# Imports of goods and services, share of GDP in China

Imports of goods and services, share of GDP in China was 16.9% of GDP in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `imports_goods_services_gdp`
- Place id: `cn`
- Unit: % of GDP
- Definition: Goods whose economic ownership passes from non-residents to residents, and services non-residents provide to residents, as a percentage of GDP. World Bank national accounts data, compiled from national statistical offices and central banks and from OECD national accounts files.
- Note: Can pass 100% in re-export hubs, because imports are gross while GDP is value added. National accounts basis, so it differs from customs trade totals. For the amount in dollars see imports_goods_services_usd.
- Source: World Bank, Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
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- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/imports-share-of-gdp/china
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=imports_goods_services_gdp&place=cn

| Period | % of GDP |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 16.9 |
| 2024 | 17.5 |
| 2023 | 17.3 |
| 2022 | 17.3 |
| 2021 | 17.2 |
| 2020 | 16.1 |
| 2019 | 17.3 |
| 2018 | 18.1 |
| 2017 | 17.6 |
| 2016 | 17 |
| 2015 | 17.8 |
| 2014 | 21 |
| 2013 | 21.8 |
| 2012 | 22.4 |
| 2011 | 23.8 |
| 2010 | 23.1 |
| 2009 | 20.1 |
| 2008 | 24.6 |
| 2007 | 26.4 |
| 2006 | 28 |
| 2005 | 28 |
| 2004 | 28 |
| 2003 | 24.5 |
| 2002 | 19.8 |
| 2001 | 18 |
| 2000 | 18.3 |
| 1999 | 15.2 |
| 1998 | 14 |
| 1997 | 14.9 |
| 1996 | 15.8 |
| 1995 | 16.2 |
| 1994 | 17.2 |
| 1993 | 19.3 |
| 1992 | 14.4 |
| 1991 | 11.4 |
| 1990 | 10.6 |
| 1989 | 13.2 |
| 1988 | 15.7 |
| 1987 | 12.4 |
| 1986 | 11.1 |
| 1985 | 12.4 |
| 1984 | 9.5 |
| 1983 | 8.4 |
| 1982 | 8.7 |
| 1981 | 11.3 |
| 1980 | 11.4 |
| 1979 | 8.7 |
| 1978 | 8.2 |
| 1977 | 4.6 |
| 1976 | 4.8 |
| 1975 | 5.1 |
| 1974 | 5.3 |
| 1973 | 3.8 |
| 1972 | 2.6 |
| 1971 | 2.2 |
| 1970 | 2.4 |
| 1969 | 2.2 |
| 1968 | 2.6 |
| 1967 | 2.6 |
| 1966 | 2.8 |
| 1965 | 2.7 |
| 1964 | 2.5 |
| 1963 | 2.4 |
| 1962 | 2.4 |
| 1961 | 2.8 |
| 1960 | 3.2 |