Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Bangladesh

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Bangladesh in 2018 — 10.12%. Ranked 123 in the world out of 174. Since 1977, the indicator has fallen by 13.57 pp.

2018 10.12% −0.3 pp vs 2017
World rank 123of 174
Period maximum 23.69%1977
Period minimum 4.83%2001

Trend over time

1977–2018 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Bangladesh, 1977–201801020301977198219871992199720022007201220171977: 23.69%1978: 14.55%1979: 11.47%1980: 9.5%1981: 7.48%1982: 12.18%1983: 10.66%1984: 9.27%1985: 16.54%1986: 18.34%1987: 14.7%1989: 12.07%1990: 16.5%1991: 11.55%1992: 12.25%1993: 10.8%1995: 7.74%1996: 7.15%1997: 8.98%1998: 7.46%2000: 7.28%2001: 4.83%2002: 6.79%2003: 11.1%2004: 8.3%2005: 10.21%2006: 12.75%2007: 10.49%2008: 7.41%2009: 12.24%2010: 8.3%2011: 7.58%2012: 8.84%2013: 8.05%2015: 10.86%2016: 10.54%2017: 10.42%2018: 10.12%
Change over the period: −13.57 pp Annual average: -0.33 pp

Comparison, 2018

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

Bangladesh 10.12%
World 12.96%
South Asia 30.72%
Southern Asia computed 28.04%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Bangladesh, by year Bangladesh All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2018 10.12 −0.3 pp
2017 10.42 −0.12 pp
2016 10.54 −0.32 pp
2015 10.86
2013 8.05 −0.79 pp
2012 8.84 +1.26 pp
2011 7.58 −0.71 pp
2010 8.3 −3.94 pp
2009 12.24 +4.82 pp
2008 7.41 −3.07 pp
2007 10.49 −2.26 pp
2006 12.75 +2.54 pp
2005 10.21 +1.91 pp
2004 8.3 −2.8 pp
2003 11.1 +4.31 pp
2002 6.79 +1.96 pp
2001 4.83 −2.45 pp
2000 7.28
1998 7.46 −1.52 pp
1997 8.98 +1.83 pp
1996 7.15 −0.59 pp
1995 7.74
1993 10.8 −1.45 pp
1992 12.25 +0.69 pp
1991 11.55 −4.95 pp
1990 16.5 +4.43 pp
1989 12.07
1987 14.7 −3.65 pp
1986 18.34 +1.81 pp
1985 16.54 +7.27 pp
1984 9.27 −1.39 pp
1983 10.66 −1.52 pp
1982 12.18 +4.7 pp
1981 7.48 −2.02 pp
1980 9.5 −1.97 pp
1979 11.47 −3.08 pp
1978 14.55 −9.14 pp
1977 23.69

Southern Asia, 2018

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.

Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.