Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Euro area

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in the Euro area in 2024 — 11.99%. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 3.08 pp.

2024 11.99% −1.36 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 27.1%1981
Period minimum 6.09%1998

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Euro area, 1962–2024010203019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 15.07%1964: 13.01%1966: 11.13%1968: 11.4%1970: 11.65%1972: 13.01%1974: 22.57%1976: 22.32%1978: 17.88%1980: 24.32%1982: 26%1984: 23.41%1986: 12.85%1988: 8.34%1990: 9.43%1992: 8.76%1994: 8.18%1996: 8.55%1998: 6.09%2000: 9.62%2002: 9%2004: 10%2006: 13.72%2008: 15.44%2010: 14.92%2012: 18.92%2014: 15.72%2016: 9.47%2018: 12.04%2020: 7.76%2022: 17.98%2024: 11.99%
Change over the period: −3.08 pp Annual average: -0.05 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Euro area 11.99%
World 13.08%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 11.99 −1.36 pp
2023 13.35 −4.63 pp
2022 17.98 +6.72 pp
2021 11.25 +3.49 pp
2020 7.76 −3.35 pp
2019 11.11 −0.93 pp
2018 12.04 +1.23 pp
2017 10.8 +1.33 pp
2016 9.47 −2.32 pp
2015 11.79 −3.93 pp
2014 15.72 −2.38 pp
2013 18.1 −0.82 pp
2012 18.92 +1.61 pp
2011 17.32 +2.39 pp
2010 14.92 +1.47 pp
2009 13.45 −1.99 pp
2008 15.44 +3.2 pp
2007 12.24 −1.48 pp
2006 13.72 +1.04 pp
2005 12.68 +2.68 pp
2004 10 +0.71 pp
2003 9.29 +0.29 pp
2002 9 −0.34 pp
2001 9.34 −0.28 pp
2000 9.62 +3.04 pp
1999 6.58 +0.49 pp
1998 6.09 −2.18 pp
1997 8.27 −0.28 pp
1996 8.55 +1.4 pp
1995 7.15 −1.03 pp
1994 8.18 −0.59 pp
1993 8.77 +0.01 pp
1992 8.76 −0.33 pp
1991 9.09 −0.34 pp
1990 9.43 +0.58 pp
1989 8.85 +0.51 pp
1988 8.34 −2.59 pp
1987 10.93 −1.92 pp
1986 12.85 −9.31 pp
1985 22.16 −1.24 pp
1984 23.41 −0.88 pp
1983 24.28 −1.72 pp
1982 26 −1.1 pp
1981 27.1 +2.79 pp
1980 24.32 +3.93 pp
1979 20.39 +2.51 pp
1978 17.88 −1.58 pp
1977 19.46 −2.85 pp
1976 22.32 +0.36 pp
1975 21.96 −0.61 pp
1974 22.57 +9.1 pp
1973 13.47 +0.46 pp
1972 13.01 −1.09 pp
1971 14.09 +2.44 pp
1970 11.65 +1.58 pp
1969 10.07 −1.33 pp
1968 11.4 −1.27 pp
1967 12.68 +1.55 pp
1966 11.13 −1.04 pp
1965 12.17 −0.84 pp
1964 13.01 +0.11 pp
1963 12.9 −2.16 pp
1962 15.07

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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