Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Lebanon

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Lebanon in 2024 — 25.75%. Ranked 14 in the world out of 131. Since 1967, the indicator has risen by 19.57 pp.

2024 25.75% −1.4 pp vs 2023
World rank 14of 131
Period maximum 33.96%2019
Period minimum 4.79%1973

Trend over time

1967–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Lebanon, 1967–2024010203040196719731979198519911997200320092015202120241967: 6.18%1968: 6.1%1969: 5.99%1970: 5.92%1971: 5.66%1972: 5.51%1973: 4.79%1977: 7.63%1997: 8.18%1998: 6.74%1999: 8.94%2000: 16.52%2001: 17.74%2002: 14.38%2003: 15.63%2004: 21.11%2005: 23.06%2006: 24.99%2007: 22.14%2008: 25.27%2009: 19.91%2010: 20.45%2011: 22.17%2012: 27.87%2013: 23.55%2014: 23.17%2015: 20.7%2016: 19.67%2017: 22.27%2018: 21.29%2019: 33.96%2020: 28.42%2021: 28.38%2022: 29.66%2023: 27.16%2024: 25.75%
Change over the period: +19.57 pp Annual average: 0.34 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Lebanon 25.75%
World 13.08%
Western Asia computed 8.83%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Lebanon, by year Lebanon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 25.75 −1.4 pp
2023 27.16 −2.5 pp
2022 29.66 +1.28 pp
2021 28.38 −0.04 pp
2020 28.42 −5.54 pp
2019 33.96 +12.67 pp
2018 21.29 −0.98 pp
2017 22.27 +2.61 pp
2016 19.67 −1.03 pp
2015 20.7 −2.47 pp
2014 23.17 −0.39 pp
2013 23.55 −4.32 pp
2012 27.87 +5.7 pp
2011 22.17 +1.72 pp
2010 20.45 +0.54 pp
2009 19.91 −5.36 pp
2008 25.27 +3.13 pp
2007 22.14 −2.86 pp
2006 24.99 +1.93 pp
2005 23.06 +1.95 pp
2004 21.11 +5.48 pp
2003 15.63 +1.26 pp
2002 14.38 −3.36 pp
2001 17.74 +1.22 pp
2000 16.52 +7.58 pp
1999 8.94 +2.21 pp
1998 6.74 −1.44 pp
1997 8.18
1977 7.63
1973 4.79 −0.72 pp
1972 5.51 −0.15 pp
1971 5.66 −0.26 pp
1970 5.92 −0.07 pp
1969 5.99 −0.11 pp
1968 6.1 −0.08 pp
1967 6.18

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.