Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — OECD

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in the OECD in 2024 — 11.1%. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 1.22 pp.

2024 11.1% −1.3 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 26.49%1981
Period minimum 6.75%1998

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — OECD, 1962–2024010203019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 12.32%1964: 11.07%1966: 9.81%1968: 9.71%1970: 9.67%1972: 10.91%1974: 21.29%1976: 22.36%1978: 19.07%1980: 25.85%1982: 24.91%1984: 20.79%1986: 12.21%1989: 9.79%1991: 10.34%1993: 9.48%1995: 7.63%1997: 8.71%1999: 7.3%2001: 10.12%2003: 10.44%2005: 14.06%2007: 14.24%2009: 14.51%2011: 17.94%2013: 17.47%2015: 10.84%2017: 10.45%2019: 10.81%2021: 10.43%2023: 12.4%2024: 11.1%
Change over the period: −1.22 pp Annual average: -0.02 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

OECD 11.1%
World 13.08%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 11.1 −1.3 pp
2023 12.4 −2.96 pp
2022 15.36 +4.93 pp
2021 10.43 +2.87 pp
2020 7.57 −3.24 pp
2019 10.81 −1.06 pp
2018 11.87 +1.41 pp
2017 10.45 +1.43 pp
2016 9.02 −1.82 pp
2015 10.84 −4.87 pp
2014 15.7 −1.76 pp
2013 17.47 −0.92 pp
2012 18.38 +0.45 pp
2011 17.94 +2.24 pp
2010 15.69 +1.18 pp
2009 14.51 −3.38 pp
2008 17.89 +3.65 pp
2007 14.24 −0.69 pp
2006 14.93 +0.87 pp
2005 14.06 +2.67 pp
2004 11.39 +0.95 pp
2003 10.44 +0.79 pp
2002 9.65 −0.47 pp
2001 10.12 −0.18 pp
2000 10.3 +3 pp
1999 7.3 +0.55 pp
1998 6.75 −1.96 pp
1997 8.71 −0 pp
1996 8.71 +1.08 pp
1995 7.63 −0.83 pp
1994 8.46 −1.02 pp
1993 9.48 −0.45 pp
1992 9.93 −0.41 pp
1991 10.34 −0.77 pp
1990 11.12 +1.33 pp
1989 9.79
1987 11.38 −0.83 pp
1986 12.21 −7.07 pp
1985 19.28 −1.51 pp
1984 20.79 −1.59 pp
1983 22.38 −2.53 pp
1982 24.91 −1.58 pp
1981 26.49 +0.65 pp
1980 25.85 +4.09 pp
1979 21.76 +2.69 pp
1978 19.07 −2.47 pp
1977 21.54 −0.82 pp
1976 22.36 +0.49 pp
1975 21.88 +0.58 pp
1974 21.29 +9.57 pp
1973 11.72 +0.81 pp
1972 10.91 −0.41 pp
1971 11.32 +1.65 pp
1970 9.67 +0.54 pp
1969 9.14 −0.58 pp
1968 9.71 −0.62 pp
1967 10.33 +0.52 pp
1966 9.81 −0.88 pp
1965 10.69 −0.38 pp
1964 11.07 −0.31 pp
1963 11.38 −0.94 pp
1962 12.32

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.