Imports share of GDP in European Union
Imports of goods and services into the European Union were equal to 46.1% of GDP in 2025.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2025
46.1%
Change from 2024
−0.2percentage points
Imports share of GDP in European Union over time
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% of GDP. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 46.1% |
| 2024 | 46.3% |
| 2023 | 48.1% |
| 2022 | 53.4% |
| 2021 | 45.9% |
| 2020 | 42.2% |
| 2019 | 45.1% |
| 2018 | 44.5% |
| 2017 | 43.2% |
| 2016 | 41.5% |
| 2015 | 41.9% |
| 2014 | 41.1% |
| 2013 | 40.7% |
| 2012 | 41.1% |
| 2011 | 40.7% |
| 2010 | 38.1% |
| 2009 | 34.0% |
| 2008 | 39.6% |
| 2007 | 38.9% |
| 2006 | 37.9% |
| 2005 | 35.4% |
| 2004 | 33.5% |
| 2003 | 32.1% |
| 2002 | 32.5% |
| 2001 | 34.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 46.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 41.9%, the figure has changed by +4.2 percentage points.