Imports of goods and services — all countries

Imports of goods and services — Lower-middle-income countries

Imports of goods and services in lower-middle-income countries in 2025 — 2,623,869,836,085 US$. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 2,240.2%.

2025 2.62T US$ +5.18% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 2.62T US$2025
Period minimum 102B US$1987

Trend over time

1981–2025 · US$

Imports of goods and services — Lower-middle-income countries, 1981–202501T2T3T19811986199119962001200620112016202120251981: 112,121,806,991 US$1983: 116,796,204,249 US$1984: 105,344,276,954 US$1985: 104,808,397,927 US$1986: 105,406,768,701 US$1987: 101,852,245,041 US$1988: 117,544,081,465 US$1989: 154,800,040,297 US$1990: 174,270,221,591 US$1991: 177,707,954,283 US$1992: 181,003,311,523 US$1993: 172,026,466,168 US$1994: 189,688,083,299 US$1995: 233,100,381,473 US$1996: 255,922,754,893 US$1997: 276,815,856,374 US$1998: 270,337,264,433 US$1999: 276,769,338,501 US$2000: 298,796,461,236 US$2001: 309,113,774,967 US$2002: 336,906,736,234 US$2003: 395,480,584,571 US$2004: 504,520,093,754 US$2005: 609,115,937,660 US$2006: 725,027,796,902 US$2007: 926,599,593,072 US$2008: 1,128,968,055,979 US$2009: 1,020,618,998,417 US$2010: 1,190,068,390,358 US$2011: 1,443,500,772,192 US$2012: 1,540,967,341,632 US$2013: 1,512,316,496,816 US$2014: 1,514,345,521,067 US$2015: 1,417,552,921,767 US$2016: 1,439,825,953,133 US$2017: 1,670,271,450,224 US$2018: 1,845,600,268,270 US$2019: 1,811,734,916,208 US$2020: 1,576,524,921,661 US$2021: 2,075,381,612,519 US$2022: 2,410,516,724,445 US$2023: 2,317,456,664,683 US$2024: 2,494,685,122,005 US$2025: 2,623,869,836,085 US$
Change over the period: +2.51T (+2,240.2%) Average annual rate: 7.43 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries 2.62T US$
World 33.73T US$
Imports of goods and services — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 2.62T +129B +5.18%
2024 2.49T +177B +7.65%
2023 2.32T −93.06B −3.86%
2022 2.41T +335B +16.15%
2021 2.08T +499B +31.64%
2020 1.58T −235B −12.98%
2019 1.81T −33.87B −1.83%
2018 1.85T +175B +10.5%
2017 1.67T +230B +16.01%
2016 1.44T +22.27B +1.57%
2015 1.42T −96.79B −6.39%
2014 1.51T +2.03B +0.13%
2013 1.51T −28.65B −1.86%
2012 1.54T +97.47B +6.75%
2011 1.44T +253B +21.3%
2010 1.19T +169B +16.6%
2009 1.02T −108B −9.6%
2008 1.13T +202B +21.84%
2007 927B +202B +27.8%
2006 725B +116B +19.03%
2005 609B +105B +20.73%
2004 505B +109B +27.57%
2003 395B +58.57B +17.39%
2002 337B +27.79B +8.99%
2001 309B +10.32B +3.45%
2000 299B +22.03B +7.96%
1999 277B +6.43B +2.38%
1998 270B −6.48B −2.34%
1997 277B +20.89B +8.16%
1996 256B +22.82B +9.79%
1995 233B +43.41B +22.89%
1994 190B +17.66B +10.27%
1993 172B −8.98B −4.96%
1992 181B +3.3B +1.85%
1991 178B +3.44B +1.97%
1990 174B +19.47B +12.58%
1989 155B +37.26B +31.7%
1988 118B +15.69B +15.41%
1987 102B −3.55B −3.37%
1986 105B +598M +0.57%
1985 105B −536M −0.51%
1984 105B −11.45B −9.81%
1983 117B
1981 112B

About the indicator

Imports of goods and services in current US dollars — the value of all goods and market services received from the rest of the world. Together with exports it determines the contribution of foreign trade to GDP; the difference between exports and imports is the trade balance.

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