Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — El Salvador

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in El Salvador in 2024 — 14.83%. Ranked 63 in the world out of 131. Since 1963, the indicator has risen by 6.58 pp.

2024 14.83% −1.5 pp vs 2023
World rank 63of 131
Period maximum 37.83%1984
Period minimum 2.45%1970

Trend over time

1963–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — El Salvador, 1963–202401020304019631970197719841991199820052012201920241963: 8.25%1964: 6.55%1965: 5.13%1966: 4.93%1967: 4.89%1968: 5.66%1969: 4.22%1970: 2.45%1971: 5.28%1972: 4.62%1973: 5.76%1974: 9.31%1975: 8.41%1976: 7.32%1977: 9.79%1978: 7.82%1979: 9.42%1980: 17.75%1981: 20.87%1982: 24.61%1983: 22.55%1984: 37.83%1985: 24.31%1986: 22.13%1987: 11.44%1994: 9.46%1995: 9.16%1996: 12.08%1997: 11.32%1998: 10.32%1999: 11.46%2000: 12.02%2001: 9.98%2002: 9.72%2003: 10.81%2004: 11.06%2005: 14.27%2006: 13.91%2007: 16.26%2008: 18.61%2009: 15.24%2010: 16.36%2011: 17.47%2012: 19.02%2013: 18.89%2014: 17.74%2015: 13.58%2016: 11.98%2017: 13.35%2018: 16.08%2019: 14.67%2020: 10.32%2021: 13.18%2022: 16.53%2023: 16.33%2024: 14.83%
Change over the period: +6.58 pp Annual average: 0.11 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

El Salvador 14.83%
World 13.08%
Central America computed 7.72%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — El Salvador, by year El Salvador All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 14.83 −1.5 pp
2023 16.33 −0.2 pp
2022 16.53 +3.35 pp
2021 13.18 +2.86 pp
2020 10.32 −4.35 pp
2019 14.67 −1.41 pp
2018 16.08 +2.74 pp
2017 13.35 +1.36 pp
2016 11.98 −1.59 pp
2015 13.58 −4.16 pp
2014 17.74 −1.16 pp
2013 18.89 −0.13 pp
2012 19.02 +1.54 pp
2011 17.47 +1.11 pp
2010 16.36 +1.13 pp
2009 15.24 −3.37 pp
2008 18.61 +2.35 pp
2007 16.26 +2.35 pp
2006 13.91 −0.37 pp
2005 14.27 +3.21 pp
2004 11.06 +0.25 pp
2003 10.81 +1.09 pp
2002 9.72 −0.26 pp
2001 9.98 −2.04 pp
2000 12.02 +0.56 pp
1999 11.46 +1.14 pp
1998 10.32 −0.99 pp
1997 11.32 −0.76 pp
1996 12.08 +2.91 pp
1995 9.16 −0.3 pp
1994 9.46
1987 11.44 −10.68 pp
1986 22.13 −2.18 pp
1985 24.31 −13.52 pp
1984 37.83 +15.28 pp
1983 22.55 −2.05 pp
1982 24.61 +3.74 pp
1981 20.87 +3.12 pp
1980 17.75 +8.32 pp
1979 9.42 +1.6 pp
1978 7.82 −1.97 pp
1977 9.79 +2.47 pp
1976 7.32 −1.09 pp
1975 8.41 −0.89 pp
1974 9.31 +3.55 pp
1973 5.76 +1.14 pp
1972 4.62 −0.66 pp
1971 5.28 +2.83 pp
1970 2.45 −1.76 pp
1969 4.22 −1.44 pp
1968 5.66 +0.77 pp
1967 4.89 −0.04 pp
1966 4.93 −0.19 pp
1965 5.13 −1.42 pp
1964 6.55 −1.71 pp
1963 8.25

Central America, 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.