China: Imports (% of GDP)
Percent of GDP · 1850–2025 · 145 observations · forecasts to 2031 · imports_GDP
- 2025
- 16.9%percent of GDP
- Change on 2024
- −0.7 pointsfrom 17.6%
- Average, 2016–2025
- 17.4%10 years
- Record high and low
- 28.4% (2006)low 0.000863% (1850)
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Percent of GDP
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 16.2 | Forecast |
| 2030 | 16.2 | Forecast |
| 2029 | 16.2 | Forecast |
| 2028 | 16.2 | Forecast |
| 2027 | 16.2 | Forecast |
| 2026 | 16.4 | Forecast |
| 2025 | 16.9 | |
| 2024 | 17.6 | |
| 2023 | 17.4 | |
| 2022 | 17.5 | |
| 2021 | 17.3 | |
| 2020 | 16.0 | |
| 2019 | 17.3 | |
| 2018 | 18.3 | |
| 2017 | 17.9 | |
| 2016 | 17.3 |
Sources
This series is derived from other GMD variables.
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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