Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Ethiopia

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Ethiopia in 2023 — 15.43%. Ranked 84 in the world out of 160. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 4.36 pp.

2023 15.43% +9.05 pp vs 2022
World rank 84of 160
Period maximum 24.62%1998
Period minimum 0.97%2003

Trend over time

1995–2023 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Ethiopia, 1995–2023010203019951998200120042007201020132016201920221995: 11.08%1997: 10.18%1998: 24.62%1999: 11.05%2000: 20.08%2001: 17.47%2002: 12.45%2003: 0.97%2004: 14.86%2005: 15.28%2006: 21.18%2007: 13.31%2008: 23.48%2009: 15.82%2010: 18.35%2011: 17.21%2012: 19.66%2013: 14.56%2014: 20.79%2015: 11.93%2016: 10.21%2017: 9.88%2018: 9.7%2019: 16.75%2020: 12.04%2021: 7.02%2022: 6.38%2023: 15.43%
Change over the period: +4.36 pp Annual average: 0.16 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Ethiopia 15.43%
World 14.07%
Eastern Africa computed 19.82%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Ethiopia, by year Ethiopia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 15.43 +9.05 pp
2022 6.38 −0.64 pp
2021 7.02 −5.02 pp
2020 12.04 −4.71 pp
2019 16.75 +7.05 pp
2018 9.7 −0.18 pp
2017 9.88 −0.33 pp
2016 10.21 −1.72 pp
2015 11.93 −8.86 pp
2014 20.79 +6.23 pp
2013 14.56 −5.1 pp
2012 19.66 +2.45 pp
2011 17.21 −1.15 pp
2010 18.35 +2.54 pp
2009 15.82 −7.66 pp
2008 23.48 +10.17 pp
2007 13.31 −7.87 pp
2006 21.18 +5.9 pp
2005 15.28 +0.42 pp
2004 14.86 +13.89 pp
2003 0.97 −11.49 pp
2002 12.45 −5.01 pp
2001 17.47 −2.61 pp
2000 20.08 +9.03 pp
1999 11.05 −13.56 pp
1998 24.62 +14.43 pp
1997 10.18
1995 11.08

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.