Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Belarus

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Belarus in 2020 — 20.4%. Ranked 16 in the world out of 165. Since 1998, the indicator has fallen by 3.45 pp.

2020 20.4% −4.39 pp vs 2019
World rank 16of 165
Period maximum 40.92%2011
Period minimum 20.4%2020

Trend over time

1998–2020 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Belarus, 1998–202020304050199820012004200720102013201620191998: 23.85%1999: 22.87%2000: 29.9%2001: 26.84%2002: 25.68%2003: 26.29%2004: 27.68%2005: 33.05%2006: 32.81%2007: 35.15%2008: 35.46%2009: 39.52%2010: 34.57%2011: 40.92%2012: 38.51%2013: 29.21%2014: 29.25%2015: 30.41%2016: 26.7%2017: 28.25%2018: 28.86%2019: 24.79%2020: 20.4%
Change over the period: −3.45 pp Annual average: -0.16 pp

Comparison, 2020

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

Belarus 20.4%
World 9.18%
Eastern Europe computed 5.11%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Belarus, by year Belarus All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2020 20.4 −4.39 pp
2019 24.79 −4.07 pp
2018 28.86 +0.62 pp
2017 28.25 +1.54 pp
2016 26.7 −3.7 pp
2015 30.41 +1.15 pp
2014 29.25 +0.04 pp
2013 29.21 −9.3 pp
2012 38.51 −2.41 pp
2011 40.92 +6.35 pp
2010 34.57 −4.96 pp
2009 39.52 +4.06 pp
2008 35.46 +0.32 pp
2007 35.15 +2.34 pp
2006 32.81 −0.24 pp
2005 33.05 +5.37 pp
2004 27.68 +1.39 pp
2003 26.29 +0.61 pp
2002 25.68 −1.16 pp
2001 26.84 −3.07 pp
2000 29.9 +7.03 pp
1999 22.87 −0.98 pp
1998 23.85

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.