Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Algeria

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Algeria in 2017 — 4.21%. Ranked 162 in the world out of 176. Since 1966, the indicator has risen by 3.16 pp.

2017 4.21% +0.89 pp vs 2016
World rank 162of 176
Period maximum 9.66%2012
Period minimum 0.58%1994

Trend over time

1966–2017 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Algeria, 1966–201702.557.51019661972197819841990199620022008201420171966: 1.05%1968: 1.56%1969: 1.57%1970: 2.12%1971: 3.49%1973: 1.61%1974: 1.48%1975: 1.7%1976: 1.6%1977: 1.36%1978: 1.49%1979: 1.96%1980: 2.46%1981: 2.04%1982: 1.55%1983: 2.07%1984: 2.06%1985: 1.88%1986: 2.97%1987: 2.28%1992: 1.39%1993: 1.4%1994: 0.58%1995: 1.07%1996: 1.19%1997: 1.52%1998: 1.32%1999: 1.65%2000: 1.4%2001: 1.35%2002: 1.16%2003: 0.8%2004: 0.91%2005: 0.98%2006: 1.12%2007: 1.1%2008: 1.36%2009: 1.05%2010: 2.12%2011: 2.28%2012: 9.66%2013: 7.81%2014: 4.85%2015: 4.52%2016: 3.32%2017: 4.21%
Change over the period: +3.16 pp Annual average: 0.06 pp

Comparison, 2017

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Algeria

Algeria 4.21%
World 11.29%
Northern Africa computed 12.92%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Algeria, by year Algeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2017 4.21 +0.89 pp
2016 3.32 −1.2 pp
2015 4.52 −0.33 pp
2014 4.85 −2.96 pp
2013 7.81 −1.85 pp
2012 9.66 +7.38 pp
2011 2.28 +0.16 pp
2010 2.12 +1.06 pp
2009 1.05 −0.31 pp
2008 1.36 +0.26 pp
2007 1.1 −0.02 pp
2006 1.12 +0.14 pp
2005 0.98 +0.06 pp
2004 0.91 +0.12 pp
2003 0.8 −0.36 pp
2002 1.16 −0.2 pp
2001 1.35 −0.05 pp
2000 1.4 −0.25 pp
1999 1.65 +0.33 pp
1998 1.32 −0.2 pp
1997 1.52 +0.32 pp
1996 1.19 +0.12 pp
1995 1.07 +0.49 pp
1994 0.58 −0.82 pp
1993 1.4 +0.01 pp
1992 1.39
1987 2.28 −0.69 pp
1986 2.97 +1.09 pp
1985 1.88 −0.18 pp
1984 2.06 −0.01 pp
1983 2.07 +0.53 pp
1982 1.55 −0.49 pp
1981 2.04 −0.42 pp
1980 2.46 +0.5 pp
1979 1.96 +0.46 pp
1978 1.49 +0.13 pp
1977 1.36 −0.24 pp
1976 1.6 −0.1 pp
1975 1.7 +0.22 pp
1974 1.48 −0.13 pp
1973 1.61
1971 3.49 +1.37 pp
1970 2.12 +0.55 pp
1969 1.57 +0.01 pp
1968 1.56
1966 1.05

Northern Africa, 2017

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of fuel in merchandise imports — the reverse side of fuel dependence. The indicator measures vulnerability to rising energy prices: a country spending a quarter of its imports on fuel loses as much when prices double as an exporter does when they fall. The series reacts visibly to oil shocks, and it shows that in the 1970s the share of fuel in the imports of developed countries rose several times over.

Important: The share is of value, not of volume, so it rises when fuel becomes more expensive even with no change in physical deliveries. The aggregate is weighted by merchandise imports — the denominator of the indicator.

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