Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Palestine

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Palestine in 2023 — 21.19%. Ranked 40 in the world out of 160. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 2.07 pp.

2023 21.19% −3.25 pp vs 2022
World rank 40of 160
Period maximum 40.47%2008
Period minimum 16.36%2021

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Palestine, 2000–202310203040502000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 19.12%2001: 18.56%2002: 23.74%2003: 23.65%2004: 27.81%2005: 26.93%2006: 34.16%2007: 36.39%2008: 40.47%2009: 31.54%2010: 31.31%2011: 31.55%2012: 30.64%2013: 31.2%2014: 32.88%2015: 21.67%2016: 20.03%2017: 19.39%2018: 19.27%2019: 18.84%2020: 16.84%2021: 16.36%2022: 24.44%2023: 21.19%
Change over the period: +2.07 pp Annual average: 0.09 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Palestine 21.19%
World 14.07%
Western Asia computed 7.69%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Palestine, by year Palestine All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 21.19 −3.25 pp
2022 24.44 +8.08 pp
2021 16.36 −0.48 pp
2020 16.84 −2 pp
2019 18.84 −0.43 pp
2018 19.27 −0.12 pp
2017 19.39 −0.65 pp
2016 20.03 −1.64 pp
2015 21.67 −11.22 pp
2014 32.88 +1.69 pp
2013 31.2 +0.55 pp
2012 30.64 −0.91 pp
2011 31.55 +0.24 pp
2010 31.31 −0.23 pp
2009 31.54 −8.92 pp
2008 40.47 +4.08 pp
2007 36.39 +2.23 pp
2006 34.16 +7.23 pp
2005 26.93 −0.89 pp
2004 27.81 +4.16 pp
2003 23.65 −0.09 pp
2002 23.74 +5.18 pp
2001 18.56 −0.55 pp
2000 19.12

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.