Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Europe & Central Asia

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Europe & Central Asia in 2024 — 10.65%. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 3.22 pp.

2024 10.65% −1.25 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 25.01%1981
Period minimum 6.02%1998

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Europe & Central Asia, 1962–2024010203019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 13.88%1964: 12.03%1966: 10.5%1968: 10.79%1970: 10.66%1972: 11.83%1974: 20.72%1976: 20.68%1978: 16.99%1980: 23.07%1982: 24.06%1984: 21.71%1986: 12.13%1988: 7.39%1990: 9.54%1992: 9.07%1994: 8.09%1996: 8.31%1998: 6.02%2000: 9.04%2002: 8.62%2004: 9.22%2006: 12.36%2008: 13.56%2010: 13%2012: 16.18%2014: 13.47%2016: 8.14%2018: 10.61%2020: 6.72%2022: 16.05%2024: 10.65%
Change over the period: −3.22 pp Annual average: -0.05 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Europe & Central Asia

Europe & Central Asia 10.65%
World 13.08%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Europe & Central Asia, by year Europe & Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 10.65 −1.25 pp
2023 11.9 −4.15 pp
2022 16.05 +6.27 pp
2021 9.78 +3.06 pp
2020 6.72 −2.94 pp
2019 9.66 −0.95 pp
2018 10.61 +1.23 pp
2017 9.38 +1.24 pp
2016 8.14 −2.01 pp
2015 10.15 −3.32 pp
2014 13.47 −1.86 pp
2013 15.34 −0.84 pp
2012 16.18 +1.12 pp
2011 15.06 +2.06 pp
2010 13 +1.28 pp
2009 11.72 −1.84 pp
2008 13.56 +2.65 pp
2007 10.92 −1.44 pp
2006 12.36 +0.81 pp
2005 11.55 +2.33 pp
2004 9.22 +0.65 pp
2003 8.57 −0.05 pp
2002 8.62 −0.19 pp
2001 8.81 −0.24 pp
2000 9.04 +2.58 pp
1999 6.47 +0.45 pp
1998 6.02 −1.89 pp
1997 7.91 −0.39 pp
1996 8.31 +1.19 pp
1995 7.12 −0.98 pp
1994 8.09 −0.61 pp
1993 8.71 −0.36 pp
1992 9.07 −0.24 pp
1991 9.31 −0.23 pp
1990 9.54 +0.54 pp
1989 9.01 +1.62 pp
1988 7.39 −3.46 pp
1987 10.85 −1.29 pp
1986 12.13 −8.34 pp
1985 20.48 −1.23 pp
1984 21.71 −0.74 pp
1983 22.45 −1.61 pp
1982 24.06 −0.95 pp
1981 25.01 +1.93 pp
1980 23.07 +3.64 pp
1979 19.44 +2.44 pp
1978 16.99 −1.27 pp
1977 18.27 −2.41 pp
1976 20.68 +0.8 pp
1975 19.88 −0.84 pp
1974 20.72 +8.46 pp
1973 12.26 +0.43 pp
1972 11.83 −1.12 pp
1971 12.95 +2.29 pp
1970 10.66 +1.02 pp
1969 9.64 −1.14 pp
1968 10.79 −0.83 pp
1967 11.62 +1.12 pp
1966 10.5 −0.76 pp
1965 11.26 −0.77 pp
1964 12.03 −0.3 pp
1963 12.33 −1.54 pp
1962 13.88

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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