Imports / China
China Imports
China imports data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 17.18%.
COUNTRY: China
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-06-12 04:00:40
GM ECONOMY RATING
China · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
78 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability
7.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
19.0 / 20
External stability
15.0 / 15
Financial robustness
14.0 / 15
Structural stability
13.0 / 15
Future capacity
10.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
4.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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China · imports data as percent of GDP.
Latest
17.18%
Previous
17.00%
Range avg.
17.18%
Rank
69
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CountryChina
IndicatorImports
17.18%2024 · Rank 69
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
China recorded 17.18% for Imports in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 0.17 percentage points, from 17.00% to 17.18%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (17.18%).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 15.84% in 2020 and the high was 18.12% in 2018.
Comparison
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