Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Belize

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Belize in 2025 — 13.78%. Ranked 7 in the world out of 24. Since 1975, the indicator has risen by 5.51 pp.

2025 13.78% −0.54 pp vs 2024
World rank 7of 24
Period maximum 45.69%1999
Period minimum 8.28%1975

Trend over time

1975–2025 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Belize, 1975–20250204060197519801985199019952000200520102015202020251975: 8.28%1976: 11.61%1977: 12.97%1978: 11.18%1979: 12.71%1980: 18.38%1982: 31.79%1983: 23.53%1984: 16.66%1985: 17.06%1986: 13.89%1987: 13.16%1992: 11.86%1993: 11.1%1994: 11.28%1995: 11.47%1996: 11.36%1997: 12.89%1998: 11.25%1999: 45.69%2000: 16.95%2001: 13.93%2002: 10.96%2003: 12.04%2004: 15.04%2005: 22.31%2006: 16.14%2007: 16.05%2008: 16.17%2009: 12.98%2010: 15.79%2011: 15.58%2012: 16.2%2013: 15.4%2014: 15.43%2015: 11.14%2016: 9.87%2017: 11.86%2018: 14.8%2019: 14.99%2020: 10.22%2021: 12.65%2022: 16.19%2023: 14.78%2024: 14.33%2025: 13.78%
Change over the period: +5.51 pp Annual average: 0.11 pp
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Belize, by year Belize All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 13.78 −0.54 pp
2024 14.33 −0.45 pp
2023 14.78 −1.41 pp
2022 16.19 +3.54 pp
2021 12.65 +2.42 pp
2020 10.22 −4.77 pp
2019 14.99 +0.18 pp
2018 14.8 +2.95 pp
2017 11.86 +1.99 pp
2016 9.87 −1.27 pp
2015 11.14 −4.29 pp
2014 15.43 +0.02 pp
2013 15.4 −0.8 pp
2012 16.2 +0.62 pp
2011 15.58 −0.21 pp
2010 15.79 +2.8 pp
2009 12.98 −3.18 pp
2008 16.17 +0.12 pp
2007 16.05 −0.1 pp
2006 16.14 −6.16 pp
2005 22.31 +7.26 pp
2004 15.04 +3 pp
2003 12.04 +1.08 pp
2002 10.96 −2.97 pp
2001 13.93 −3.02 pp
2000 16.95 −28.74 pp
1999 45.69 +34.45 pp
1998 11.25 −1.64 pp
1997 12.89 +1.53 pp
1996 11.36 −0.11 pp
1995 11.47 +0.19 pp
1994 11.28 +0.18 pp
1993 11.1 −0.76 pp
1992 11.86
1987 13.16 −0.73 pp
1986 13.89 −3.17 pp
1985 17.06 +0.4 pp
1984 16.66 −6.86 pp
1983 23.53 −8.26 pp
1982 31.79
1980 18.38 +5.67 pp
1979 12.71 +1.53 pp
1978 11.18 −1.79 pp
1977 12.97 +1.36 pp
1976 11.61 +3.33 pp
1975 8.28

Central America, 2025

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

BZ Belize 13.78 MX Mexico 5.41

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.