Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Gabon

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Gabon in 2023 — 6.89%. Ranked 146 in the world out of 160. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 1.54 pp.

2023 6.89% +3.16 pp vs 2022
World rank 146of 160
Period maximum 12.81%2012
Period minimum 0.77%1976

Trend over time

1962–2023 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Gabon, 1962–202305101519621969197619831990199720042011201820231962: 5.35%1963: 5.58%1964: 5.45%1965: 4.99%1966: 5.51%1967: 6.05%1968: 1.76%1969: 1.51%1970: 1.34%1971: 1.22%1975: 1.27%1976: 0.77%1977: 1.09%1978: 1.23%1979: 1.51%1980: 1.37%1981: 2.67%1982: 1.03%1983: 1.77%1993: 1.78%1994: 2.35%1996: 3.44%1997: 2.33%1998: 2.6%1999: 2.1%2000: 4.12%2001: 6.09%2002: 1.82%2003: 2.67%2004: 3.17%2005: 3.66%2006: 3.89%2007: 4.88%2008: 4.73%2009: 7.29%2010: 10.57%2011: 3.81%2012: 12.81%2013: 9.81%2014: 8.75%2015: 6.61%2016: 4%2017: 3.12%2018: 8.15%2019: 6.92%2020: 4.66%2021: 4.31%2022: 3.72%2023: 6.89%
Change over the period: +1.54 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Gabon 6.89%
World 14.07%
Middle Africa computed 26.17%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 6.89 +3.16 pp
2022 3.72 −0.59 pp
2021 4.31 −0.34 pp
2020 4.66 −2.27 pp
2019 6.92 −1.23 pp
2018 8.15 +5.03 pp
2017 3.12 −0.88 pp
2016 4 −2.6 pp
2015 6.61 −2.14 pp
2014 8.75 −1.06 pp
2013 9.81 −3 pp
2012 12.81 +9 pp
2011 3.81 −6.75 pp
2010 10.57 +3.28 pp
2009 7.29 +2.56 pp
2008 4.73 −0.16 pp
2007 4.88 +1 pp
2006 3.89 +0.23 pp
2005 3.66 +0.48 pp
2004 3.17 +0.5 pp
2003 2.67 +0.85 pp
2002 1.82 −4.26 pp
2001 6.09 +1.97 pp
2000 4.12 +2.02 pp
1999 2.1 −0.51 pp
1998 2.6 +0.28 pp
1997 2.33 −1.11 pp
1996 3.44
1994 2.35 +0.57 pp
1993 1.78
1983 1.77 +0.74 pp
1982 1.03 −1.64 pp
1981 2.67 +1.3 pp
1980 1.37 −0.14 pp
1979 1.51 +0.29 pp
1978 1.23 +0.14 pp
1977 1.09 +0.32 pp
1976 0.77 −0.5 pp
1975 1.27
1971 1.22 −0.11 pp
1970 1.34 −0.17 pp
1969 1.51 −0.25 pp
1968 1.76 −4.3 pp
1967 6.05 +0.55 pp
1966 5.51 +0.51 pp
1965 4.99 −0.46 pp
1964 5.45 −0.13 pp
1963 5.58 +0.23 pp
1962 5.35

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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