Japan: Imports (% of GDP)
Percent of GDP · 1868–2025 · 158 observations · forecasts to 2031 · imports_GDP
- 2025
- 23.1%percent of GDP
- Change on 2024
- −0.9 pointsfrom 24.0%
- Average, 2016–2025
- 19.8%10 years
- Record high and low
- 25.2% (2022)low 0.189% (1944)
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Percent of GDP
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 25.0 | Forecast |
| 2030 | 24.7 | Forecast |
| 2029 | 24.3 | Forecast |
| 2028 | 24.0 | Forecast |
| 2027 | 23.7 | Forecast |
| 2026 | 23.3 | Forecast |
| 2025 | 23.1 | |
| 2024 | 24.0 | |
| 2023 | 23.3 | |
| 2022 | 25.2 | |
| 2021 | 18.6 | |
| 2020 | 15.8 | |
| 2019 | 17.8 | |
| 2018 | 18.3 | |
| 2017 | 16.8 | |
| 2016 | 15.3 |
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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