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Imports of goods and services, share of GDP in Japan

Imports of goods and services, share of GDP in Japan was 22.9% of GDP in 2024, according to the World Bank. That is up 0.3 pts from 2023. That is the 147th highest of 171 countries in 2024.

2024, % of GDP22.9
Change on 2023+0.3 pts
Rank147th of 171Countries ranked
Series high24.22022
Series low6.71993

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Imports of goods and services, share of GDP in Japan, 1970 to 2024

510152025197019781986199420022010201820241970: 8.8 % of GDP1971: 8.3 % of GDP1972: 7.7 % of GDP1973: 9.3 % of GDP1974: 13.3 % of GDP1975: 11.8 % of GDP1976: 11.8 % of GDP1977: 10.6 % of GDP1978: 8.7 % of GDP1979: 11.6 % of GDP1980: 13.5 % of GDP1981: 13 % of GDP1982: 12.8 % of GDP1983: 11.3 % of GDP1984: 11.5 % of GDP1985: 10.3 % of GDP1986: 7 % of GDP1987: 6.9 % of GDP1988: 7.3 % of GDP1989: 8.4 % of GDP1990: 9.1 % of GDP1991: 8 % of GDP1992: 7.3 % of GDP1993: 6.7 % of GDP1994: 6.8 % of GDP1995: 7.4 % of GDP1996: 8.8 % of GDP1997: 9.2 % of GDP1998: 8.5 % of GDP1999: 8.2 % of GDP2000: 9 % of GDP2001: 9.3 % of GDP2002: 9.4 % of GDP2003: 9.7 % of GDP2004: 10.8 % of GDP2005: 12.3 % of GDP2006: 14.2 % of GDP2007: 15.4 % of GDP2008: 16.7 % of GDP2009: 11.9 % of GDP2010: 13.5 % of GDP2011: 15.3 % of GDP2012: 15.9 % of GDP2013: 18 % of GDP2014: 19.7 % of GDP2015: 17.6 % of GDP2016: 14.9 % of GDP2017: 16.5 % of GDP2018: 17.9 % of GDP2019: 17.3 % of GDP2020: 15.4 % of GDP2021: 18 % of GDP2022: 24.2 % of GDP2023: 22.5 % of GDP2024: 22.9 % of GDP51015202519701989200820241970: 8.8 % of GDP1971: 8.3 % of GDP1972: 7.7 % of GDP1973: 9.3 % of GDP1974: 13.3 % of GDP1975: 11.8 % of GDP1976: 11.8 % of GDP1977: 10.6 % of GDP1978: 8.7 % of GDP1979: 11.6 % of GDP1980: 13.5 % of GDP1981: 13 % of GDP1982: 12.8 % of GDP1983: 11.3 % of GDP1984: 11.5 % of GDP1985: 10.3 % of GDP1986: 7 % of GDP1987: 6.9 % of GDP1988: 7.3 % of GDP1989: 8.4 % of GDP1990: 9.1 % of GDP1991: 8 % of GDP1992: 7.3 % of GDP1993: 6.7 % of GDP1994: 6.8 % of GDP1995: 7.4 % of GDP1996: 8.8 % of GDP1997: 9.2 % of GDP1998: 8.5 % of GDP1999: 8.2 % of GDP2000: 9 % of GDP2001: 9.3 % of GDP2002: 9.4 % of GDP2003: 9.7 % of GDP2004: 10.8 % of GDP2005: 12.3 % of GDP2006: 14.2 % of GDP2007: 15.4 % of GDP2008: 16.7 % of GDP2009: 11.9 % of GDP2010: 13.5 % of GDP2011: 15.3 % of GDP2012: 15.9 % of GDP2013: 18 % of GDP2014: 19.7 % of GDP2015: 17.6 % of GDP2016: 14.9 % of GDP2017: 16.5 % of GDP2018: 17.9 % of GDP2019: 17.3 % of GDP2020: 15.4 % of GDP2021: 18 % of GDP2022: 24.2 % of GDP2023: 22.5 % of GDP2024: 22.9 % of GDP
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-10-08.
All 55 values
Period% of GDP
202422.9
202322.5
202224.2
202118
202015.4
201917.3
201817.9
201716.5
201614.9
201517.6
201419.7
201318
201215.9
201115.3
201013.5
200911.9
200816.7
200715.4
200614.2
200512.3
200410.8
20039.7
20029.4
20019.3
20009
19998.2
19988.5
19979.2
19968.8
19957.4
19946.8
19936.7
19927.3
19918
19909.1
19898.4
19887.3
19876.9
19867
198510.3
198411.5
198311.3
198212.8
198113
198013.5
197911.6
19788.7
197710.6
197611.8
197511.8
197413.3
19739.3
19727.7
19718.3
19708.8

Japan compared with nearby places

Afghanistan: 68.1 % of GDPAlbania: 43.2 % of GDPArmenia: 76.4 % of GDPAngola: 19 % of GDPArgentina: 12.7 % of GDPAustria: 53.1 % of GDPAustralia: 22.5 % of GDPAzerbaijan: 36.7 % of GDPBosnia and Herzegovina: 54.1 % of GDPBangladesh: 16.3 % of GDPBelgium: 79.7 % of GDPBurkina Faso: 31.9 % of GDPBulgaria: 53.9 % of GDPBenin: 21.8 % of GDPBrunei: 58.3 % of GDPBolivia: 25.5 % of GDPBrazil: 17.6 % of GDPBahamas: 41.5 % of GDPBhutan: 47.9 % of GDPBotswana: 42.4 % of GDPBelarus: 65.1 % of GDPBelize: 53.7 % of GDPCanada: 32.7 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 48.6 % of GDPCentral African Republic: 31.4 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo: 40.4 % of GDPSwitzerland: 59.2 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 25.2 % of GDPChile: 30.2 % of GDPCameroon: 18.7 % of GDPChina: 17.5 % of GDPColombia: 20.2 % of GDPCosta Rica: 32.3 % of GDPCuba: 82.4 % of GDPCape Verde: 54.2 % of GDPCyprus: 93.4 % of GDPCzechia: 62.6 % of GDPGermany: 37.7 % of GDPDjibouti: 114.8 % of GDPDenmark: 60.8 % of GDPDominican Republic: 29 % of GDPAlgeria: 20.3 % of GDPEcuador: 26.9 % of GDPEstonia: 75.4 % of GDPEgypt: 23.2 % of GDPSpain: 32.9 % of GDPEthiopia: 11.9 % of GDPFinland: 41.5 % of GDPFiji: 64.6 % of GDPFaroe Islands: 51.2 % of GDPFrance: 34.2 % of GDPGabon: 27.5 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: 31.8 % of GDPGeorgia: 55.6 % of GDPGhana: 33.9 % of GDPGambia: 33.4 % of GDPGuinea: 56.4 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea: 29.3 % of GDPGreece: 47.7 % of GDPGuatemala: 31.4 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 27.7 % of GDPHong Kong: 177.8 % of GDPHonduras: 57.7 % of GDPCroatia: 54.8 % of GDPHaiti: 16.5 % of GDPHungary: 71.7 % of GDPIndonesia: 20.5 % of GDPIreland: 102.2 % of GDPIsrael: 26 % of GDPIndia: 23.9 % of GDPIraq: 37.4 % of GDPIran: 28.5 % of GDPIceland: 43.7 % of GDPItaly: 30.3 % of GDPJapan: 22.9 % of GDPKenya: 23.2 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: 83.3 % of GDPCambodia: 72.1 % of GDPKiribati: 97.6 % of GDPSouth Korea: 40.3 % of GDPKuwait: 38.2 % of GDPKazakhstan: 25.6 % of GDPLebanon: 58.9 % of GDPSri Lanka: 22.4 % of GDPLesotho: 103.1 % of GDPLithuania: 68.5 % of GDPLuxembourg: 159.7 % of GDPLatvia: 66.4 % of GDPLibya: 65.8 % of GDPMorocco: 50.2 % of GDPMoldova: 57.3 % of GDPMontenegro: 66.2 % of GDPMadagascar: 33.5 % of GDPNorth Macedonia: 74.6 % of GDPMali: 27.4 % of GDPMongolia: 69.7 % of GDPMauritania: 52.2 % of GDPMauritius: 78.3 % of GDPMalawi: 30.6 % of GDPMexico: 38.1 % of GDPMalaysia: 66 % of GDPMozambique: 52.8 % of GDPNamibia: 66.9 % of GDPNew Caledonia: 28.7 % of GDPNiger: 15.4 % of GDPNicaragua: 58.2 % of GDPNetherlands: 71.5 % of GDPNorway: 33.2 % of GDPNepal: 32.6 % of GDPNew Zealand: 26 % of GDPOman: 48.8 % of GDPPanama: 39.3 % of GDPPeru: 22.8 % of GDPFrench Polynesia: 46.1 % of GDPPhilippines: 40.1 % of GDPPakistan: 17.2 % of GDPPoland: 48.2 % of GDPPuerto Rico: 42.7 % of GDPPalestine: 52.7 % of GDPPortugal: 43.8 % of GDPPalau: 73.1 % of GDPParaguay: 39.4 % of GDPRomania: 41.6 % of GDPSerbia: 58.1 % of GDPRussia: 17.6 % of GDPRwanda: 43.3 % of GDPSaudi Arabia: 27 % of GDPSolomon Islands: 70.8 % of GDPSudan: 1.3 % of GDPSweden: 51.5 % of GDPSingapore: 138.6 % of GDPSlovenia: 74.7 % of GDPSlovakia: 85.7 % of GDPSierra Leone: 23.3 % of GDPSenegal: 42.8 % of GDPSomalia: 99.1 % of GDPEl Salvador: 53 % of GDPEswatini: 53.7 % of GDPChad: 16.9 % of GDPThailand: 66.1 % of GDPTajikistan: 47.9 % of GDPTimor-Leste: 84.9 % of GDPTurkmenistan: 11.2 % of GDPTunisia: 56.3 % of GDPTürkiye: 27 % of GDPTanzania: 21.6 % of GDPUkraine: 50 % of GDPUganda: 25.9 % of GDPUnited States: 14 % of GDPUruguay: 23.2 % of GDPUzbekistan: 36 % of GDPVenezuela: 9.5 % of GDPVietnam: 83.7 % of GDPVanuatu: 48 % of GDPSamoa: 48.9 % of GDPSouth Africa: 29.9 % of GDPZambia: 27.6 % of GDPZimbabwe: 23.4 % of GDP
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Imports of goods and services, share of GDP, 2024, % of GDP. Japan is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: World Bank. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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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.

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.

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Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS), Imports of goods and services, share of GDP, Japan, 1970 to 2024. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/imports-share-of-gdp/japan. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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What is the imports of goods and services, share of GDP in Japan?

Imports of goods and services, share of GDP in Japan was 22.9% of GDP in 2024, according to the World Bank. That is up 0.3 pts from 2023. That is the 147th highest of 171 countries in 2024.

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World Bank. Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest imports of goods and services, share of GDP in Japan?

24.2% of GDP in 2022, the highest value since 1970 in this series.

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