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Sao Tome and Principe: Imports (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1963–2025 · 63 observations · forecasts to 2031 · imports_GDP

2025
46.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+6.5 pointsfrom 40.5%
Average, 2016–2025
49.0%10 years
Record high and low
100.1% (1995)low 15.8% (1967)

Imports (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203145.3Forecast
203045.5Forecast
202945.6Forecast
202845.8Forecast
202746.0Forecast
202646.5Forecast
202546.9
202440.5
202333.3
202245.3
202142.8
202038.1
201950.9
201858.2
201765.8
201668.5

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Sao Tome and Principe 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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