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

Imports of goods and services, share of GDP in Somalia was 98.8% of GDP in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `imports_goods_services_gdp`
- Place id: `so`
- 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- 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/somalia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=imports_goods_services_gdp&place=so

| Period | % of GDP |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 98.8 |
| 2024 | 99.1 |
| 2023 | 81.2 |
| 2022 | 73.1 |
| 2021 | 62.9 |
| 2020 | 62 |
| 2019 | 57.2 |
| 2018 | 59.6 |
| 2017 | 55.6 |
| 2016 | 58.2 |
| 2015 | 59.6 |
| 2014 | 62.5 |
| 2013 | 64.7 |
| 2012 | 69 |
| 1990 | 33.6 |
| 1989 | 41.5 |
| 1988 | 21.9 |
| 1987 | 30.9 |
| 1986 | 29.8 |
| 1985 | 19.3 |
| 1984 | 61.1 |
| 1983 | 72.5 |
| 1982 | 68 |
| 1981 | 68.4 |
| 1980 | 88.6 |
| 1979 | 75.6 |
| 1978 | 56.1 |
| 1977 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 22.1 |
| 1975 | 25.2 |
| 1974 | 32.7 |
| 1973 | 28.2 |
| 1972 | 19.1 |
| 1971 | 19 |
| 1970 | 15.5 |
| 1969 | 23.7 |
| 1968 | 21.5 |
| 1967 | 22.3 |
| 1966 | 22.6 |
| 1965 | 20.6 |
| 1964 | 30.4 |
| 1963 | 26 |
| 1962 | 27.5 |
| 1961 | 23.1 |
| 1960 | 17.1 |