Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Guatemala

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Guatemala in 2024 — 15.34%. Ranked 58 in the world out of 131. Since 1965, the indicator has risen by 8.41 pp.

2024 15.34% −1.37 pp vs 2023
World rank 58of 131
Period maximum 37.83%1981
Period minimum 2.13%1969

Trend over time

1965–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Guatemala, 1965–2024010203040196519711977198319891995200120072013201920241965: 6.93%1966: 5.31%1967: 3.81%1968: 2.4%1969: 2.13%1970: 2.17%1971: 5.04%1972: 7.64%1973: 7.37%1974: 13.42%1975: 14.1%1976: 12.64%1977: 14.1%1978: 12.75%1979: 10.72%1980: 24.21%1981: 37.83%1982: 19.25%1983: 16.91%1984: 32.99%1985: 35.75%1986: 16.8%1987: 12.78%1993: 12.07%1994: 11.51%1995: 12.45%1996: 14.8%1997: 10.68%1998: 8.25%1999: 9.81%2000: 14.36%2001: 13.63%2002: 12.13%2003: 13.7%2004: 14.36%2005: 15.49%2006: 19.47%2007: 18.04%2008: 19.55%2009: 19.28%2010: 18.08%2011: 19.95%2012: 19.66%2013: 19.06%2014: 19.5%2015: 14.24%2016: 13.59%2017: 15.32%2018: 16.64%2019: 16.47%2020: 11.82%2021: 15.07%2022: 17.77%2023: 16.71%2024: 15.34%
Change over the period: +8.41 pp Annual average: 0.14 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Guatemala 15.34%
World 13.08%
Central America computed 7.72%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Guatemala, by year Guatemala All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 15.34 −1.37 pp
2023 16.71 −1.06 pp
2022 17.77 +2.69 pp
2021 15.07 +3.26 pp
2020 11.82 −4.65 pp
2019 16.47 −0.17 pp
2018 16.64 +1.32 pp
2017 15.32 +1.73 pp
2016 13.59 −0.64 pp
2015 14.24 −5.27 pp
2014 19.5 +0.44 pp
2013 19.06 −0.6 pp
2012 19.66 −0.28 pp
2011 19.95 +1.87 pp
2010 18.08 −1.2 pp
2009 19.28 −0.27 pp
2008 19.55 +1.51 pp
2007 18.04 −1.43 pp
2006 19.47 +3.98 pp
2005 15.49 +1.13 pp
2004 14.36 +0.66 pp
2003 13.7 +1.58 pp
2002 12.13 −1.5 pp
2001 13.63 −0.73 pp
2000 14.36 +4.55 pp
1999 9.81 +1.56 pp
1998 8.25 −2.43 pp
1997 10.68 −4.12 pp
1996 14.8 +2.35 pp
1995 12.45 +0.94 pp
1994 11.51 −0.56 pp
1993 12.07
1987 12.78 −4.01 pp
1986 16.8 −18.96 pp
1985 35.75 +2.76 pp
1984 32.99 +16.08 pp
1983 16.91 −2.34 pp
1982 19.25 −18.58 pp
1981 37.83 +13.62 pp
1980 24.21 +13.49 pp
1979 10.72 −2.03 pp
1978 12.75 −1.35 pp
1977 14.1 +1.46 pp
1976 12.64 −1.46 pp
1975 14.1 +0.68 pp
1974 13.42 +6.05 pp
1973 7.37 −0.28 pp
1972 7.64 +2.6 pp
1971 5.04 +2.87 pp
1970 2.17 +0.04 pp
1969 2.13 −0.27 pp
1968 2.4 −1.41 pp
1967 3.81 −1.5 pp
1966 5.31 −1.62 pp
1965 6.93

Central America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.