Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Australia and New Zealand

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Australia and New Zealand in 2025 — 11.7%. Since 1964, the indicator has risen by 2.56 pp.

2025 11.7% −1.64 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 17.35%2013
Period minimum 4.27%1988

Trend over time

1964–2025 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Australia and New Zealand, 1964–20250510152019641971197819851992199920062013202020251964: 9.14%1966: 8.29%1968: 7.49%1970: 5.71%1972: 5.32%1974: 9.19%1976: 10.63%1978: 10%1980: 15.53%1982: 14.82%1984: 9.86%1986: 5.38%1988: 4.27%1990: 6.03%1992: 5.98%1994: 4.93%1996: 6.26%1998: 4.81%2000: 8.62%2002: 7.72%2004: 9.5%2006: 13.49%2008: 15.92%2010: 13.8%2012: 16.98%2014: 15.71%2016: 9.17%2018: 13.13%2020: 8.24%2022: 14.73%2024: 13.33%2025: 11.7%
Change over the period: +2.56 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Australia and New Zealand, by year Australia and New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 11.7 −1.64 pp
2024 13.33 −1.41 pp
2023 14.75 +0.02 pp
2022 14.73 +4.8 pp
2021 9.93 +1.68 pp
2020 8.24 −4.09 pp
2019 12.33 −0.79 pp
2018 13.13 +2.89 pp
2017 10.24 +1.07 pp
2016 9.17 −1.55 pp
2015 10.72 −5 pp
2014 15.71 −1.64 pp
2013 17.35 +0.38 pp
2012 16.98 +0.02 pp
2011 16.96 +3.16 pp
2010 13.8 +0.89 pp
2009 12.91 −3.01 pp
2008 15.92 +2.74 pp
2007 13.18 −0.31 pp
2006 13.49 +2.17 pp
2005 11.32 +1.82 pp
2004 9.5 +1.35 pp
2003 8.16 +0.44 pp
2002 7.72 −1.22 pp
2001 8.93 +0.31 pp
2000 8.62 +2.73 pp
1999 5.9 +1.08 pp
1998 4.81 −1.31 pp
1997 6.12 −0.14 pp
1996 6.26 +1.18 pp
1995 5.08 +0.14 pp
1994 4.93 −1.24 pp
1993 6.18 +0.2 pp
1992 5.98 −0.26 pp
1991 6.23 +0.2 pp
1990 6.03 +0.76 pp
1989 5.28 +1.01 pp
1988 4.27 −0.96 pp
1987 5.23 −0.15 pp
1986 5.38 −2.49 pp
1985 7.87 −1.99 pp
1984 9.86 −2.41 pp
1983 12.28 −2.54 pp
1982 14.82 +0.18 pp
1981 14.64 −0.89 pp
1980 15.53 +3.82 pp
1979 11.71 +1.71 pp
1978 10 −1.13 pp
1977 11.13 +0.5 pp
1976 10.63 −0.18 pp
1975 10.8 +1.62 pp
1974 9.19 +4.38 pp
1973 4.81 −0.51 pp
1972 5.32 +0.01 pp
1971 5.31 −0.4 pp
1970 5.71 −1.8 pp
1969 7.51 +0.02 pp
1968 7.49 −0.32 pp
1967 7.81 −0.48 pp
1966 8.29 +0.21 pp
1965 8.09 −1.06 pp
1964 9.14

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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