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United States: Imports (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · imports_GDP

2025
13.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.2 pointsfrom 14.1%
Average, 2016–2025
14.4%10 years
Record high and low
17.4% (2008)low 2.52% (1813)

Imports (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203113.9Forecast
203013.9Forecast
202914.0Forecast
202814.0Forecast
202714.2Forecast
202613.9Forecast
202513.8
202414.1
202313.9
202215.3
202114.4
202013.0
201914.5
201815.2
201714.9
201614.6

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

United States 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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