Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Pakistan

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Pakistan in 2024 — 31.53%. Ranked 8 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 23.1 pp.

2024 31.53% −1.93 pp vs 2023
World rank 8of 131
Period maximum 36.4%2012
Period minimum 3.32%1965

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Pakistan, 1962–202401020304019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 8.43%1963: 7.04%1964: 5.58%1965: 3.32%1966: 5.98%1967: 5.7%1968: 6.58%1969: 6.27%1970: 6.49%1971: 8.69%1972: 7.8%1973: 8.1%1974: 13.81%1975: 17.91%1976: 18.19%1977: 15.79%1978: 18.9%1979: 16.79%1980: 26.95%1981: 27.83%1982: 30.9%1983: 28.35%1984: 24.77%1985: 24.33%1986: 14.23%1987: 17.61%1990: 20.79%1991: 17.83%1992: 16.29%1993: 17.01%1995: 16.15%1996: 20.05%1997: 19.1%1998: 15.9%1999: 20.66%2000: 32.51%2001: 28.61%2002: 27.06%2003: 23.55%2004: 21.34%2005: 21.16%2006: 25.76%2007: 25.62%2008: 33.23%2009: 27.98%2010: 30.39%2011: 34.13%2012: 36.4%2013: 34.83%2014: 31.26%2015: 22.9%2016: 20.36%2017: 23.97%2018: 28.65%2019: 28.81%2020: 22.54%2021: 26.53%2022: 35.31%2023: 33.46%2024: 31.53%
Change over the period: +23.1 pp Annual average: 0.37 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Pakistan 31.53%
World 13.08%
South Asia 31.04%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Pakistan, by year Pakistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 31.53 −1.93 pp
2023 33.46 −1.85 pp
2022 35.31 +8.78 pp
2021 26.53 +3.99 pp
2020 22.54 −6.27 pp
2019 28.81 +0.16 pp
2018 28.65 +4.69 pp
2017 23.97 +3.61 pp
2016 20.36 −2.54 pp
2015 22.9 −8.36 pp
2014 31.26 −3.57 pp
2013 34.83 −1.57 pp
2012 36.4 +2.27 pp
2011 34.13 +3.74 pp
2010 30.39 +2.4 pp
2009 27.98 −5.24 pp
2008 33.23 +7.6 pp
2007 25.62 −0.13 pp
2006 25.76 +4.6 pp
2005 21.16 −0.19 pp
2004 21.34 −2.21 pp
2003 23.55 −3.51 pp
2002 27.06 −1.55 pp
2001 28.61 −3.9 pp
2000 32.51 +11.85 pp
1999 20.66 +4.75 pp
1998 15.9 −3.2 pp
1997 19.1 −0.96 pp
1996 20.05 +3.91 pp
1995 16.15
1993 17.01 +0.72 pp
1992 16.29 −1.55 pp
1991 17.83 −2.95 pp
1990 20.79
1987 17.61 +3.39 pp
1986 14.23 −10.11 pp
1985 24.33 −0.44 pp
1984 24.77 −3.58 pp
1983 28.35 −2.55 pp
1982 30.9 +3.07 pp
1981 27.83 +0.87 pp
1980 26.95 +10.16 pp
1979 16.79 −2.11 pp
1978 18.9 +3.11 pp
1977 15.79 −2.4 pp
1976 18.19 +0.28 pp
1975 17.91 +4.1 pp
1974 13.81 +5.71 pp
1973 8.1 +0.31 pp
1972 7.8 −0.89 pp
1971 8.69 +2.2 pp
1970 6.49 +0.22 pp
1969 6.27 −0.3 pp
1968 6.58 +0.87 pp
1967 5.7 −0.28 pp
1966 5.98 +2.66 pp
1965 3.32 −2.26 pp
1964 5.58 −1.46 pp
1963 7.04 −1.38 pp
1962 8.43

Southern Asia, 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.