Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Portugal

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Portugal in 2025 — 8.47%. Ranked 19 in the world out of 24. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 2.17 pp.

2025 8.47% −2.29 pp vs 2024
World rank 19of 24
Period maximum 28.67%1984
Period minimum 5.53%1998

Trend over time

1962–2025 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Portugal, 1962–2025010203019621969197619831990199720042011201820251962: 10.64%1964: 9.17%1966: 7.54%1968: 8.41%1970: 9.15%1972: 6.91%1974: 12.57%1976: 16.04%1978: 15.8%1980: 24.14%1982: 26.51%1984: 28.67%1986: 15.32%1988: 8.18%1990: 10.76%1992: 8.02%1994: 8.54%1996: 7.75%1998: 5.53%2000: 10.26%2002: 9.62%2004: 9.17%2006: 14.47%2008: 16.14%2010: 14.36%2012: 20.76%2014: 17.27%2016: 10.17%2018: 12.14%2020: 8.64%2022: 16.67%2024: 10.77%2025: 8.47%
Change over the period: −2.17 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Portugal, by year Portugal All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 8.47 −2.29 pp
2024 10.77 −0.92 pp
2023 11.69 −4.98 pp
2022 16.67 +5.24 pp
2021 11.43 +2.79 pp
2020 8.64 −2.73 pp
2019 11.37 −0.77 pp
2018 12.14 +0.36 pp
2017 11.78 +1.61 pp
2016 10.17 −3.04 pp
2015 13.21 −4.06 pp
2014 17.27 −2.29 pp
2013 19.56 −1.2 pp
2012 20.76 +3.21 pp
2011 17.55 +3.19 pp
2010 14.36 +1.71 pp
2009 12.65 −3.49 pp
2008 16.14 +2.64 pp
2007 13.5 −0.96 pp
2006 14.47 +0.33 pp
2005 14.13 +4.96 pp
2004 9.17 −0.95 pp
2003 10.11 +0.5 pp
2002 9.62 −0.14 pp
2001 9.76 −0.51 pp
2000 10.26 +3.5 pp
1999 6.76 +1.23 pp
1998 5.53 −2.26 pp
1997 7.79 +0.03 pp
1996 7.75 −0.38 pp
1995 8.13 −0.41 pp
1994 8.54 −0.29 pp
1993 8.83 +0.81 pp
1992 8.02 −1.05 pp
1991 9.07 −1.69 pp
1990 10.76 +0.21 pp
1989 10.55 +2.37 pp
1988 8.18 −3.46 pp
1987 11.63 −3.69 pp
1986 15.32 −11.16 pp
1985 26.48 −2.19 pp
1984 28.67 +1.8 pp
1983 26.87 +0.36 pp
1982 26.51 +2.41 pp
1981 24.1 −0.05 pp
1980 24.14 +4.68 pp
1979 19.46 +3.66 pp
1978 15.8 +0.94 pp
1977 14.85 −1.18 pp
1976 16.04 +0.8 pp
1975 15.23 +2.66 pp
1974 12.57 +6.32 pp
1973 6.25 −0.66 pp
1972 6.91 −1.67 pp
1971 8.57 −0.57 pp
1970 9.15 +0.68 pp
1969 8.47 +0.06 pp
1968 8.41 −0.15 pp
1967 8.56 +1.03 pp
1966 7.54 −0.84 pp
1965 8.37 −0.8 pp
1964 9.17 −1.3 pp
1963 10.47 −0.17 pp
1962 10.64

Southern Europe, 2025

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.

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