Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Cameroon

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Cameroon in 2023 — 24.18%. Ranked 27 in the world out of 160. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 17.23 pp.

2023 24.18% +0.69 pp vs 2022
World rank 27of 160
Period maximum 30.86%2005
Period minimum 1.37%1987

Trend over time

1962–2023 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Cameroon, 1962–202301020304019621969197619831990199720042011201820231962: 6.95%1963: 6.62%1964: 6.44%1965: 4.98%1966: 5.39%1967: 5.64%1968: 6.18%1969: 5.76%1970: 11.83%1971: 6.14%1972: 5.96%1973: 6.39%1974: 9.7%1975: 10.06%1976: 8.95%1977: 8.99%1978: 7.17%1979: 10.79%1980: 11.65%1982: 3.64%1986: 1.65%1987: 1.37%1990: 1.47%1995: 2.44%1996: 15.69%1997: 13.84%1998: 12.12%1999: 15.75%2000: 23.16%2001: 18.35%2002: 14.7%2003: 11.59%2004: 17.77%2005: 30.86%2006: 30.81%2007: 4.1%2008: 2.91%2009: 3.54%2010: 27.43%2011: 2.97%2012: 30.35%2013: 23.5%2014: 28.01%2015: 20.22%2016: 10.88%2017: 14.32%2018: 21.63%2019: 26.27%2020: 20.63%2021: 18.11%2022: 23.49%2023: 24.18%
Change over the period: +17.23 pp Annual average: 0.28 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Cameroon 24.18%
World 14.07%
Middle Africa computed 26.17%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 24.18 +0.69 pp
2022 23.49 +5.38 pp
2021 18.11 −2.52 pp
2020 20.63 −5.64 pp
2019 26.27 +4.64 pp
2018 21.63 +7.31 pp
2017 14.32 +3.44 pp
2016 10.88 −9.34 pp
2015 20.22 −7.79 pp
2014 28.01 +4.51 pp
2013 23.5 −6.85 pp
2012 30.35 +27.39 pp
2011 2.97 −24.47 pp
2010 27.43 +23.89 pp
2009 3.54 +0.62 pp
2008 2.91 −1.19 pp
2007 4.1 −26.7 pp
2006 30.81 −0.05 pp
2005 30.86 +13.08 pp
2004 17.77 +6.19 pp
2003 11.59 −3.12 pp
2002 14.7 −3.65 pp
2001 18.35 −4.81 pp
2000 23.16 +7.41 pp
1999 15.75 +3.63 pp
1998 12.12 −1.73 pp
1997 13.84 −1.85 pp
1996 15.69 +13.25 pp
1995 2.44
1990 1.47
1987 1.37 −0.27 pp
1986 1.65
1982 3.64
1980 11.65 +0.86 pp
1979 10.79 +3.61 pp
1978 7.17 −1.82 pp
1977 8.99 +0.05 pp
1976 8.95 −1.11 pp
1975 10.06 +0.35 pp
1974 9.7 +3.31 pp
1973 6.39 +0.43 pp
1972 5.96 −0.18 pp
1971 6.14 −5.68 pp
1970 11.83 +6.07 pp
1969 5.76 −0.42 pp
1968 6.18 +0.54 pp
1967 5.64 +0.26 pp
1966 5.39 +0.4 pp
1965 4.98 −1.46 pp
1964 6.44 −0.18 pp
1963 6.62 −0.33 pp
1962 6.95

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.

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