Sierra Leone - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Sierra Leone was 1.12 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 39.71 in 2002 and a minimum value of 0.58 in 2017.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1963 12.42
1964 10.24
1972 7.46
1973 5.92
1974 11.50
1975 13.66
1976 14.24
1983 34.72
1984 19.74
2000 28.39
2002 39.71
2014 38.29
2015 27.18
2016 6.14
2017 0.58
2018 1.12

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