Mauritania - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Mauritania was 28.93 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 34.98 in 2008 and a minimum value of 2.63 in 1962.

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 2.63
1963 2.81
1964 6.84
1965 4.44
1966 5.72
1967 3.66
1968 7.41
1970 7.74
1971 6.45
1972 6.15
2000 22.94
2001 23.93
2002 22.04
2003 16.44
2004 6.36
2005 10.00
2006 26.90
2007 30.53
2008 34.98
2009 20.14
2010 26.53
2011 27.80
2012 26.61
2013 20.14
2014 20.60
2015 15.98
2016 19.52
2017 18.26
2018 32.75
2019 29.67
2020 28.93

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