Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Libya

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Libya in 2019 — 13.14%. Ranked 99 in the world out of 168. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 9.32 pp.

2019 13.14% −3.2 pp vs 2018
World rank 99of 168
Period maximum 17%2017
Period minimum 0.34%1986

Trend over time

1962–2019 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Libya, 1962–201905101520196219681974198019861992199820042010201620191962: 3.82%1963: 3.7%1964: 4.54%1965: 3.93%1966: 3.94%1967: 3.36%1968: 2.93%1969: 3.17%1970: 3.18%1971: 3.32%1972: 2.15%1973: 1.97%1974: 1.62%1975: 1.94%1976: 2.69%1977: 0.56%1978: 0.78%1979: 0.66%1980: 0.65%1981: 1%1982: 1.45%1983: 1.5%1984: 0.67%1985: 0.72%1986: 0.34%1987: 0.43%2003: 0.68%2004: 0.68%2007: 1.09%2008: 1.22%2009: 0.94%2010: 1.06%2016: 10.48%2017: 17%2018: 16.34%2019: 13.14%
Change over the period: +9.32 pp Annual average: 0.16 pp

Comparison, 2019

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

Libya 13.14%
World 12.32%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Libya, by year Libya All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2019 13.14 −3.2 pp
2018 16.34 −0.66 pp
2017 17 +6.53 pp
2016 10.48
2010 1.06 +0.11 pp
2009 0.94 −0.28 pp
2008 1.22 +0.13 pp
2007 1.09
2004 0.68 −0 pp
2003 0.68
1987 0.43 +0.08 pp
1986 0.34 −0.38 pp
1985 0.72 +0.05 pp
1984 0.67 −0.83 pp
1983 1.5 +0.06 pp
1982 1.45 +0.45 pp
1981 1 +0.35 pp
1980 0.65 −0.01 pp
1979 0.66 −0.12 pp
1978 0.78 +0.22 pp
1977 0.56 −2.13 pp
1976 2.69 +0.74 pp
1975 1.94 +0.32 pp
1974 1.62 −0.35 pp
1973 1.97 −0.19 pp
1972 2.15 −1.16 pp
1971 3.32 +0.14 pp
1970 3.18 +0.01 pp
1969 3.17 +0.24 pp
1968 2.93 −0.42 pp
1967 3.36 −0.58 pp
1966 3.94 +0 pp
1965 3.93 −0.61 pp
1964 4.54 +0.84 pp
1963 3.7 −0.13 pp
1962 3.82

Northern Africa, 2019

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.