Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — India

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in India in 2024 — 31.54%. Ranked 7 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 23.07 pp.

2024 31.54% −1.66 pp vs 2023
World rank 7of 131
Period maximum 44.63%1980
Period minimum 3.71%1967

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — India, 1962–2024020406019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 8.47%1964: 6.94%1966: 3.85%1968: 4.32%1970: 7.71%1972: 11.94%1974: 27.98%1976: 25.71%1978: 26.1%1980: 44.63%1983: 30.68%1985: 26.49%1987: 19.13%1989: 19.53%1991: 29.92%1993: 27.14%1995: 23.67%1997: 24.27%1999: 28.85%2001: 31.12%2003: 30.08%2005: 32.88%2007: 33.49%2009: 31.02%2011: 34.03%2013: 39.52%2015: 26.78%2017: 27.72%2019: 31.88%2021: 29.87%2023: 33.2%2024: 31.54%
Change over the period: +23.07 pp Annual average: 0.37 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

India 31.54%
World 13.08%
South Asia 31.04%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — India, by year India All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 31.54 −1.66 pp
2023 33.2 −4.64 pp
2022 37.84 +7.97 pp
2021 29.87 +1.51 pp
2020 28.36 −3.52 pp
2019 31.88 −1.37 pp
2018 33.25 +5.53 pp
2017 27.72 +2.69 pp
2016 25.04 −1.74 pp
2015 26.78 −11.74 pp
2014 38.51 −1 pp
2013 39.52 +1.55 pp
2012 37.97 +3.94 pp
2011 34.03 +2.36 pp
2010 31.66 +0.65 pp
2009 31.02 −5.67 pp
2008 36.69 +3.2 pp
2007 33.49 −0.97 pp
2006 34.47 +1.59 pp
2005 32.88 +1.4 pp
2004 31.48 +1.4 pp
2003 30.08 −1.1 pp
2002 31.18 +0.06 pp
2001 31.12 −5.41 pp
2000 36.53 +7.68 pp
1999 28.85 +9.89 pp
1998 18.96 −5.31 pp
1997 24.27 −5.03 pp
1996 29.3 +5.63 pp
1995 23.67 −0.13 pp
1994 23.8 −3.35 pp
1993 27.14 −2.37 pp
1992 29.51 −0.41 pp
1991 29.92 +2.63 pp
1990 27.29 +7.76 pp
1989 19.53 +2.5 pp
1988 17.03 −2.1 pp
1987 19.13 +4.07 pp
1986 15.06 −11.43 pp
1985 26.49 −5.33 pp
1984 31.82 +1.15 pp
1983 30.68
1981 43.63 −1 pp
1980 44.63 +11.46 pp
1979 33.17 +7.07 pp
1978 26.1 +0.56 pp
1977 25.54 −0.17 pp
1976 25.71 +21.32 pp
1975 4.39 −23.59 pp
1974 27.98 +14.11 pp
1973 13.87 +1.93 pp
1972 11.94 +1.76 pp
1971 10.18 +2.47 pp
1970 7.71 +3.65 pp
1969 4.07 −0.26 pp
1968 4.32 +0.61 pp
1967 3.71 −0.14 pp
1966 3.85 −1.18 pp
1965 5.04 −1.9 pp
1964 6.94 −2.21 pp
1963 9.15 +0.67 pp
1962 8.47

Southern 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.

Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.