Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Bahrain

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Bahrain in 2024 — 2.59%. Ranked 127 in the world out of 131. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 1.52 pp.

2024 2.59% −0.85 pp vs 2023
World rank 127of 131
Period maximum 63.72%1974
Period minimum 1.07%1970

Trend over time

1970–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Bahrain, 1970–202402040608019701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 1.07%1971: 27.86%1972: 40.34%1973: 41.02%1974: 63.72%1975: 50.82%1976: 42.42%1977: 45.56%1978: 43.28%1979: 2.83%1980: 3.35%1981: 3.33%1982: 3.36%1983: 1.59%1984: 1.57%1985: 1.51%1986: 1.88%1987: 1.58%1994: 32.6%1995: 36.66%1996: 2.86%2000: 1.2%2001: 37.65%2002: 34.45%2003: 37.64%2004: 42.99%2005: 46.72%2006: 55.61%2007: 51.98%2008: 44.35%2009: 44.71%2010: 38.01%2011: 43.9%2012: 27.87%2013: 46.6%2014: 40.08%2015: 25.6%2016: 22.77%2017: 26.1%2018: 29.76%2019: 30.3%2020: 19.61%2021: 2.7%2022: 4.02%2023: 3.44%2024: 2.59%
Change over the period: +1.52 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Bahrain 2.59%
World 13.08%
Western Asia computed 8.83%
High-income countries computed 11%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Bahrain, by year Bahrain All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 2.59 −0.85 pp
2023 3.44 −0.58 pp
2022 4.02 +1.32 pp
2021 2.7 −16.9 pp
2020 19.61 −10.69 pp
2019 30.3 +0.54 pp
2018 29.76 +3.65 pp
2017 26.1 +3.33 pp
2016 22.77 −2.83 pp
2015 25.6 −14.48 pp
2014 40.08 −6.53 pp
2013 46.6 +18.73 pp
2012 27.87 −16.03 pp
2011 43.9 +5.89 pp
2010 38.01 −6.7 pp
2009 44.71 +0.36 pp
2008 44.35 −7.63 pp
2007 51.98 −3.63 pp
2006 55.61 +8.88 pp
2005 46.72 +3.74 pp
2004 42.99 +5.34 pp
2003 37.64 +3.2 pp
2002 34.45 −3.21 pp
2001 37.65 +36.45 pp
2000 1.2
1996 2.86 −33.81 pp
1995 36.66 +4.06 pp
1994 32.6
1987 1.58 −0.3 pp
1986 1.88 +0.37 pp
1985 1.51 −0.07 pp
1984 1.57 −0.01 pp
1983 1.59 −1.78 pp
1982 3.36 +0.04 pp
1981 3.33 −0.02 pp
1980 3.35 +0.52 pp
1979 2.83 −40.45 pp
1978 43.28 −2.29 pp
1977 45.56 +3.14 pp
1976 42.42 −8.4 pp
1975 50.82 −12.9 pp
1974 63.72 +22.7 pp
1973 41.02 +0.68 pp
1972 40.34 +12.47 pp
1971 27.86 +26.79 pp
1970 1.07

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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