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United Kingdom: Imports (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1560–2025 · 466 observations · forecasts to 2031 · imports_GDP

2025
31.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.2 pointsfrom 31.7%
Average, 2016–2025
32.0%10 years
Record high and low
35.1% (2022)low 2.16% (1648)

Imports (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203132.4Forecast
203032.5Forecast
202932.7Forecast
202832.9Forecast
202733.0Forecast
202632.9Forecast
202531.9
202431.7
202333.1
202235.1
202129.2
202029.2
201933.1
201833.1
201732.2
201630.8

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

United Kingdom 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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