Imports of goods and services in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Imports of goods and services was 24.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Imports of goods and services in Low & middle income, 1960–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, imports of goods and services in Low & middle income stood at 24.3%.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, imports of goods and services in Low & middle income peaked at 28.6% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 10.9%, in 1965.
That places Low & middle income 38th out of 45 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Imports of goods and services in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 12.1% | — |
| 1961 | 11.8% | -2.3% |
| 1962 | 11.5% | -2.8% |
| 1963 | 12.0% | +4.3% |
| 1964 | 11.4% | -4.5% |
| 1965 | 10.9% | -4.3% |
| 1966 | 11.2% | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 11.4% | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 11.4% | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 11.1% | -3.2% |
| 1970 | 11.5% | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 12.0% | +4.6% |
| 1972 | 12.0% | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 12.8% | +7.2% |
| 1974 | 16.2% | +26.4% |
| 1975 | 17.5% | +7.8% |
| 1976 | 16.8% | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 17.3% | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 17.3% | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 17.8% | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 20.1% | +13.0% |
| 1981 | 19.7% | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 18.8% | -4.8% |
| 1983 | 17.9% | -4.5% |
| 1984 | 17.4% | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 16.9% | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 16.1% | -5.2% |
| 1987 | 16.6% | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 18.5% | +12.0% |
| 1989 | 18.7% | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 18.3% | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 19.5% | +6.6% |
| 1992 | 20.5% | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 20.7% | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 20.9% | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 21.2% | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 20.9% | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 21.1% | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 20.4% | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 21.7% | +6.3% |
| 2000 | 23.5% | +8.3% |
| 2001 | 23.3% | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 24.5% | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 26.0% | +6.2% |
| 2004 | 28.4% | +9.2% |
| 2005 | 28.4% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 28.3% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 27.9% | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 28.6% | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 24.4% | -14.6% |
| 2010 | 25.6% | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 26.8% | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 26.6% | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 26.1% | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 25.2% | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 23.1% | -8.3% |
| 2016 | 22.1% | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 22.9% | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 24.1% | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 23.0% | -4.9% |
| 2020 | 21.2% | -7.9% |
| 2021 | 23.3% | +10.3% |
| 2022 | 25.0% | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 23.9% | -4.5% |
| 2024 | 24.3% | +1.7% |
| 2025 | 24.3% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.5% | 10.9% | 12.1% | 10 |
| 1970s | 15.1% | 11.5% | 17.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 18.1% | 16.1% | 20.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 20.5% | 18.3% | 21.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 26.3% | 23.3% | 28.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.6% | 22.1% | 26.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.7% | 21.2% | 25.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
- 35 Micronesia (country) 70.9% compare
- 36 Northern Mariana Islands 70.9% compare
- 37 Solomon Islands 70.8% compare
- 38 Bahrain 70.0% compare
- 39 Netherlands 69.5% compare
- 40 Lithuania 69.1% compare
- 41 Switzerland 69.1% compare
More economy & growth data for Low & middle income
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 267.99 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- GDP (current US$), annual growth rate 5.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5761 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 3,519 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 5.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.5412 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per capita 3,305 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 4.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per capita 5,732 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.9385 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is imports of goods and services in Low & middle income?
- Imports of goods and services in Low & middle income was 24.3% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest imports of goods and services recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 28.6% in 2008.
- What is the lowest imports of goods and services recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.9% in 1965.
- How does Low & middle income rank for imports of goods and services?
- Low & middle income ranks 38th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is imports of goods and services rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle income 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.