Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — NATO

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in NATO in 2024 — 9.92%. Since 1992, the indicator has risen by 1.27 pp.

2024 9.92% −1.22 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 17.26%2012
Period minimum 5.67%1998

Trend over time

1992–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — NATO, 1992–2024051015201992199620002004200820122016202020241992: 8.65%1993: 8.61%1994: 7.61%1995: 6.9%1996: 8.08%1997: 7.79%1998: 5.67%1999: 6.28%2000: 9.38%2001: 9.11%2002: 8.73%2003: 9.57%2004: 10.6%2005: 13.29%2006: 13.98%2007: 13.1%2008: 16.44%2009: 13.43%2010: 14.75%2011: 16.81%2012: 17.26%2013: 16.23%2014: 14.29%2015: 9.87%2016: 8.06%2017: 9.37%2018: 10.57%2019: 9.55%2020: 6.51%2021: 9.5%2022: 14.42%2023: 11.14%2024: 9.92%
Change over the period: +1.27 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

NATO 9.92%
World 13.08%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — NATO, by year NATO All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 9.92 −1.22 pp
2023 11.14 −3.28 pp
2022 14.42 +4.93 pp
2021 9.5 +2.99 pp
2020 6.51 −3.05 pp
2019 9.55 −1.02 pp
2018 10.57 +1.2 pp
2017 9.37 +1.31 pp
2016 8.06 −1.81 pp
2015 9.87 −4.42 pp
2014 14.29 −1.94 pp
2013 16.23 −1.03 pp
2012 17.26 +0.45 pp
2011 16.81 +2.06 pp
2010 14.75 +1.32 pp
2009 13.43 −3.01 pp
2008 16.44 +3.34 pp
2007 13.1 −0.87 pp
2006 13.98 +0.69 pp
2005 13.29 +2.69 pp
2004 10.6 +1.02 pp
2003 9.57 +0.84 pp
2002 8.73 −0.38 pp
2001 9.11 −0.27 pp
2000 9.38 +3.11 pp
1999 6.28 +0.6 pp
1998 5.67 −2.11 pp
1997 7.79 −0.3 pp
1996 8.08 +1.18 pp
1995 6.9 −0.71 pp
1994 7.61 −1 pp
1993 8.61 −0.04 pp
1992 8.65

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.