Imports of goods and services as a share of GDP (Eurostat)
The value of goods and services bought from the rest of the world, as a percentage of GDP.
38 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend 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 | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46.1% | 37.9%p (provisional) | 34.2%p (provisional) | 32.6%p (provisional) |
| 2024 | 46.3% | 37.7%p (provisional) | 34.3%p (provisional) | 32.9%p (provisional) |
| 2023 | 48.1% | 39.3%p (provisional) | 36.1% | 34.0% |
| 2022 | 53.4% | 43.4% | 39.3% | 38.8% |
| 2021 | 45.9% | 37.4% | 32.5% | 32.8% |
| 2020 | 42.2% | 33.9% | 30.3% | 29.0% |
| 2019 | 45.1% | 36.8% | 33.5% | 31.7% |
| 2018 | 44.5% | 36.6% | 33.9% | 32.1% |
| 2017 | 43.2% | 35.3% | 33.1% | 31.3% |
| 2016 | 41.5% | 34.3% | 31.8% | 29.6% |
| 2015 | 41.9% | 35.1% | 31.8% | 30.3% |
| 2014 | 41.1% | 35.1% | 31.5% | 30.2% |
| 2013 | 40.7% | 35.9% | 31.2% | 28.9% |
| 2012 | 41.1% | 36.6% | 31.3% | 29.3% |
| 2011 | 40.7% | 36.8% | 31.1% | 29.1% |
| 2010 | 38.1% | 34.4% | 28.8% | 26.9% |
| 2009 | 34.0% | 30.7% | 26.3% | 23.9% |
| 2008 | 39.6% | 35.2% | 30.0% | 30.3% |
| 2007 | 38.9% | 34.2% | 29.3% | 31.7% |
| 2006 | 37.9% | 33.8% | 28.9% | 30.9% |
| 2005 | 35.4% | 31.0% | 27.7% | 29.8% |
| 2004 | 33.5% | 29.0% | 26.2% | 29.1% |
| 2003 | 32.1% | 27.6% | 25.5% | 27.8% |
| 2002 | 32.5% | 27.1% | 26.4% | 28.5% |
| 2001 | 34.0% | 29.0% | 27.5% | 30.1% |
Flags: p provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 38 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Luxembourg (170.6%) and the lowest Türkiye (25.0%).
- Half of the countries are above 58.1% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 9 countries and fell in 27.
- The figure for the European Union was 46.1% in 2025, against 42.2% in 2020 (+3.9 percentage points).
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All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Luxembourg 170.6%p (provisional)
- 2 Malta 111.3%
- 3 Ireland 109.3%
- 4 Cyprus 92.3%p (provisional)
- 5 Slovakia 82.9%
- 6 Estonia 77.1%
- 7 Kosovo 76.6%p (provisional)
- 8 Belgium 76.5%p (provisional)
- 9 North Macedonia 72.5%p (provisional)
- 10 Slovenia 72.5%
- 11 Netherlands 71.1%
- 12 Switzerland 69.1%
- 13 Lithuania 68.5%
- 14 Hungary 68.3%p (provisional)
- 15 Latvia 66.3%
- 16 Montenegro 65.6%
- 17 Czechia 61.0%
- 18 Moldova 60.9%p (provisional)
- 19 Denmark 58.4%
- 20 Serbia 57.8%p (provisional)
- 21 Croatia 53.5%p (provisional)
- 22 Austria 52.5%
- 23 Bosnia and Herzegovina 52.5%
- 24 Bulgaria 51.9%
- 25 Sweden 50.2%
- 26 Poland 47.3%
- 27 Greece 43.9%p (provisional)
- 28 Portugal 42.7%p (provisional)
- 29 Albania 42.6%p (provisional)
- 30 Iceland 42.6%
- 31 Finland 41.3%
- 32 Romania 40.3%p (provisional)
- 33 Germany 37.9%p (provisional)
- 34 France 34.2%p (provisional)
- 35 Norway 33.8%
- 36 Spain 32.6%p (provisional)
- 37 Italy 30.2%
- 38 Türkiye 25.0%
- European Union 46.1%
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Grey: no value for 2025. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.