Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Uruguay

Imports (% of GDP) in Uruguay in 2025 — 22.65%. Ranked 116 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 4.03 pp.

2025 22.65% −0.58 pp vs 2024
World rank 116of 138
Period maximum 35.01%2008
Period minimum 9.51%1973

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Uruguay, 1960–202501020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 18.62%1962: 14.43%1964: 11.34%1966: 11.49%1968: 12.21%1970: 15.21%1972: 14.89%1974: 16.89%1976: 20.08%1978: 21.15%1980: 20.63%1982: 17.29%1984: 21.38%1986: 20.27%1988: 17.74%1990: 18.1%1992: 19.63%1994: 20.38%1996: 19.86%1998: 19.22%2000: 20.02%2002: 19.41%2004: 29.36%2006: 31.67%2008: 35.01%2010: 25.36%2012: 29.14%2014: 25.54%2016: 21.54%2018: 21.37%2020: 21.54%2022: 27.31%2024: 23.22%2025: 22.65%
Change over the period: +4.03 pp Annual average: 0.06 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Uruguay 22.65%
World 28.5%
South America computed 19.2%
Imports (% of GDP) — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 22.65 −0.58 pp
2024 23.22 −1.12 pp
2023 24.35 −2.97 pp
2022 27.31 +1.94 pp
2021 25.37 +3.83 pp
2020 21.54 −0.3 pp
2019 21.84 +0.47 pp
2018 21.37 +0.92 pp
2017 20.45 −1.09 pp
2016 21.54 −1.31 pp
2015 22.85 −2.69 pp
2014 25.54 −0.82 pp
2013 26.36 −2.78 pp
2012 29.14 +2.32 pp
2011 26.82 +1.47 pp
2010 25.36 −0.94 pp
2009 26.3 −8.71 pp
2008 35.01 +4.89 pp
2007 30.12 −1.55 pp
2006 31.67 +3.2 pp
2005 28.47 −0.89 pp
2004 29.36 +5.04 pp
2003 24.33 +4.92 pp
2002 19.41 −0.1 pp
2001 19.5 −0.51 pp
2000 20.02 +1.73 pp
1999 18.29 −0.93 pp
1998 19.22 −1.03 pp
1997 20.25 +0.39 pp
1996 19.86 +0.76 pp
1995 19.1 −1.28 pp
1994 20.38 +0.82 pp
1993 19.56 −0.07 pp
1992 19.63 +1.76 pp
1991 17.86 −0.24 pp
1990 18.1 +0.4 pp
1989 17.7 −0.04 pp
1988 17.74 −1.47 pp
1987 19.21 −1.06 pp
1986 20.27 −0.83 pp
1985 21.1 −0.28 pp
1984 21.38 −2.23 pp
1983 23.6 +6.31 pp
1982 17.29 −1.74 pp
1981 19.03 −1.6 pp
1980 20.63 −0.54 pp
1979 21.17 +0.01 pp
1978 21.15 −1.5 pp
1977 22.66 +2.58 pp
1976 20.08 −0.2 pp
1975 20.28 +3.39 pp
1974 16.89 +7.39 pp
1973 9.51 −5.39 pp
1972 14.89 +3.46 pp
1971 11.43 −3.77 pp
1970 15.21 +3.08 pp
1969 12.13 −0.08 pp
1968 12.21 −0.97 pp
1967 13.18 +1.69 pp
1966 11.49 +0.01 pp
1965 11.48 +0.13 pp
1964 11.34 −0.67 pp
1963 12.02 −2.42 pp
1962 14.43 −0.34 pp
1961 14.77 −3.85 pp
1960 18.62

South America, 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.