Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Kiribati

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Kiribati in 2021 — 12.54%. Ranked 88 in the world out of 165. Since 1973, the indicator has risen by 4.87 pp.

2021 12.54% −1.62 pp vs 2020
World rank 88of 165
Period maximum 27.39%2008
Period minimum 7.05%1974

Trend over time

1973–2021 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Kiribati, 1973–20210102030197319781983198819931998200320082013201820211973: 7.66%1974: 7.05%1975: 10.29%1976: 13.57%1977: 18.22%1978: 10.46%1979: 14.53%1980: 10.93%1983: 12.85%1984: 14.79%1985: 15%1986: 10.44%1987: 10.62%1989: 11.2%1990: 10.72%1991: 10.93%1992: 7.82%1993: 7.42%1994: 9.29%1995: 10.07%1996: 10.1%1997: 13.21%1998: 12.19%1999: 10.4%2004: 12.75%2005: 16.98%2006: 24.98%2007: 24.93%2008: 27.39%2009: 16.24%2010: 24.75%2011: 19.25%2012: 16.44%2013: 19.35%2014: 10.52%2015: 7.3%2016: 10.95%2017: 10.69%2018: 14.18%2020: 14.16%2021: 12.54%
Change over the period: +4.87 pp Annual average: 0.1 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Kiribati 12.54%
World 11.54%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Kiribati, by year Kiribati All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 12.54 −1.62 pp
2020 14.16
2018 14.18 +3.49 pp
2017 10.69 −0.26 pp
2016 10.95 +3.65 pp
2015 7.3 −3.22 pp
2014 10.52 −8.83 pp
2013 19.35 +2.91 pp
2012 16.44 −2.81 pp
2011 19.25 −5.49 pp
2010 24.75 +8.51 pp
2009 16.24 −11.15 pp
2008 27.39 +2.46 pp
2007 24.93 −0.06 pp
2006 24.98 +8.01 pp
2005 16.98 +4.23 pp
2004 12.75
1999 10.4 −1.79 pp
1998 12.19 −1.01 pp
1997 13.21 +3.11 pp
1996 10.1 +0.03 pp
1995 10.07 +0.78 pp
1994 9.29 +1.88 pp
1993 7.42 −0.4 pp
1992 7.82 −3.11 pp
1991 10.93 +0.2 pp
1990 10.72 −0.47 pp
1989 11.2
1987 10.62 +0.18 pp
1986 10.44 −4.56 pp
1985 15 +0.21 pp
1984 14.79 +1.94 pp
1983 12.85
1980 10.93 −3.61 pp
1979 14.53 +4.08 pp
1978 10.46 −7.76 pp
1977 18.22 +4.65 pp
1976 13.57 +3.28 pp
1975 10.29 +3.24 pp
1974 7.05 −0.61 pp
1973 7.66

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.