Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Burkina Faso

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Burkina Faso in 2024 — 41.15%. Ranked 2 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 37.72 pp.

2024 41.15% +1.57 pp vs 2023
World rank 2of 131
Period maximum 41.15%2024
Period minimum 3.43%1962

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Burkina Faso, 1962–2024020406019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 3.43%1963: 3.5%1964: 3.54%1965: 4.26%1966: 5.88%1967: 6.53%1968: 6.74%1969: 6.62%1970: 8.2%1971: 8.84%1972: 8.56%1973: 7.07%1974: 6.48%1975: 8.84%1976: 7.85%1977: 8.49%1978: 8.51%1979: 11.33%1980: 13.21%1981: 15.55%1982: 16.47%1983: 17.12%1995: 13.99%1996: 13.89%1997: 18.04%1998: 15.78%1999: 16.05%2000: 25.25%2001: 25.11%2002: 16.91%2003: 16.88%2004: 16.16%2005: 19.94%2007: 24.18%2008: 24.8%2009: 24%2010: 22.36%2011: 24.49%2012: 25.94%2013: 26.08%2014: 31.59%2015: 26.18%2016: 19.93%2017: 23.51%2018: 26.63%2019: 28.22%2020: 26.61%2021: 28.92%2022: 36.96%2023: 39.58%2024: 41.15%
Change over the period: +37.72 pp Annual average: 0.61 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Burkina Faso 41.15%
World 13.08%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 41.15 +1.57 pp
2023 39.58 +2.62 pp
2022 36.96 +8.03 pp
2021 28.92 +2.31 pp
2020 26.61 −1.6 pp
2019 28.22 +1.59 pp
2018 26.63 +3.11 pp
2017 23.51 +3.58 pp
2016 19.93 −6.24 pp
2015 26.18 −5.42 pp
2014 31.59 +5.51 pp
2013 26.08 +0.14 pp
2012 25.94 +1.45 pp
2011 24.49 +2.13 pp
2010 22.36 −1.64 pp
2009 24 −0.8 pp
2008 24.8 +0.62 pp
2007 24.18
2005 19.94 +3.78 pp
2004 16.16 −0.72 pp
2003 16.88 −0.04 pp
2002 16.91 −8.19 pp
2001 25.11 −0.14 pp
2000 25.25 +9.2 pp
1999 16.05 +0.26 pp
1998 15.78 −2.26 pp
1997 18.04 +4.15 pp
1996 13.89 −0.09 pp
1995 13.99
1983 17.12 +0.65 pp
1982 16.47 +0.92 pp
1981 15.55 +2.34 pp
1980 13.21 +1.88 pp
1979 11.33 +2.82 pp
1978 8.51 +0.03 pp
1977 8.49 +0.64 pp
1976 7.85 −1 pp
1975 8.84 +2.36 pp
1974 6.48 −0.59 pp
1973 7.07 −1.49 pp
1972 8.56 −0.28 pp
1971 8.84 +0.65 pp
1970 8.2 +1.57 pp
1969 6.62 −0.11 pp
1968 6.74 +0.21 pp
1967 6.53 +0.65 pp
1966 5.88 +1.62 pp
1965 4.26 +0.71 pp
1964 3.54 +0.05 pp
1963 3.5 +0.07 pp
1962 3.43

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.