Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Vietnam

Imports (% of GDP) in Vietnam in 2025 — 92.09%. Ranked 11 in the world out of 138. Since 1986, the indicator has risen by 75.5 pp.

2025 92.09% +8.37 pp vs 2024
World rank 11of 138
Period maximum 92.83%2021
Period minimum 14.8%1987

Trend over time

1986–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Vietnam, 1986–20250255075100198619901994199820022006201020142018202220251986: 16.6%1987: 14.8%1988: 15.01%1989: 34.06%1990: 45.28%1991: 36.03%1992: 38.83%1993: 37.49%1994: 43.46%1995: 41.91%1996: 51.84%1997: 51.24%1998: 52.15%1999: 52.82%2000: 57.5%2001: 56.89%2002: 61.96%2003: 67.65%2004: 73.29%2005: 67.02%2006: 70.6%2007: 84.09%2008: 83.98%2009: 72.1%2010: 59.8%2011: 64.08%2012: 59.75%2013: 64.05%2014: 65.81%2015: 71.99%2016: 71.3%2017: 79.22%2018: 80.24%2019: 79.55%2020: 78.86%2021: 92.83%2022: 89.73%2023: 78.26%2024: 83.72%2025: 92.09%
Change over the period: +75.5 pp Annual average: 1.94 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Vietnam 92.09%
World 28.5%
South-Eastern Asia computed 61.6%
Imports (% of GDP) — Vietnam, by year Vietnam All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 92.09 +8.37 pp
2024 83.72 +5.46 pp
2023 78.26 −11.47 pp
2022 89.73 −3.09 pp
2021 92.83 +13.96 pp
2020 78.86 −0.68 pp
2019 79.55 −0.69 pp
2018 80.24 +1.02 pp
2017 79.22 +7.92 pp
2016 71.3 −0.69 pp
2015 71.99 +6.18 pp
2014 65.81 +1.77 pp
2013 64.05 +4.3 pp
2012 59.75 −4.33 pp
2011 64.08 +4.28 pp
2010 59.8 −12.3 pp
2009 72.1 −11.88 pp
2008 83.98 −0.11 pp
2007 84.09 +13.49 pp
2006 70.6 +3.58 pp
2005 67.02 −6.27 pp
2004 73.29 +5.63 pp
2003 67.65 +5.7 pp
2002 61.96 +5.06 pp
2001 56.89 −0.6 pp
2000 57.5 +4.67 pp
1999 52.82 +0.67 pp
1998 52.15 +0.91 pp
1997 51.24 −0.6 pp
1996 51.84 +9.93 pp
1995 41.91 −1.55 pp
1994 43.46 +5.97 pp
1993 37.49 −1.34 pp
1992 38.83 +2.8 pp
1991 36.03 −9.25 pp
1990 45.28 +11.22 pp
1989 34.06 +19.05 pp
1988 15.01 +0.21 pp
1987 14.8 −1.8 pp
1986 16.6

South-Eastern Asia, 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.