Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Rwanda

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Rwanda in 2022 — 15.33%. Ranked 102 in the world out of 162. Since 1996, the indicator has risen by 3.82 pp.

2022 15.33% +4.31 pp vs 2021
World rank 102of 162
Period maximum 20.24%2013
Period minimum 2.19%2005

Trend over time

1996–2022 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Rwanda, 1996–2022010203019961999200220052008201120142017202020221996: 11.51%1997: 12.01%1998: 12.88%1999: 15.65%2001: 14.25%2002: 16.17%2003: 15.56%2004: 14.84%2005: 2.19%2006: 2.85%2007: 2.94%2008: 3.28%2009: 8.08%2010: 10.55%2011: 18.71%2012: 4.08%2013: 20.24%2014: 19.47%2015: 17.87%2016: 16.45%2017: 18.19%2018: 19.84%2019: 16.71%2020: 10.68%2021: 11.02%2022: 15.33%
Change over the period: +3.82 pp Annual average: 0.15 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Rwanda 15.33%
World 16.22%
Eastern Africa computed 17.9%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 15.33 +4.31 pp
2021 11.02 +0.34 pp
2020 10.68 −6.04 pp
2019 16.71 −3.13 pp
2018 19.84 +1.65 pp
2017 18.19 +1.74 pp
2016 16.45 −1.42 pp
2015 17.87 −1.59 pp
2014 19.47 −0.78 pp
2013 20.24 +16.16 pp
2012 4.08 −14.63 pp
2011 18.71 +8.16 pp
2010 10.55 +2.47 pp
2009 8.08 +4.8 pp
2008 3.28 +0.34 pp
2007 2.94 +0.08 pp
2006 2.85 +0.66 pp
2005 2.19 −12.65 pp
2004 14.84 −0.72 pp
2003 15.56 −0.62 pp
2002 16.17 +1.92 pp
2001 14.25
1999 15.65 +2.77 pp
1998 12.88 +0.87 pp
1997 12.01 +0.5 pp
1996 11.51

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.