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Australia: Imports (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1826–2025 · 200 observations · forecasts to 2031 · imports_GDP

2025
22.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.7 pointsfrom 22.1%
Average, 2016–2025
21.0%10 years
Record high and low
28.3% (1952)low 5.14% (1932)

Imports (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203123.2Forecast
203023.2Forecast
202923.3Forecast
202823.2Forecast
202723.1Forecast
202622.9Forecast
202522.8
202422.1
202321.8
202221.6
202118.1
202018.4
201921.3
201822.0
201720.9
201620.7

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Australia documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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