Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Bolivia

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Bolivia in 2024 — 29.19%. Ranked 10 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 25.5 pp.

2024 29.19% +2.8 pp vs 2023
World rank 10of 131
Period maximum 33.79%2022
Period minimum 0.44%1987

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Bolivia, 1962–202401020304019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 3.69%1963: 1.8%1964: 1.61%1965: 1.21%1966: 1.46%1967: 1.11%1968: 1.27%1969: 1.08%1970: 1.24%1971: 1.25%1972: 0.89%1974: 1.04%1975: 2.19%1976: 1.8%1977: 1.44%1978: 1.41%1979: 0.84%1980: 0.55%1981: 1.75%1982: 1.87%1983: 0.94%1984: 0.52%1985: 0.48%1986: 0.48%1987: 0.44%1992: 3.27%1993: 4.81%1994: 4.98%1995: 4.5%1996: 2.85%1997: 7.5%1998: 4.68%1999: 3.54%2000: 4.85%2001: 7.15%2002: 5.01%2003: 7.3%2004: 7.11%2005: 10.31%2006: 9.73%2007: 8.18%2008: 11.36%2009: 10.97%2010: 12.26%2011: 14%2012: 14.98%2013: 13.39%2014: 11.98%2015: 11.68%2016: 9.54%2017: 10.48%2018: 13.03%2019: 16.25%2020: 13.19%2021: 23.6%2022: 33.79%2023: 26.39%2024: 29.19%
Change over the period: +25.5 pp Annual average: 0.41 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Bolivia 29.19%
World 13.08%
South America computed 14.06%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Bolivia, by year Bolivia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 29.19 +2.8 pp
2023 26.39 −7.4 pp
2022 33.79 +10.19 pp
2021 23.6 +10.42 pp
2020 13.19 −3.07 pp
2019 16.25 +3.22 pp
2018 13.03 +2.55 pp
2017 10.48 +0.94 pp
2016 9.54 −2.14 pp
2015 11.68 −0.3 pp
2014 11.98 −1.41 pp
2013 13.39 −1.59 pp
2012 14.98 +0.97 pp
2011 14 +1.74 pp
2010 12.26 +1.3 pp
2009 10.97 −0.39 pp
2008 11.36 +3.18 pp
2007 8.18 −1.55 pp
2006 9.73 −0.59 pp
2005 10.31 +3.2 pp
2004 7.11 −0.19 pp
2003 7.3 +2.29 pp
2002 5.01 −2.14 pp
2001 7.15 +2.3 pp
2000 4.85 +1.3 pp
1999 3.54 −1.13 pp
1998 4.68 −2.82 pp
1997 7.5 +4.65 pp
1996 2.85 −1.65 pp
1995 4.5 −0.48 pp
1994 4.98 +0.17 pp
1993 4.81 +1.54 pp
1992 3.27
1987 0.44 −0.04 pp
1986 0.48 −0 pp
1985 0.48 −0.04 pp
1984 0.52 −0.42 pp
1983 0.94 −0.93 pp
1982 1.87 +0.13 pp
1981 1.75 +1.2 pp
1980 0.55 −0.29 pp
1979 0.84 −0.57 pp
1978 1.41 −0.03 pp
1977 1.44 −0.36 pp
1976 1.8 −0.39 pp
1975 2.19 +1.15 pp
1974 1.04
1972 0.89 −0.36 pp
1971 1.25 +0.01 pp
1970 1.24 +0.16 pp
1969 1.08 −0.19 pp
1968 1.27 +0.16 pp
1967 1.11 −0.36 pp
1966 1.46 +0.25 pp
1965 1.21 −0.39 pp
1964 1.61 −0.19 pp
1963 1.8 −1.89 pp
1962 3.69

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.