Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Comoros

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in the Comoros in 2023 — 10.23%. Ranked 120 in the world out of 160. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 5.21 pp.

2023 10.23% +8.61 pp vs 2022
World rank 120of 160
Period maximum 31.63%2021
Period minimum 0.46%2009

Trend over time

1962–2023 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Comoros, 1962–202301020304019621969197619831990199720042011201820231962: 5.02%1995: 12.69%1996: 7.28%1997: 5.85%1998: 5.62%1999: 3.16%2000: 8.04%2001: 3.22%2002: 0.96%2003: 2.39%2004: 0.74%2005: 12.59%2006: 5.72%2007: 0.75%2008: 0.51%2009: 0.46%2010: 0.5%2011: 0.61%2012: 0.47%2013: 1.6%2014: 1.58%2015: 4.04%2016: 1.06%2017: 13.52%2018: 0.97%2019: 5.09%2020: 9.95%2021: 31.63%2022: 1.61%2023: 10.23%
Change over the period: +5.21 pp Annual average: 0.09 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Comoros 10.23%
World 14.07%
Eastern Africa computed 19.82%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Comoros, by year Comoros All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 10.23 +8.61 pp
2022 1.61 −30.02 pp
2021 31.63 +21.69 pp
2020 9.95 +4.85 pp
2019 5.09 +4.13 pp
2018 0.97 −12.55 pp
2017 13.52 +12.46 pp
2016 1.06 −2.98 pp
2015 4.04 +2.46 pp
2014 1.58 −0.02 pp
2013 1.6 +1.13 pp
2012 0.47 −0.14 pp
2011 0.61 +0.11 pp
2010 0.5 +0.04 pp
2009 0.46 −0.05 pp
2008 0.51 −0.25 pp
2007 0.75 −4.96 pp
2006 5.72 −6.87 pp
2005 12.59 +11.85 pp
2004 0.74 −1.66 pp
2003 2.39 +1.43 pp
2002 0.96 −2.26 pp
2001 3.22 −4.82 pp
2000 8.04 +4.88 pp
1999 3.16 −2.46 pp
1998 5.62 −0.23 pp
1997 5.85 −1.43 pp
1996 7.28 −5.4 pp
1995 12.69
1962 5.02

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.