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Zimbabwe: Imports (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1945–2024 · 78 observations · imports_GDP

2024
23.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.3 pointsfrom 23.1%
Average, 2015–2024
25.1%10 years
Record high and low
86.5% (1949)low 10.3% (1988)

Imports (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202423.4
202323.1
202224.8
202119.3
202016.8
201918.5
201828.6
201752.5
201619.2
201524.9

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Zimbabwe 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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