Ghana - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Ghana was 2.86 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 35.44 in 1982 and a minimum value of 0.97 in 2010.

Definition: Fuels comprise the commodities in SITC section 3 (mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

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Year Value
1962 6.15
1963 5.86
1964 5.82
1965 4.14
1966 4.21
1967 5.98
1968 6.84
1969 6.45
1970 5.82
1971 6.11
1972 11.53
1973 8.95
1974 16.59
1975 16.65
1976 14.93
1977 15.70
1978 13.83
1979 20.62
1980 26.66
1981 30.65
1982 35.44
1983 10.13
1984 34.74
1992 17.43
1996 5.82
1997 23.22
1998 18.37
1999 17.70
2000 21.44
2001 22.69
2002 8.57
2003 18.59
2004 1.60
2005 13.70
2006 13.77
2007 12.42
2008 13.83
2009 3.04
2010 0.97
2011 7.17
2012 4.06
2013 3.69
2014 7.32
2015 11.58
2016 1.75
2017 2.37
2018 2.04
2019 2.86

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise import shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports