Pre-demographic dividend's imports of goods and services (% of GDP) was 31.04% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 7.19 percentage points from 23.85% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 31.04% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 19.61% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 23.85% | 2015 |
| Highest | 34.33% | 1999 |
| Lowest | 14.43% | 1996 |
| Average since 2016 | 24.04% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 16.8% | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Pre-demographic dividend's imports of goods and services (% of GDP) fell 0.4 percentage points on 2024 (from 31.44% to 31.04%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.4 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.89 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 17 percentage points in 1999 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.99 percentage points in 2006. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.94 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 46% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-demographic dividend | 31.04% | 2025 |
| World | 28.5% | 2025 |
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 36 values
| Year | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 31.04 |
| 2024 | 31.44 |
| 2023 | 25.67 |
| 2022 | 22.46 |
| 2021 | 20.59 |
| 2020 | 19.61 |
| 2019 | 20.65 |
| 2018 | 23.57 |
| 2017 | 22.9 |
| 2016 | 22.42 |
| 2015 |
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) in nearby economies
More economic policy & debt data for Pre-demographic dividend
- GDP (current US$) — US$1.67 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$1.65 trillion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$1,470 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$1,454 (2025)
- GDP (annual % growth) — 3.57% (2025)
- GDP per capita (annual % growth) — 0.99% (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$31.51 billion (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) — 1.92% (2025)
- Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$745.62 million (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Pre-demographic dividend's imports of goods and services (% of GDP)?
- 31.04% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 14.25 percentage points from 16.8% in 1990. The highest value was 34.33% in 1999 and the lowest 14.43% in 1996.
- Is the latest change in imports of goods and services (% of GDP) unusual for Pre-demographic dividend?
- In 2025, Pre-demographic dividend's imports of goods and services (% of GDP) fell 0.4 percentage points on 2024 (from 31.44% to 31.04%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.4 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.89 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
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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