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Imports (% of GDP) — Tanzania

Imports (% of GDP) in Tanzania in 2025 — 19.99%. Ranked 125 in the world out of 138. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 5.81 pp.

2025 19.99% −1.59 pp vs 2024
World rank 125of 138
Period maximum 34.53%2011
Period minimum 13.18%2000

Trend over time

1990–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Tanzania, 1990–20251020304019901994199820022006201020142018202220251990: 25.79%1991: 23.16%1992: 27.1%1993: 32.85%1994: 30.04%1995: 28.58%1996: 22%1997: 17.69%1998: 16.04%1999: 14.86%2000: 13.18%2001: 14.19%2002: 13.22%2003: 15.36%2004: 17.56%2005: 19.98%2006: 24.35%2007: 28.23%2008: 29.56%2009: 25.34%2010: 28.03%2011: 34.53%2012: 32%2013: 29.62%2014: 27.29%2015: 23.65%2016: 19.07%2017: 17.45%2018: 17.9%2019: 16.98%2020: 14.46%2021: 15.8%2022: 19.59%2023: 21.02%2024: 21.58%2025: 19.99%
Change over the period: −5.81 pp Annual average: -0.17 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Tanzania 19.99%
World 28.5%
Sub-Saharan Africa 27.88%
Eastern Africa computed 28.92%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 32.16%
Imports (% of GDP) — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 19.99 −1.59 pp
2024 21.58 +0.56 pp
2023 21.02 +1.43 pp
2022 19.59 +3.79 pp
2021 15.8 +1.34 pp
2020 14.46 −2.52 pp
2019 16.98 −0.92 pp
2018 17.9 +0.45 pp
2017 17.45 −1.62 pp
2016 19.07 −4.58 pp
2015 23.65 −3.63 pp
2014 27.29 −2.33 pp
2013 29.62 −2.38 pp
2012 32 −2.54 pp
2011 34.53 +6.5 pp
2010 28.03 +2.69 pp
2009 25.34 −4.22 pp
2008 29.56 +1.33 pp
2007 28.23 +3.87 pp
2006 24.35 +4.38 pp
2005 19.98 +2.41 pp
2004 17.56 +2.21 pp
2003 15.36 +2.14 pp
2002 13.22 −0.98 pp
2001 14.19 +1.02 pp
2000 13.18 −1.68 pp
1999 14.86 −1.18 pp
1998 16.04 −1.65 pp
1997 17.69 −4.31 pp
1996 22 −6.59 pp
1995 28.58 −1.46 pp
1994 30.04 −2.81 pp
1993 32.85 +5.75 pp
1992 27.1 +3.94 pp
1991 23.16 −2.63 pp
1990 25.79 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SO Somalia 98.81 DJ Djibouti 95.8 SC Seychelles 92.67 MU Mauritius 74.91 MZ Mozambique 55.72 RW Rwanda 35.12 MG Madagascar 32.91 KM Comoros 31.59 UG Uganda 28.76 MW Malawi 28.75 KE Kenya 21.76 ET Ethiopia 20.18 TZ Tanzania 19.99
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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.

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