Egypt, Arab Rep.'s imports of goods and services (% of GDP) was 31.51% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 9.85 percentage points from 21.66% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 31.51% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 19.65% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 21.66% | 2015 |
| Highest | 43.5% | 1981 |
| Lowest | 16.53% | 1969 |
| Average since 2016 | 23.71% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 21.83% | 1960 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Egypt, Arab Rep.'s imports of goods and services (% of GDP) rose 8.29 percentage points on 2024 (from 23.22% to 31.51%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.16 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.04 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.8 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 13.14 percentage points in 1974 and the biggest yearly fall was 7.63 percentage points in 1976. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 2% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Egypt, Arab Rep. had the 94th highest value of the 137 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 31.51% | 2025 |
| World | 28.5% | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 26.28% | 2025 |
Closest to Egypt, Arab Rep. in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Imports of goods includes change in the economic ownership of goods from non-residents to residents of the compiling economy, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Imports of services includes services provided by non-residents to residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
Limitations: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Data on exports and imports are compiled from customs reports and balance of payments data.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 66 values
| Year | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 31.51 |
| 2024 | 23.22 |
| 2023 | 21.34 |
| 2022 | 21.9 |
| 2021 | 19.3 |
| 2020 | 19.65 |
| 2019 | 24.48 |
| 2018 | 27.93 |
| 2017 | 27.82 |
| 2016 | 19.9 |
| 2015 |
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) in nearby economies
More economic policy & debt data for Egypt, Arab Rep.
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$48.88 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$30.71 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$19.89 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 987.6 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$48.08 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 544.5 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 5.45% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Egypt, Arab Rep.'s imports of goods and services (% of GDP)?
- 31.51% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 9.69 percentage points from 21.83% in 1960. The highest value was 43.5% in 1981 and the lowest 16.53% in 1969.
- How does Egypt, Arab Rep. rank?
- 94th highest of 137 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in imports of goods and services (% of GDP) unusual for Egypt, Arab Rep.?
- In 2025, Egypt, Arab Rep.'s imports of goods and services (% of GDP) rose 8.29 percentage points on 2024 (from 23.22% to 31.51%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.16 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.04 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.8 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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