The reading right now

As of January 2024, Imports of goods and services for Japan stood at 23.6%. That is up 0.34 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 20.7%, ranging from a low of 15.8% in January 2020 to a high of 25.3% in January 2022. The current reading sits 4.3 percentage points above its trailing ten-year mean of 19.3%.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.