Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Bulgaria

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Bulgaria in 2024 — 12.25%. Ranked 83 in the world out of 131. Since 1992, the indicator has fallen by 23.73 pp.

2024 12.25% +1.12 pp vs 2023
World rank 83of 131
Period maximum 35.98%1992
Period minimum 3.38%2002

Trend over time

1992–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Bulgaria, 1992–20240102030401992199620002004200820122016202020241992: 35.98%1996: 33.73%1997: 30.41%1998: 21.79%1999: 19.95%2000: 4.6%2001: 5.02%2002: 3.38%2003: 3.93%2004: 3.94%2005: 5.36%2006: 5.28%2007: 19.69%2008: 21.83%2009: 20.14%2010: 22.16%2011: 23.02%2012: 24.87%2013: 23.04%2014: 19.98%2015: 15.57%2016: 12.43%2017: 14.15%2018: 13.54%2019: 13.83%2020: 8.48%2021: 11.43%2022: 16.86%2023: 11.14%2024: 12.25%
Change over the period: −23.73 pp Annual average: -0.74 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Bulgaria 12.25%
World 13.08%
Eastern Europe computed 8.07%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 12.25 +1.12 pp
2023 11.14 −5.73 pp
2022 16.86 +5.43 pp
2021 11.43 +2.96 pp
2020 8.48 −5.35 pp
2019 13.83 +0.29 pp
2018 13.54 −0.6 pp
2017 14.15 +1.72 pp
2016 12.43 −3.14 pp
2015 15.57 −4.41 pp
2014 19.98 −3.06 pp
2013 23.04 −1.83 pp
2012 24.87 +1.84 pp
2011 23.02 +0.86 pp
2010 22.16 +2.02 pp
2009 20.14 −1.69 pp
2008 21.83 +2.14 pp
2007 19.69 +14.41 pp
2006 5.28 −0.07 pp
2005 5.36 +1.41 pp
2004 3.94 +0.01 pp
2003 3.93 +0.55 pp
2002 3.38 −1.64 pp
2001 5.02 +0.41 pp
2000 4.6 −15.35 pp
1999 19.95 −1.84 pp
1998 21.79 −8.62 pp
1997 30.41 −3.32 pp
1996 33.73
1992 35.98

Eastern Europe, 2024

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.