Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Hong Kong

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Hong Kong in 2024 — 2.11%. Ranked 128 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 1.49 pp.

2024 2.11% −0.11 pp vs 2023
World rank 128of 131
Period maximum 8.03%1982
Period minimum 1.54%2020

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Hong Kong, 1962–202402.557.51019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 3.6%1963: 3.53%1964: 3.06%1965: 3.25%1966: 3.33%1967: 3.65%1968: 3.44%1969: 3.23%1970: 2.93%1971: 3.22%1972: 3.07%1973: 2.73%1974: 6.25%1975: 6.35%1976: 6.19%1977: 6.15%1978: 4.95%1979: 5.72%1980: 5.52%1981: 7.92%1982: 8.03%1983: 6.64%1984: 5.49%1985: 4.68%1986: 3.21%1987: 2.51%1992: 1.92%1993: 1.78%1994: 1.9%1995: 1.89%1996: 2.23%1997: 1.93%1998: 1.71%1999: 2.04%2000: 2.12%2001: 2%2002: 1.99%2003: 2.01%2004: 2.35%2005: 2.65%2006: 2.91%2007: 3.06%2008: 3.66%2009: 3.3%2010: 3.48%2011: 3.68%2012: 3.31%2013: 2.85%2014: 2.62%2015: 2.17%2016: 1.77%2017: 2.12%2018: 2.51%2019: 2.49%2020: 1.54%2021: 1.59%2022: 2.18%2023: 2.22%2024: 2.11%
Change over the period: −1.49 pp Annual average: -0.02 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Hong Kong 2.11%
World 13.08%
Eastern Asia computed 18.68%
High-income countries computed 11%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Hong Kong, by year Hong Kong All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 2.11 −0.11 pp
2023 2.22 +0.04 pp
2022 2.18 +0.6 pp
2021 1.59 +0.04 pp
2020 1.54 −0.94 pp
2019 2.49 −0.03 pp
2018 2.51 +0.39 pp
2017 2.12 +0.34 pp
2016 1.77 −0.39 pp
2015 2.17 −0.46 pp
2014 2.62 −0.23 pp
2013 2.85 −0.46 pp
2012 3.31 −0.37 pp
2011 3.68 +0.2 pp
2010 3.48 +0.18 pp
2009 3.3 −0.36 pp
2008 3.66 +0.59 pp
2007 3.06 +0.15 pp
2006 2.91 +0.26 pp
2005 2.65 +0.3 pp
2004 2.35 +0.35 pp
2003 2.01 +0.01 pp
2002 1.99 −0.01 pp
2001 2 −0.12 pp
2000 2.12 +0.08 pp
1999 2.04 +0.32 pp
1998 1.71 −0.21 pp
1997 1.93 −0.3 pp
1996 2.23 +0.34 pp
1995 1.89 −0.01 pp
1994 1.9 +0.12 pp
1993 1.78 −0.14 pp
1992 1.92
1987 2.51 −0.7 pp
1986 3.21 −1.47 pp
1985 4.68 −0.81 pp
1984 5.49 −1.15 pp
1983 6.64 −1.39 pp
1982 8.03 +0.11 pp
1981 7.92 +2.4 pp
1980 5.52 −0.19 pp
1979 5.72 +0.76 pp
1978 4.95 −1.2 pp
1977 6.15 −0.04 pp
1976 6.19 −0.16 pp
1975 6.35 +0.1 pp
1974 6.25 +3.52 pp
1973 2.73 −0.35 pp
1972 3.07 −0.15 pp
1971 3.22 +0.3 pp
1970 2.93 −0.3 pp
1969 3.23 −0.21 pp
1968 3.44 −0.22 pp
1967 3.65 +0.32 pp
1966 3.33 +0.08 pp
1965 3.25 +0.19 pp
1964 3.06 −0.46 pp
1963 3.53 −0.07 pp
1962 3.6

Eastern Asia, 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.

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