Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Kuwait

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Kuwait in 2024 — 0.56%. Ranked 130 in the world out of 131. Since 1970, the indicator has fallen by 0.15 pp.

2024 0.56% −0.08 pp vs 2023
World rank 130of 131
Period maximum 1.76%1988
Period minimum 0.44%1998

Trend over time

1970–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Kuwait, 1970–202400.511.5219701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 0.71%1971: 0.93%1972: 0.99%1973: 0.93%1974: 1.2%1975: 0.59%1976: 0.75%1977: 0.71%1978: 0.59%1979: 0.69%1980: 0.76%1981: 0.57%1982: 0.6%1983: 0.54%1984: 0.57%1986: 0.45%1987: 1.47%1988: 1.76%1989: 0.96%1990: 0.7%1991: 0.75%1992: 0.47%1993: 0.45%1994: 0.65%1995: 0.53%1996: 0.6%1997: 0.53%1998: 0.44%1999: 0.65%2000: 0.58%2001: 0.49%2002: 0.49%2003: 0.54%2004: 0.49%2006: 0.52%2007: 0.56%2008: 0.59%2010: 0.73%2011: 0.63%2013: 0.69%2014: 0.65%2015: 0.63%2016: 0.54%2017: 0.51%2018: 0.58%2019: 0.54%2020: 0.44%2021: 0.51%2022: 0.55%2023: 0.64%2024: 0.56%
Change over the period: −0.15 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Kuwait 0.56%
World 13.08%
Western Asia computed 8.83%
High-income countries computed 11%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Kuwait, by year Kuwait All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 0.56 −0.08 pp
2023 0.64 +0.09 pp
2022 0.55 +0.04 pp
2021 0.51 +0.07 pp
2020 0.44 −0.1 pp
2019 0.54 −0.03 pp
2018 0.58 +0.07 pp
2017 0.51 −0.03 pp
2016 0.54 −0.09 pp
2015 0.63 −0.02 pp
2014 0.65 −0.04 pp
2013 0.69
2011 0.63 −0.1 pp
2010 0.73
2008 0.59 +0.03 pp
2007 0.56 +0.04 pp
2006 0.52
2004 0.49 −0.04 pp
2003 0.54 +0.05 pp
2002 0.49 −0 pp
2001 0.49 −0.09 pp
2000 0.58 −0.07 pp
1999 0.65 +0.21 pp
1998 0.44 −0.09 pp
1997 0.53 −0.06 pp
1996 0.6 +0.07 pp
1995 0.53 −0.12 pp
1994 0.65 +0.2 pp
1993 0.45 −0.02 pp
1992 0.47 −0.28 pp
1991 0.75 +0.05 pp
1990 0.7 −0.26 pp
1989 0.96 −0.8 pp
1988 1.76 +0.29 pp
1987 1.47 +1.02 pp
1986 0.45
1984 0.57 +0.02 pp
1983 0.54 −0.05 pp
1982 0.6 +0.03 pp
1981 0.57 −0.19 pp
1980 0.76 +0.07 pp
1979 0.69 +0.1 pp
1978 0.59 −0.12 pp
1977 0.71 −0.03 pp
1976 0.75 +0.16 pp
1975 0.59 −0.61 pp
1974 1.2 +0.27 pp
1973 0.93 −0.06 pp
1972 0.99 +0.06 pp
1971 0.93 +0.22 pp
1970 0.71

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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