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Saudi Arabia: Imports (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1949–2025 · 77 observations · forecasts to 2031 · imports_GDP

2025
28.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.0 pointsfrom 27.0%
Average, 2016–2025
25.1%10 years
Record high and low
47.7% (1983)low 4.47% (1950)

Imports (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203129.0Forecast
203029.0Forecast
202928.9Forecast
202828.6Forecast
202728.3Forecast
202628.0Forecast
202528.1
202427.0
202325.0
202220.8
202121.7
202023.7
201924.6
201823.6
201727.2
201628.8

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Saudi Arabia 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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