Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Samoa

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Samoa in 2024 — 19.43%. Ranked 35 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 15.89 pp.

2024 19.43% −3.28 pp vs 2023
World rank 35of 131
Period maximum 24.19%2014
Period minimum 3.02%1974

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Samoa, 1962–2024010203019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 3.54%1963: 3.41%1964: 3.19%1965: 3.57%1966: 3.56%1967: 4.71%1968: 4.62%1969: 4.3%1970: 3.79%1971: 4.14%1972: 3.46%1973: 4.39%1974: 3.02%1975: 8.28%1976: 7.41%1977: 7.97%1978: 7.74%1979: 9.23%1980: 16.46%1981: 17.77%1982: 15.61%1983: 17.48%2001: 12.48%2002: 13%2003: 13.49%2004: 14.26%2005: 15.41%2006: 15.81%2007: 18.58%2008: 23.65%2009: 18.58%2010: 17.56%2011: 21.24%2012: 22.72%2013: 21.99%2014: 24.19%2015: 14.85%2016: 13.6%2017: 15.91%2018: 18.45%2019: 16.99%2021: 15.91%2022: 20.35%2023: 22.71%2024: 19.43%
Change over the period: +15.89 pp Annual average: 0.26 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Samoa 19.43%
World 13.08%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Samoa, by year Samoa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 19.43 −3.28 pp
2023 22.71 +2.36 pp
2022 20.35 +4.44 pp
2021 15.91
2019 16.99 −1.46 pp
2018 18.45 +2.54 pp
2017 15.91 +2.31 pp
2016 13.6 −1.24 pp
2015 14.85 −9.34 pp
2014 24.19 +2.2 pp
2013 21.99 −0.73 pp
2012 22.72 +1.49 pp
2011 21.24 +3.68 pp
2010 17.56 −1.02 pp
2009 18.58 −5.07 pp
2008 23.65 +5.07 pp
2007 18.58 +2.77 pp
2006 15.81 +0.41 pp
2005 15.41 +1.15 pp
2004 14.26 +0.77 pp
2003 13.49 +0.48 pp
2002 13 +0.52 pp
2001 12.48
1983 17.48 +1.87 pp
1982 15.61 −2.16 pp
1981 17.77 +1.31 pp
1980 16.46 +7.23 pp
1979 9.23 +1.49 pp
1978 7.74 −0.23 pp
1977 7.97 +0.56 pp
1976 7.41 −0.87 pp
1975 8.28 +5.26 pp
1974 3.02 −1.38 pp
1973 4.39 +0.94 pp
1972 3.46 −0.68 pp
1971 4.14 +0.34 pp
1970 3.79 −0.51 pp
1969 4.3 −0.32 pp
1968 4.62 −0.09 pp
1967 4.71 +1.14 pp
1966 3.56 −0 pp
1965 3.57 +0.38 pp
1964 3.19 −0.22 pp
1963 3.41 −0.13 pp
1962 3.54

Polynesia, 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.