World - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in World was 9.13 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24.89 in 1981 and a minimum value of 6.85 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
1962 11.51
1963 10.70
1964 10.52
1965 9.99
1966 9.30
1967 9.64
1968 9.17
1969 8.53
1970 9.03
1971 10.51
1972 10.23
1973 10.85
1974 19.33
1975 19.12
1976 20.38
1977 19.80
1978 17.49
1979 20.04
1980 24.03
1981 24.89
1982 23.16
1983 21.13
1984 17.81
1985 16.52
1986 10.63
1987 10.24
1990 12.05
1991 11.03
1992 9.41
1993 8.97
1994 7.85
1995 7.45
1996 8.62
1997 8.84
1998 6.85
1999 7.60
2000 10.54
2001 10.07
2002 9.61
2003 10.35
2004 11.29
2005 13.57
2006 14.48
2007 14.14
2008 17.34
2009 14.23
2010 15.03
2011 17.23
2012 17.92
2013 17.12
2014 15.93
2015 11.32
2016 9.68
2017 11.25
2018 12.94
2019 12.33
2020 9.13

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