Zambia — Imports (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1946–2031 · 86 observations
About this series
Imports of goods and services are the value of goods and services supplied by nonresidents to residents during the period. The series measures a flow, not a stock. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.
In Zambia, the imports reading was 28.4% of GDP in 2025, compared with 27.6% of GDP in 2024. The period change was +0.83 percentage points. The latest reading was below the selected 10-year average of 33.5% of GDP.
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- Annual data, 1946–2031
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Latest observations
2014–2031
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2031 | 33.3 % of GDP |
| 2030 | 32.6 % of GDP |
| 2029 | 32 % of GDP |
| 2028 | 30.6 % of GDP |
| 2027 | 31 % of GDP |
13 earlier values, back to 2014
| 2026 | 30.7 % of GDP |
| 2025 | 28.4 % of GDP |
| 2024 | 27.6 % of GDP |
| 2023 | 37.4 % of GDP |
| 2022 | 29.1 % of GDP |
| 2021 | 34 % of GDP |
| 2020 | 32.5 % of GDP |
| 2019 | 34.2 % of GDP |
| 2018 | 36.9 % of GDP |
| 2017 | 36.6 % of GDP |
| 2016 | 38.6 % of GDP |
| 2015 | 42.7 % of GDP |
| 2014 | 37.4 % of GDP |