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Soviet Union: Imports (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1928–1991 · 46 observations · imports_GDP

1991
4.17%percent of GDP
Change on 1990
−2.9 pointsfrom 7.07%
Average, 1982–1991
7.65%10 years
Record high and low
40.6% (1928)low 0.559% (1939)

Imports (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
19914.17
19907.07
19897.82
19887.58
19877.51
19868.00
19859.12
19848.74
19838.30
19828.22

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Soviet Union 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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