# 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. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `imports_goods_services_gdp`
- Place id: `jp`
- 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/japan
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=imports_goods_services_gdp&place=jp

| Period | % of GDP |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 22.9 |
| 2023 | 22.5 |
| 2022 | 24.2 |
| 2021 | 18 |
| 2020 | 15.4 |
| 2019 | 17.3 |
| 2018 | 17.9 |
| 2017 | 16.5 |
| 2016 | 14.9 |
| 2015 | 17.6 |
| 2014 | 19.7 |
| 2013 | 18 |
| 2012 | 15.9 |
| 2011 | 15.3 |
| 2010 | 13.5 |
| 2009 | 11.9 |
| 2008 | 16.7 |
| 2007 | 15.4 |
| 2006 | 14.2 |
| 2005 | 12.3 |
| 2004 | 10.8 |
| 2003 | 9.7 |
| 2002 | 9.4 |
| 2001 | 9.3 |
| 2000 | 9 |
| 1999 | 8.2 |
| 1998 | 8.5 |
| 1997 | 9.2 |
| 1996 | 8.8 |
| 1995 | 7.4 |
| 1994 | 6.8 |
| 1993 | 6.7 |
| 1992 | 7.3 |
| 1991 | 8 |
| 1990 | 9.1 |
| 1989 | 8.4 |
| 1988 | 7.3 |
| 1987 | 6.9 |
| 1986 | 7 |
| 1985 | 10.3 |
| 1984 | 11.5 |
| 1983 | 11.3 |
| 1982 | 12.8 |
| 1981 | 13 |
| 1980 | 13.5 |
| 1979 | 11.6 |
| 1978 | 8.7 |
| 1977 | 10.6 |
| 1976 | 11.8 |
| 1975 | 11.8 |
| 1974 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 9.3 |
| 1972 | 7.7 |
| 1971 | 8.3 |
| 1970 | 8.8 |