Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Nicaragua

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Nicaragua in 2024 — 12.81%. Ranked 78 in the world out of 131. Since 1965, the indicator has risen by 8.07 pp.

2024 12.81% −1.27 pp vs 2023
World rank 78of 131
Period maximum 31.82%1985
Period minimum 4.27%1966

Trend over time

1965–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Nicaragua, 1965–2024010203040196519711977198319891995200120072013201920241965: 4.75%1966: 4.27%1967: 4.73%1968: 5.47%1969: 5.97%1970: 6.09%1971: 7.47%1972: 7.32%1973: 7.25%1974: 10.83%1975: 14.28%1976: 13.04%1977: 13.79%1978: 15.18%1979: 21.29%1980: 19.94%1981: 20.03%1982: 23.17%1983: 18.47%1984: 17.67%1985: 31.82%1986: 17.88%1993: 13.91%1994: 12.79%1995: 17.91%1996: 9.03%1997: 12.15%1998: 11.83%1999: 8.23%2000: 17.81%2001: 17.34%2002: 15.26%2003: 18.4%2004: 20.14%2005: 18.21%2006: 25.2%2007: 22.53%2008: 19.19%2009: 22.21%2010: 21.69%2011: 22.06%2012: 24.38%2013: 18.81%2014: 17.56%2015: 12.66%2016: 8.22%2017: 8.68%2018: 14.26%2019: 13.55%2020: 9.67%2021: 17.76%2022: 16.34%2023: 14.08%2024: 12.81%
Change over the period: +8.07 pp Annual average: 0.14 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Nicaragua 12.81%
World 13.08%
Central America computed 7.72%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 12.81 −1.27 pp
2023 14.08 −2.25 pp
2022 16.34 −1.43 pp
2021 17.76 +8.09 pp
2020 9.67 −3.88 pp
2019 13.55 −0.71 pp
2018 14.26 +5.58 pp
2017 8.68 +0.46 pp
2016 8.22 −4.43 pp
2015 12.66 −4.9 pp
2014 17.56 −1.26 pp
2013 18.81 −5.56 pp
2012 24.38 +2.32 pp
2011 22.06 +0.37 pp
2010 21.69 −0.52 pp
2009 22.21 +3.02 pp
2008 19.19 −3.34 pp
2007 22.53 −2.67 pp
2006 25.2 +6.98 pp
2005 18.21 −1.92 pp
2004 20.14 +1.74 pp
2003 18.4 +3.14 pp
2002 15.26 −2.08 pp
2001 17.34 −0.47 pp
2000 17.81 +9.59 pp
1999 8.23 −3.61 pp
1998 11.83 −0.32 pp
1997 12.15 +3.13 pp
1996 9.03 −8.88 pp
1995 17.91 +5.12 pp
1994 12.79 −1.12 pp
1993 13.91
1986 17.88 −13.94 pp
1985 31.82 +14.14 pp
1984 17.67 −0.79 pp
1983 18.47 −4.7 pp
1982 23.17 +3.14 pp
1981 20.03 +0.09 pp
1980 19.94 −1.35 pp
1979 21.29 +6.11 pp
1978 15.18 +1.39 pp
1977 13.79 +0.75 pp
1976 13.04 −1.25 pp
1975 14.28 +3.45 pp
1974 10.83 +3.58 pp
1973 7.25 −0.06 pp
1972 7.32 −0.15 pp
1971 7.47 +1.38 pp
1970 6.09 +0.13 pp
1969 5.97 +0.49 pp
1968 5.47 +0.74 pp
1967 4.73 +0.46 pp
1966 4.27 −0.48 pp
1965 4.75

Central America, 2024

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.