Imports as a share of GDP reached 0.270 % in 2017 in Chile, according to the National Statistical Office. This is 1.24 % less than in the previous year.
Historically, imports as a share of GDP in Chile reached an all time high of 0.394 % in 2008 and an all time low of 0.120 % in 1971. When compared to Chile's main peers, imports as a share of GDP in Argentina amounted to 0.138 %, 0.318 % in Bolivia, 0.306 % in Paraguay and 0.184 % in Uruguay in 2017.
Chile has been ranked 135th within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of imports as a share of GDP, 10 places behind the position seen 10 years ago.
Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world.
| Imports (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Argentina | % | 0.168% | 0.143% | 0.147% | 0.140% | 0.118% | ||||
| Bolivia | % | 0.384% | 0.378% | 0.371% | 0.420% | 0.371% | ||||
| Brazil | % | 0.124% | 0.132% | 0.140% | 0.137% | 0.141% | ||||
| Chile | % | 0.344% | 0.341% | 0.328% | 0.322% | 0.296% | ||||
| Paraguay | % | 0.372% | 0.357% | 0.335% | 0.328% | 0.315% | ||||
| Peru | % | 0.255% | 0.252% | 0.250% | 0.242% | 0.239% | ||||
| Uruguay | % | 0.268% | 0.291% | 0.264% | 0.255% | 0.229% |
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