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Imports of goods and services, share of GDP in Zambia

Imports of goods and services, share of GDP in Zambia was 27.6% of GDP in 2024, according to the World Bank. That is down 9.8 pts from 2023. That is the 128th highest of 171 countries in 2024.

2024, % of GDP27.6
Change on 2023-9.8 pts
Rank128th of 171Countries ranked
Series high42.72015
Series low25.32006

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Imports of goods and services, share of GDP in Zambia, 1994 to 2024

253035404519941999200420092014201920241994: 33.7 % of GDP1995: 36.3 % of GDP1996: 35.3 % of GDP1997: 30.9 % of GDP1998: 31.6 % of GDP1999: 34.7 % of GDP2000: 36.5 % of GDP2001: 39.6 % of GDP2002: 37.8 % of GDP2003: 36.6 % of GDP2004: 37.3 % of GDP2005: 31.6 % of GDP2006: 25.3 % of GDP2007: 32.2 % of GDP2008: 30.5 % of GDP2009: 26.9 % of GDP2010: 30.9 % of GDP2011: 32.3 % of GDP2012: 35.3 % of GDP2013: 40 % of GDP2014: 37.4 % of GDP2015: 42.7 % of GDP2016: 38.6 % of GDP2017: 36.6 % of GDP2018: 36.9 % of GDP2019: 34.2 % of GDP2020: 32.5 % of GDP2021: 34 % of GDP2022: 29.1 % of GDP2023: 37.4 % of GDP2024: 27.6 % of GDP25303540451994200520241994: 33.7 % of GDP1995: 36.3 % of GDP1996: 35.3 % of GDP1997: 30.9 % of GDP1998: 31.6 % of GDP1999: 34.7 % of GDP2000: 36.5 % of GDP2001: 39.6 % of GDP2002: 37.8 % of GDP2003: 36.6 % of GDP2004: 37.3 % of GDP2005: 31.6 % of GDP2006: 25.3 % of GDP2007: 32.2 % of GDP2008: 30.5 % of GDP2009: 26.9 % of GDP2010: 30.9 % of GDP2011: 32.3 % of GDP2012: 35.3 % of GDP2013: 40 % of GDP2014: 37.4 % of GDP2015: 42.7 % of GDP2016: 38.6 % of GDP2017: 36.6 % of GDP2018: 36.9 % of GDP2019: 34.2 % of GDP2020: 32.5 % of GDP2021: 34 % of GDP2022: 29.1 % of GDP2023: 37.4 % of GDP2024: 27.6 % 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 31 values
Period% of GDP
202427.6
202337.4
202229.1
202134
202032.5
201934.2
201836.9
201736.6
201638.6
201542.7
201437.4
201340
201235.3
201132.3
201030.9
200926.9
200830.5
200732.2
200625.3
200531.6
200437.3
200336.6
200237.8
200139.6
200036.5
199934.7
199831.6
199730.9
199635.3
199536.3
199433.7

Zambia 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. Zambia 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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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.

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World Bank. (2026). Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS) (Imports of goods and services, share of GDP, Zambia, 1994 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS

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Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS), Imports of goods and services, share of GDP, Zambia, 1994 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/zambia. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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

Imports of goods and services, share of GDP in Zambia was 27.6% of GDP in 2024, according to the World Bank. That is down 9.8 pts from 2023. That is the 128th 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 Zambia?

42.7% of GDP in 2015, the highest value since 1994 in this series.

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