SUT Share of imported products in intermediate consumption at basic prices by country
Intermediate consumption relates to the use of a product as input into a production process. This indicator highlights the dependency on imports of the intermediate consumption for each product and each industry. For each product and each economic activity, the indicator is calculated as Import of the product used...
What the numbers show
SUT Share of imported products in intermediate consumption at basic prices is currently reported for 20 countries. The highest value is 58.53 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product in Malta; the lowest is 9.11 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product in United States.
The median across all reporting countries is 29.11 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product, and the mean is 30.8 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 68.9%), and the largest decrease in United States (down 15.2%).
SUT Share of imported products in intermediate consumption at basic: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malta | 58.53 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product | 2020 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 2 | Singapore | 50.79 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product | 2022 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 3 | Cyprus | 50.19 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product | 2022 | up 68.9% | rising |
| 4 | Hungary | 49.99 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 5 | Denmark | 40.15 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product | 2022 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 6 | Belgium | 39.56 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product | 2022 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 7 | Austria | 33.98 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product | 2022 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 8 | Czechia | 33.89 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 9 | Sweden | 32.1 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 10 | Finland | 29.67 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 11 | Portugal | 28.55 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product | 2020 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 12 | France | 24.92 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product | 2022 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 13 | Romania | 23.85 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product | 2020 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 14 | Canada | 22.84 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product | 2022 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 15 | Italy | 22 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product | 2022 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 16 | Chile | 19.19 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 18.86 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 18 | Colombia | 15.66 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 19 | Australia | 12.21 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 20 | United States | 9.11 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product | 2024 | down 15.2% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Slovak Republic 45.39 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product
- Estonia 41.64 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product
- Netherlands 35.92 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product
- Croatia 28.14 Percentage of intermediate consumption in the same activity and product
About this data
Intermediate consumption relates to the use of a product as input into a production process. This indicator highlights the dependency on imports of the intermediate consumption for each product and each industry. For each product and each economic activity, the indicator is calculated as Import of the product used for intermediate consumption of the activity / intermediate consumption at basic prices of the same product and economic activity . This indicator is calculated by the OECD from the Import Use table at basic prices and the Use table at basic prices reported to the OECD by countries in their answers to Supply and Use questionnaire. The dataset corresponds to SNA_TABLE45 dataset in the previous dissemination system. A mapping between the new codes and previous codes is available in SUT_INDICATOR_Codes_mapping Explore the OECD SUT webpage SUT webpage