Kenya - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Kenya was 17.91 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 37.32 in 1981 and a minimum value of 12.53 in 1994.

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
1976 25.73
1977 22.25
1978 18.02
1979 23.91
1980 33.86
1981 37.32
1982 37.14
1983 36.32
1984 30.63
1985 31.68
1986 18.18
1987 20.06
1990 19.88
1991 18.62
1992 25.15
1993 14.92
1994 12.53
1995 14.67
1996 16.42
1997 16.17
1998 17.50
1999 15.77
2000 22.20
2001 20.87
2002 15.15
2003 23.09
2004 24.28
2005 22.94
2006 24.20
2007 21.33
2008 27.22
2009 21.44
2010 22.08
2013 23.61
2015 15.45
2016 14.79
2017 16.35
2018 19.48
2019 19.22
2020 14.13
2021 17.91

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