Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Botswana

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Botswana in 2023 — 20.49%. Ranked 49 in the world out of 160. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 15.59 pp.

2023 20.49% +2.07 pp vs 2022
World rank 49of 160
Period maximum 25.63%2011
Period minimum 2.47%2010

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Botswana, 2000–202301020302000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 4.89%2001: 6.7%2002: 6%2003: 4.45%2004: 11.67%2005: 13.64%2006: 17.15%2007: 15.59%2008: 16.86%2009: 13.22%2010: 2.47%2011: 25.63%2012: 25.37%2013: 24.58%2014: 24.6%2015: 20.79%2016: 12.9%2017: 14.64%2018: 13.1%2019: 12.43%2020: 12.9%2021: 11.86%2022: 18.41%2023: 20.49%
Change over the period: +15.59 pp Annual average: 0.68 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Botswana 20.49%
World 14.07%
Southern Africa computed 20.93%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Botswana, by year Botswana All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 20.49 +2.07 pp
2022 18.41 +6.56 pp
2021 11.86 −1.04 pp
2020 12.9 +0.47 pp
2019 12.43 −0.66 pp
2018 13.1 −1.54 pp
2017 14.64 +1.73 pp
2016 12.9 −7.88 pp
2015 20.79 −3.81 pp
2014 24.6 +0.01 pp
2013 24.58 −0.78 pp
2012 25.37 −0.27 pp
2011 25.63 +23.16 pp
2010 2.47 −10.75 pp
2009 13.22 −3.63 pp
2008 16.86 +1.27 pp
2007 15.59 −1.56 pp
2006 17.15 +3.51 pp
2005 13.64 +1.97 pp
2004 11.67 +7.21 pp
2003 4.45 −1.55 pp
2002 6 −0.69 pp
2001 6.7 +1.81 pp
2000 4.89

Southern Africa, 2023

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.