Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Finland

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Finland in 2024 — 13.48%. Ranked 70 in the world out of 131. Since 1963, the indicator has risen by 3.49 pp.

2024 13.48% −0.7 pp vs 2023
World rank 70of 131
Period maximum 30.7%1981
Period minimum 7.37%1998

Trend over time

1963–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Finland, 1963–202401020304019631970197719841991199820052012201920241963: 9.99%1965: 9.68%1967: 11.25%1969: 11.33%1971: 13.71%1973: 12.52%1975: 19.04%1977: 23.58%1979: 26.49%1981: 30.7%1983: 26.88%1985: 24.33%1987: 13.45%1989: 9.82%1991: 13.33%1993: 12.75%1995: 8.78%1997: 9.63%1999: 8.47%2001: 11.57%2003: 12.19%2005: 13.71%2007: 13.74%2009: 14.8%2011: 21.69%2013: 22.85%2015: 12.78%2017: 12.7%2019: 14.11%2021: 11.84%2023: 14.18%2024: 13.48%
Change over the period: +3.49 pp Annual average: 0.06 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Finland 13.48%
World 13.08%
Northern Europe computed 9.7%
High-income countries computed 11%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Finland, by year Finland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 13.48 −0.7 pp
2023 14.18 −3.86 pp
2022 18.04 +6.2 pp
2021 11.84 +2.09 pp
2020 9.75 −4.37 pp
2019 14.11 −0.39 pp
2018 14.5 +1.8 pp
2017 12.7 +0.59 pp
2016 12.11 −0.66 pp
2015 12.78 −6.42 pp
2014 19.2 −3.65 pp
2013 22.85 +0.89 pp
2012 21.95 +0.26 pp
2011 21.69 +3.39 pp
2010 18.3 +3.5 pp
2009 14.8 −2.78 pp
2008 17.57 +3.83 pp
2007 13.74 −1.59 pp
2006 15.34 +1.63 pp
2005 13.71 +1.51 pp
2004 12.2 +0.01 pp
2003 12.19 +0.65 pp
2002 11.53 −0.04 pp
2001 11.57 −0.29 pp
2000 11.86 +3.4 pp
1999 8.47 +1.1 pp
1998 7.37 −2.26 pp
1997 9.63 −0.91 pp
1996 10.54 +1.76 pp
1995 8.78 −2.76 pp
1994 11.54 −1.21 pp
1993 12.75 −0.12 pp
1992 12.88 −0.45 pp
1991 13.33 +1.63 pp
1990 11.7 +1.88 pp
1989 9.82 +0.25 pp
1988 9.57 −3.88 pp
1987 13.45 −1.85 pp
1986 15.3 −9.03 pp
1985 24.33 −0.61 pp
1984 24.94 −1.95 pp
1983 26.88 −0.42 pp
1982 27.31 −3.4 pp
1981 30.7 +1.63 pp
1980 29.08 +2.58 pp
1979 26.49 +4.29 pp
1978 22.21 −1.37 pp
1977 23.58 +2.12 pp
1976 21.45 +2.41 pp
1975 19.04 −2.92 pp
1974 21.96 +9.43 pp
1973 12.52 −0.61 pp
1972 13.13 −0.58 pp
1971 13.71 +2.25 pp
1970 11.46 +0.14 pp
1969 11.33 −1.71 pp
1968 13.03 +1.78 pp
1967 11.25 +0.83 pp
1966 10.42 +0.75 pp
1965 9.68 −0.92 pp
1964 10.6 +0.6 pp
1963 9.99

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.