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Ethiopia: Imports (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1949–2025 · 77 observations · imports_GDP

2025
19.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+8.2 pointsfrom 11.8%
Average, 2016–2025
19.2%10 years
Record high and low
36.9% (2006)low 3.80% (1950)

Imports (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202519.9
202411.8
202314.0
202218.4
202116.7
202016.9
201920.9
201822.8
201723.5
201627.1

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Ethiopia 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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