Small states - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Small states was 9.92 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25.51 in 2011 and a minimum value of 5.07 in 1998.

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
1975 19.07
1995 8.93
1996 6.52
1998 5.07
1999 7.00
2000 8.08
2001 10.87
2002 10.86
2003 10.99
2004 11.85
2005 14.95
2006 16.56
2007 16.31
2008 17.31
2009 19.80
2010 15.76
2011 25.51
2012 19.49
2013 20.94
2014 19.25
2015 14.50
2016 11.29
2017 12.52
2018 13.96
2019 14.23
2020 9.92

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