Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Burundi

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Burundi in 2023 — 22.15%. Ranked 34 in the world out of 160. Since 1965, the indicator has risen by 16.51 pp.

2023 22.15% −1.99 pp vs 2022
World rank 34of 160
Period maximum 29%2011
Period minimum 0.94%2006

Trend over time

1965–2023 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Burundi, 1965–20230102030196519711977198319891995200120072013201920231965: 5.64%1974: 7.54%1975: 5.9%1976: 8.77%1993: 12.18%1994: 14.79%1995: 11.33%1996: 13.85%1997: 11.04%1998: 13.75%1999: 14.48%2000: 11.84%2001: 12.52%2002: 12.91%2003: 18.45%2004: 16.49%2005: 8.43%2006: 0.94%2007: 27.99%2008: 3.3%2009: 2.31%2010: 2.11%2011: 29%2012: 16.42%2013: 23.06%2014: 24.35%2015: 20.54%2016: 17.24%2017: 19.55%2018: 19.53%2019: 18.55%2020: 15.57%2021: 16.36%2022: 24.14%2023: 22.15%
Change over the period: +16.51 pp Annual average: 0.28 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Burundi 22.15%
World 14.07%
Eastern Africa computed 19.82%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Burundi, by year Burundi All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 22.15 −1.99 pp
2022 24.14 +7.78 pp
2021 16.36 +0.79 pp
2020 15.57 −2.98 pp
2019 18.55 −0.99 pp
2018 19.53 −0.02 pp
2017 19.55 +2.31 pp
2016 17.24 −3.3 pp
2015 20.54 −3.81 pp
2014 24.35 +1.29 pp
2013 23.06 +6.65 pp
2012 16.42 −12.58 pp
2011 29 +26.89 pp
2010 2.11 −0.2 pp
2009 2.31 −0.98 pp
2008 3.3 −24.69 pp
2007 27.99 +27.05 pp
2006 0.94 −7.49 pp
2005 8.43 −8.06 pp
2004 16.49 −1.96 pp
2003 18.45 +5.54 pp
2002 12.91 +0.39 pp
2001 12.52 +0.68 pp
2000 11.84 −2.64 pp
1999 14.48 +0.73 pp
1998 13.75 +2.7 pp
1997 11.04 −2.81 pp
1996 13.85 +2.52 pp
1995 11.33 −3.46 pp
1994 14.79 +2.61 pp
1993 12.18
1976 8.77 +2.88 pp
1975 5.9 −1.64 pp
1974 7.54
1965 5.64

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.