Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Malawi

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Malawi in 2024 — 16.46%. Ranked 49 in the world out of 131. Since 1966, the indicator has risen by 11.63 pp.

2024 16.46% −2.73 pp vs 2023
World rank 49of 131
Period maximum 19.19%2023
Period minimum 4.82%1966

Trend over time

1966–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Malawi, 1966–202405101520196619721978198419901996200220082014202020241966: 4.82%1967: 5.21%1968: 5.85%1969: 5.82%1970: 5.5%1971: 9.31%1972: 8.91%1973: 8.94%1974: 10.41%1975: 9.95%1976: 13.51%1977: 13%1978: 11.91%1979: 14.58%1980: 15.33%1981: 16.93%1982: 17.11%1983: 18%1984: 16.53%1985: 13.24%1986: 13.83%1987: 14.77%1990: 10.68%1991: 10.85%1994: 7.63%1995: 11.15%1999: 11.65%2000: 15.73%2001: 16.77%2002: 11.1%2003: 11.56%2004: 11.84%2005: 10.53%2006: 11.44%2007: 13.57%2008: 10.7%2009: 10.05%2010: 10.01%2011: 8.6%2012: 12.3%2013: 14.43%2014: 13.49%2015: 10.73%2016: 12.24%2017: 9.78%2018: 11.17%2019: 7.98%2020: 7.95%2021: 8.39%2022: 17.29%2023: 19.19%2024: 16.46%
Change over the period: +11.63 pp Annual average: 0.2 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Malawi 16.46%
World 13.08%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 16.46 −2.73 pp
2023 19.19 +1.9 pp
2022 17.29 +8.9 pp
2021 8.39 +0.44 pp
2020 7.95 −0.03 pp
2019 7.98 −3.19 pp
2018 11.17 +1.39 pp
2017 9.78 −2.47 pp
2016 12.24 +1.51 pp
2015 10.73 −2.76 pp
2014 13.49 −0.93 pp
2013 14.43 +2.13 pp
2012 12.3 +3.69 pp
2011 8.6 −1.41 pp
2010 10.01 −0.04 pp
2009 10.05 −0.66 pp
2008 10.7 −2.87 pp
2007 13.57 +2.13 pp
2006 11.44 +0.91 pp
2005 10.53 −1.31 pp
2004 11.84 +0.28 pp
2003 11.56 +0.46 pp
2002 11.1 −5.68 pp
2001 16.77 +1.05 pp
2000 15.73 +4.08 pp
1999 11.65
1995 11.15 +3.52 pp
1994 7.63
1991 10.85 +0.17 pp
1990 10.68
1987 14.77 +0.95 pp
1986 13.83 +0.58 pp
1985 13.24 −3.28 pp
1984 16.53 −1.47 pp
1983 18 +0.89 pp
1982 17.11 +0.17 pp
1981 16.93 +1.61 pp
1980 15.33 +0.75 pp
1979 14.58 +2.67 pp
1978 11.91 −1.09 pp
1977 13 −0.51 pp
1976 13.51 +3.57 pp
1975 9.95 −0.46 pp
1974 10.41 +1.47 pp
1973 8.94 +0.03 pp
1972 8.91 −0.4 pp
1971 9.31 +3.81 pp
1970 5.5 −0.33 pp
1969 5.82 −0.03 pp
1968 5.85 +0.64 pp
1967 5.21 +0.38 pp
1966 4.82

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.