Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Ireland

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Ireland in 2024 — 6.25%. Ranked 118 in the world out of 131. Since 1963, the indicator has fallen by 2.69 pp.

2024 6.25% −0.98 pp vs 2023
World rank 118of 131
Period maximum 14.8%1982
Period minimum 2.54%1998

Trend over time

1963–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Ireland, 1963–202405101519631970197719841991199820052012201920241963: 8.94%1965: 8.45%1967: 9.61%1969: 7.58%1971: 9.06%1973: 6.8%1975: 14.09%1977: 12.6%1979: 12.05%1981: 14.68%1983: 13.49%1985: 11.89%1987: 7.38%1989: 5.49%1991: 5.87%1993: 4.77%1995: 3.29%1997: 3.47%1999: 2.92%2001: 3.85%2003: 3.79%2005: 6.85%2007: 8.72%2009: 9.29%2011: 13.18%2013: 12.39%2015: 7.32%2017: 5.75%2019: 5.98%2021: 5.97%2023: 7.23%2024: 6.25%
Change over the period: −2.69 pp Annual average: -0.04 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Ireland 6.25%
World 13.08%
Northern Europe computed 9.7%
High-income countries computed 11%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Ireland, by year Ireland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 6.25 −0.98 pp
2023 7.23 −2.05 pp
2022 9.28 +3.32 pp
2021 5.97 +2.13 pp
2020 3.83 −2.15 pp
2019 5.98 −0.39 pp
2018 6.38 +0.62 pp
2017 5.75 +0.52 pp
2016 5.24 −2.09 pp
2015 7.32 −3.14 pp
2014 10.46 −1.93 pp
2013 12.39 −0.42 pp
2012 12.82 −0.37 pp
2011 13.18 +1.6 pp
2010 11.58 +2.29 pp
2009 9.29 −1.89 pp
2008 11.18 +2.45 pp
2007 8.72 +0.97 pp
2006 7.76 +0.9 pp
2005 6.85 +1.6 pp
2004 5.26 +1.47 pp
2003 3.79 +0.56 pp
2002 3.23 −0.62 pp
2001 3.85 −0.21 pp
2000 4.07 +1.15 pp
1999 2.92 +0.38 pp
1998 2.54 −0.93 pp
1997 3.47 −0.22 pp
1996 3.69 +0.4 pp
1995 3.29 −0.55 pp
1994 3.85 −0.93 pp
1993 4.77 −0.41 pp
1992 5.19 −0.68 pp
1991 5.87 −0.56 pp
1990 6.43 +0.94 pp
1989 5.49 −0.15 pp
1988 5.64 −1.74 pp
1987 7.38 −1.1 pp
1986 8.49 −3.41 pp
1985 11.89 −0.52 pp
1984 12.41 −1.08 pp
1983 13.49 −1.31 pp
1982 14.8 +0.12 pp
1981 14.68 −0.11 pp
1980 14.79 +2.74 pp
1979 12.05 +1.94 pp
1978 10.11 −2.49 pp
1977 12.6 −0.8 pp
1976 13.4 −0.69 pp
1975 14.09 +0.18 pp
1974 13.91 +7.12 pp
1973 6.8 −0.74 pp
1972 7.53 −1.52 pp
1971 9.06 +0.97 pp
1970 8.09 +0.51 pp
1969 7.58 −0.78 pp
1968 8.36 −1.25 pp
1967 9.61 +0.97 pp
1966 8.65 +0.2 pp
1965 8.45 −0.07 pp
1964 8.52 −0.42 pp
1963 8.94

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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