Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Eswatini

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Eswatini in 2023 — 18.7%. Ranked 59 in the world out of 160. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 6.13 pp.

2023 18.7% +1.81 pp vs 2022
World rank 59of 160
Period maximum 18.7%2023
Period minimum 8.36%2003

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Eswatini, 2000–202351015202000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 12.58%2001: 10.81%2002: 9.62%2003: 8.36%2004: 8.41%2005: 11.71%2006: 14.52%2007: 14.06%2008: 16.84%2009: 12.36%2010: 10.71%2011: 8.94%2012: 16.21%2013: 18.17%2014: 16.54%2015: 11.75%2016: 10.93%2017: 11.25%2018: 14.68%2019: 16%2020: 14.53%2021: 16.9%2022: 16.89%2023: 18.7%
Change over the period: +6.13 pp Annual average: 0.27 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Eswatini 18.7%
World 14.07%
Southern Africa computed 20.93%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Eswatini, by year Eswatini All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 18.7 +1.81 pp
2022 16.89 −0.01 pp
2021 16.9 +2.37 pp
2020 14.53 −1.47 pp
2019 16 +1.32 pp
2018 14.68 +3.42 pp
2017 11.25 +0.33 pp
2016 10.93 −0.82 pp
2015 11.75 −4.8 pp
2014 16.54 −1.63 pp
2013 18.17 +1.96 pp
2012 16.21 +7.27 pp
2011 8.94 −1.77 pp
2010 10.71 −1.65 pp
2009 12.36 −4.49 pp
2008 16.84 +2.78 pp
2007 14.06 −0.46 pp
2006 14.52 +2.8 pp
2005 11.71 +3.31 pp
2004 8.41 +0.05 pp
2003 8.36 −1.27 pp
2002 9.62 −1.19 pp
2001 10.81 −1.76 pp
2000 12.58

Southern Africa, 2023

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.