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

Imports of goods and services in upper-middle-income countries in 2025 — 6,837,466,059,165 US$. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 1,735%.

2025 6.84T US$ +1.02% vs 2024
World rank —
Period maximum 6.84T US$2025
Period minimum 373B US$1990

Trend over time

1990–2025 · US$

Imports of goods and services — Upper-middle-income countries, 1990–202502T4T6T8T19901994199820022006201020142018202220251990: 372,614,613,108 US$1991: 382,262,594,240 US$1992: 462,211,661,724 US$1993: 530,976,622,641 US$1994: 609,104,028,058 US$1995: 717,797,607,613 US$1996: 784,564,390,773 US$1997: 846,639,908,831 US$1998: 796,391,000,463 US$1999: 817,851,365,440 US$2000: 992,480,541,871 US$2001: 979,777,728,858 US$2002: 1,036,978,974,952 US$2003: 1,236,357,537,351 US$2004: 1,591,113,424,815 US$2005: 1,870,087,773,367 US$2006: 2,192,251,338,514 US$2007: 2,618,455,193,619 US$2008: 3,179,936,632,805 US$2009: 2,655,581,302,237 US$2010: 3,481,742,106,184 US$2011: 4,297,746,716,382 US$2012: 4,530,295,405,826 US$2013: 4,795,077,823,012 US$2014: 4,880,032,789,878 US$2015: 4,292,381,277,489 US$2016: 4,102,587,254,845 US$2017: 4,603,022,364,045 US$2018: 5,184,644,307,391 US$2019: 5,079,787,045,891 US$2020: 4,567,573,833,333 US$2021: 5,913,881,316,942 US$2022: 6,549,359,233,357 US$2023: 6,491,237,517,841 US$2024: 6,768,589,817,632 US$2025: 6,837,466,059,165 US$
Change over the period: +6.46T (+1,735%) Average annual rate: 8.67 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Upper-middle-income countries 6.84T US$
World 33.73T US$
Imports of goods and services — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 6.84T +68.88B +1.02%
2024 6.77T +277B +4.27%
2023 6.49T −58.12B −0.89%
2022 6.55T +635B +10.75%
2021 5.91T +1.35T +29.48%
2020 4.57T −512B −10.08%
2019 5.08T −105B −2.02%
2018 5.18T +582B +12.64%
2017 4.6T +500B +12.2%
2016 4.1T −190B −4.42%
2015 4.29T −588B −12.04%
2014 4.88T +84.95B +1.77%
2013 4.8T +265B +5.84%
2012 4.53T +233B +5.41%
2011 4.3T +816B +23.44%
2010 3.48T +826B +31.11%
2009 2.66T −524B −16.49%
2008 3.18T +561B +21.44%
2007 2.62T +426B +19.44%
2006 2.19T +322B +17.23%
2005 1.87T +279B +17.53%
2004 1.59T +355B +28.69%
2003 1.24T +199B +19.23%
2002 1.04T +57.2B +5.84%
2001 980B −12.7B −1.28%
2000 992B +175B +21.35%
1999 818B +21.46B +2.69%
1998 796B −50.25B −5.94%
1997 847B +62.08B +7.91%
1996 785B +66.77B +9.3%
1995 718B +109B +17.84%
1994 609B +78.13B +14.71%
1993 531B +68.76B +14.88%
1992 462B +79.95B +20.91%
1991 382B +9.65B +2.59%
1990 373B — —

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.

Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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