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New Zealand
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)

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.

Global rank#136out of 172 countries
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Historical trend

34.431.127.924.721.4197019972024New Zealand · 2024: 25.96%New Zealand

Analytical takeaways

  • New Zealand records 25.96% for Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) in 2024, ranking #136 globally out of 172 countries.
  • Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) increased from 25.08% in 1970 to 25.96% in 2024, a gain of 0.88%.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

Comparison

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