
1991 32.07 +4.12 pp
1990 27.95 −2.15 pp
1989 30.1 +4.1 pp
1988 26 −2.94 pp
1987 28.94 +6.69 pp
1986 22.25 −3.2 pp
1985 25.44 +1.44 pp
1984 24 −2.67 pp
1983 26.67 +1.74 pp
1982 24.93 −8.04 pp
1981 32.97 −2.47 pp
1980 35.44 −0.57 pp
1979 36.01 +4.78 pp
1978 31.23 −9.44 pp
1977 40.66 +6.37 pp
1976 34.29 +0.33 pp
1975 33.97 +0.22 pp
1974 33.75 +7.98 pp
1973 25.77 +2.07 pp
1972 23.7 +1.36 pp
1971 22.34 +1.28 pp
1970 21.06 −0.63 pp
1969 21.69 +1.17 pp
1968 20.52 +1.37 pp
1967 19.15 −3.84 pp
1966 22.99 +5.95 pp
1965 17.04 −2.17 pp
1964 19.21 −1.96 pp
1963 21.17 −0.39 pp
1962 21.56 −0.82 pp
1961 22.38 −5.42 pp
1960 27.8

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.