Imports / Japan
Japan Imports
Japan imports data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 23.64%.
COUNTRY: Japan
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-06-12 04:00:40
GM ECONOMY RATING
Japan · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
81 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability
n/a
Macroeconomic stability
14.0 / 20
External stability
8.0 / 15
Financial robustness
15.0 / 15
Structural stability
15.0 / 15
Future capacity
10.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
2.5 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 76% of weighted inputs available.
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Japan · imports data as percent of GDP.
Latest
23.64%
Previous
23.30%
Range avg.
19.28%
Rank
57
Countries by imports
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CountryJapan
IndicatorImports
23.64%2024 · Rank 57
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Japan recorded 23.64% for Imports in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 0.34 percentage points, from 23.30% to 23.64%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (19.28%).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 15.25% in 2016 and the high was 25.27% in 2022.
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