Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 16.01 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 52 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20.00 in 2012 and a minimum value of 5.33 in 1967.

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
1967 5.33
1970 6.36
1971 6.35
1972 7.03
1974 11.13
1975 11.08
1976 11.86
1977 10.09
1978 10.48
1979 12.62
1995 11.68
1997 14.51
1998 13.70
1999 12.51
2000 17.85
2001 15.13
2002 13.04
2003 13.07
2004 13.80
2005 16.56
2006 19.39
2007 16.46
2008 17.79
2009 14.45
2010 17.04
2011 18.75
2012 20.00
2013 18.52
2014 19.01
2015 17.05
2016 12.51
2017 12.99
2018 14.95
2019 16.01

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