Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Gambia

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in the Gambia in 2024 — 31.74%. Ranked 6 in the world out of 131. Since 1964, the indicator has risen by 28.16 pp.

2024 31.74% +21.19 pp vs 2023
World rank 6of 131
Period maximum 40.52%2022
Period minimum 0.1%2010

Trend over time

1964–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Gambia, 1964–20240204060196419701976198219881994200020062012201820241964: 3.58%1970: 3.62%1971: 3.13%1972: 3.51%1973: 4.57%1974: 5.26%1975: 8.93%1976: 6.34%1977: 6.67%1978: 9.25%1979: 9.31%1980: 8.73%1995: 14.14%1996: 9.94%1997: 10.64%1998: 6.24%1999: 5.09%2000: 11.9%2001: 7.01%2002: 10.47%2003: 10.5%2004: 14.26%2005: 15.96%2006: 17.38%2007: 16.77%2008: 9.67%2009: 4.77%2010: 0.1%2011: 22.23%2012: 27.02%2013: 23.56%2014: 20.84%2015: 18.63%2016: 17.78%2017: 15.32%2018: 16.77%2019: 14.87%2020: 14.16%2021: 38.31%2022: 40.52%2023: 10.54%2024: 31.74%
Change over the period: +28.16 pp Annual average: 0.47 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Gambia 31.74%
World 13.08%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 31.74 +21.19 pp
2023 10.54 −29.97 pp
2022 40.52 +2.21 pp
2021 38.31 +24.15 pp
2020 14.16 −0.71 pp
2019 14.87 −1.9 pp
2018 16.77 +1.45 pp
2017 15.32 −2.46 pp
2016 17.78 −0.85 pp
2015 18.63 −2.21 pp
2014 20.84 −2.73 pp
2013 23.56 −3.46 pp
2012 27.02 +4.79 pp
2011 22.23 +22.13 pp
2010 0.1 −4.67 pp
2009 4.77 −4.91 pp
2008 9.67 −7.1 pp
2007 16.77 −0.61 pp
2006 17.38 +1.43 pp
2005 15.96 +1.69 pp
2004 14.26 +3.76 pp
2003 10.5 +0.03 pp
2002 10.47 +3.46 pp
2001 7.01 −4.9 pp
2000 11.9 +6.82 pp
1999 5.09 −1.15 pp
1998 6.24 −4.4 pp
1997 10.64 +0.7 pp
1996 9.94 −4.21 pp
1995 14.14
1980 8.73 −0.58 pp
1979 9.31 +0.06 pp
1978 9.25 +2.58 pp
1977 6.67 +0.33 pp
1976 6.34 −2.59 pp
1975 8.93 +3.66 pp
1974 5.26 +0.69 pp
1973 4.57 +1.07 pp
1972 3.51 +0.37 pp
1971 3.13 −0.48 pp
1970 3.62
1964 3.58

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.