Imports of goods and services in IDA blend
IDA blend: Imports of goods and services was 25.2% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Imports of goods and services in IDA blend, 1960–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
IDA blend recorded 25.2% for imports of goods and services in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 52.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, imports of goods and services in IDA blend peaked at 25.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 13.3%, in 1981.
IDA blend ranks 35th of 45 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Imports of goods and services in IDA blend, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 18.7% | — |
| 1961 | 19.6% | +4.8% |
| 1962 | 18.9% | -3.9% |
| 1963 | 19.7% | +4.6% |
| 1964 | 20.2% | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 22.3% | +10.4% |
| 1966 | 19.5% | -12.6% |
| 1967 | 22.0% | +13.2% |
| 1968 | 21.5% | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 19.4% | -9.6% |
| 1970 | 16.8% | -13.5% |
| 1971 | 20.3% | +20.9% |
| 1972 | 17.2% | -15.1% |
| 1973 | 19.2% | +11.6% |
| 1974 | 20.1% | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 21.8% | +8.5% |
| 1976 | 18.5% | -15.0% |
| 1977 | 20.5% | +10.7% |
| 1978 | 23.3% | +13.9% |
| 1979 | 22.8% | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 23.2% | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 13.3% | -42.6% |
| 1982 | 13.8% | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 16.5% | +18.9% |
| 1984 | 19.4% | +18.0% |
| 1985 | 20.0% | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 21.9% | +9.4% |
| 1987 | 21.6% | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 21.9% | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 23.9% | +9.1% |
| 1990 | 21.8% | -8.6% |
| 1991 | 20.8% | -4.5% |
| 1992 | 23.5% | +12.8% |
| 1993 | 22.6% | -4.0% |
| 1994 | 20.3% | -10.0% |
| 1995 | 17.6% | -13.5% |
| 1996 | 16.5% | -6.2% |
| 1997 | 16.0% | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 13.5% | -15.7% |
| 1999 | 22.7% | +69.1% |
| 2000 | 19.5% | -14.2% |
| 2001 | 20.5% | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 18.3% | -10.9% |
| 2003 | 18.9% | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 18.8% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 20.0% | +6.6% |
| 2006 | 19.8% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 20.1% | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 21.6% | +7.3% |
| 2009 | 21.0% | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 19.2% | -8.7% |
| 2011 | 19.4% | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 18.8% | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 17.3% | -8.3% |
| 2014 | 16.5% | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 16.5% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 17.0% | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 19.6% | +15.5% |
| 2018 | 20.5% | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 16.4% | -19.9% |
| 2020 | 15.1% | -8.0% |
| 2021 | 17.2% | +13.9% |
| 2022 | 20.4% | +18.6% |
| 2023 | 21.3% | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 25.4% | +19.2% |
| 2025 | 25.2% | -0.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Imports of goods and services in IDA blend changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +69.1% | 13.5% | 22.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.2% | 18.7% | 22.3% | 10 |
| 1970s | 20.0% | 16.8% | 23.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 19.5% | 13.3% | 23.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 19.5% | 13.5% | 23.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.8% | 18.3% | 21.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.1% | 16.4% | 20.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.8% | 15.1% | 25.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near IDA blend
- 32 North Macedonia 73.4% compare
- 33 Slovenia 73.3% compare
- 34 Palau 73.1% compare
- 35 Micronesia, Federated States of 70.9% compare
- 36 Northern Mariana Islands 70.9% compare
- 37 Solomon Islands 70.8% compare
- 38 Bahrain 70.0% compare
More economy & growth data for IDA blend
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), annual 12.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Inflation, GDP deflator 2.8% (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) 1.20 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) 1.41 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- GDP 1.27 trillion current US$ (2025)
- GDP 1.49 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- GDP growth 4.6% (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 408.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- GDP per capita growth 2.6% (2025)
- GDP per capita 2,163 constant 2015 US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is imports of goods and services in IDA blend?
- Imports of goods and services in IDA blend was 25.2% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest imports of goods and services recorded in IDA blend?
- The highest recorded value was 25.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest imports of goods and services recorded in IDA blend?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.3% in 1981.
- How does IDA blend rank for imports of goods and services?
- IDA blend ranks 35th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is imports of goods and services rising or falling in IDA blend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this IDA blend data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Imports of goods and services (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Imports of goods includes change in the economic ownership of goods from non-residents to residents of the compiling economy, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Imports of services includes services provided by non-residents to residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.