Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — New Zealand

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in New Zealand in 2025 — 11.97%. Ranked 9 in the world out of 24. Since 1964, the indicator has risen by 3.53 pp.

2025 11.97% −1.38 pp vs 2024
World rank 9of 24
Period maximum 22.46%1980
Period minimum 5.33%1995

Trend over time

1964–2025 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — New Zealand, 1964–2025010203019641971197819851992199920062013202020251964: 8.44%1966: 7.49%1968: 9.16%1970: 6.72%1972: 7.39%1974: 11.72%1976: 14.62%1978: 14.03%1980: 22.46%1982: 16.59%1984: 13.42%1986: 8.64%1988: 5.42%1990: 7.66%1992: 6.55%1994: 5.57%1996: 6.31%1998: 6.61%2000: 10.41%2002: 9.4%2004: 10.54%2006: 14.8%2008: 17.67%2010: 15.36%2012: 17.74%2014: 15.08%2016: 8.54%2018: 12.13%2020: 8.6%2022: 11.52%2024: 13.35%2025: 11.97%
Change over the period: +3.53 pp Annual average: 0.06 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

New Zealand 11.97%
Australia and New Zealand computed 11.7%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — New Zealand, by year New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 11.97 −1.38 pp
2024 13.35 −1.12 pp
2023 14.47 +2.95 pp
2022 11.52 +3.39 pp
2021 8.13 −0.47 pp
2020 8.6 −2.48 pp
2019 11.08 −1.05 pp
2018 12.13 +2.69 pp
2017 9.44 +0.9 pp
2016 8.54 −1.48 pp
2015 10.01 −5.06 pp
2014 15.08 −1.85 pp
2013 16.93 −0.81 pp
2012 17.74 +0.5 pp
2011 17.23 +1.87 pp
2010 15.36 +0.8 pp
2009 14.56 −3.11 pp
2008 17.67 +3.24 pp
2007 14.43 −0.37 pp
2006 14.8 +2.66 pp
2005 12.13 +1.6 pp
2004 10.54 +1.15 pp
2003 9.38 −0.02 pp
2002 9.4 −0.55 pp
2001 9.95 −0.46 pp
2000 10.41 +4.27 pp
1999 6.15 −0.46 pp
1998 6.61 +0.04 pp
1997 6.57 +0.26 pp
1996 6.31 +0.97 pp
1995 5.33 −0.24 pp
1994 5.57 −0.83 pp
1993 6.41 −0.14 pp
1992 6.55 −1.04 pp
1991 7.59 −0.07 pp
1990 7.66 +1.64 pp
1989 6.02 +0.6 pp
1988 5.42 −1.26 pp
1987 6.67 −1.97 pp
1986 8.64 −4.06 pp
1985 12.7 −0.72 pp
1984 13.42 −4.68 pp
1983 18.1 +1.52 pp
1982 16.59 −2.83 pp
1981 19.42 −3.04 pp
1980 22.46 +6.52 pp
1979 15.94 +1.9 pp
1978 14.03 −1.3 pp
1977 15.34 +0.72 pp
1976 14.62 +0.32 pp
1975 14.3 +2.58 pp
1974 11.72 +4.52 pp
1973 7.2 −0.19 pp
1972 7.39 −0.05 pp
1971 7.44 +0.71 pp
1970 6.72 −1.39 pp
1969 8.11 −1.05 pp
1968 9.16 +1.38 pp
1967 7.79 +0.3 pp
1966 7.49 +0.72 pp
1965 6.77 −1.67 pp
1964 8.44

Australia and New Zealand, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

NZ New Zealand 11.97 AU Australia 11.66

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.