Imports share of GDP in United States
Imports into United States were equal to 14.0% of GDP in 2024.
United States, 2024
14.0%
Change from 2023
+0.2percentage points
World, 2024
28.1%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
42.6%
Position in 2024
167th of 172
Imports share of GDP in United States over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | United States | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 28.5% |
| 2024 | 14.0% | 28.1% |
| 2023 | 13.9% | 28.3% |
| 2022 | 15.3% | 30.0% |
| 2021 | 14.4% | 27.5% |
| 2020 | 13.0% | 25.4% |
| 2019 | 14.5% | 27.4% |
| 2018 | 15.2% | 28.2% |
| 2017 | 14.9% | 27.3% |
| 2016 | 14.6% | 26.3% |
| 2015 | 15.3% | 27.3% |
| 2014 | 16.4% | 28.9% |
| 2013 | 16.4% | 29.1% |
| 2012 | 17.0% | 29.1% |
| 2011 | 17.3% | 29.4% |
| 2010 | 15.9% | 27.6% |
| 2009 | 13.8% | 25.5% |
| 2008 | 17.4% | 30.1% |
| 2007 | 16.5% | 28.9% |
| 2006 | 16.3% | 28.1% |
| 2005 | 15.7% | 26.7% |
| 2004 | 14.8% | 25.5% |
| 2003 | 13.6% | 23.7% |
| 2002 | 13.2% | 22.9% |
| 2001 | 13.3% | 22.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 13.9% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 16.4%, the figure has changed by −2.4 percentage points.
- Among the 172 countries with data for 2024, United States has the 167th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 28.1%.