Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Eastern Europe

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Eastern Europe in 2024 — 8.07%. Since 1994, the indicator has fallen by 5.21 pp.

2024 8.07% −0.93 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 13.28%1994
Period minimum 5.11%2020

Trend over time

1994–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Eastern Europe, 1994–202457.51012.515199419972000200320062009201220152018202120241994: 13.28%1995: 11.34%1996: 12.44%1997: 11.39%1998: 9.61%1999: 9.62%2000: 11.59%2001: 10.49%2002: 10.79%2003: 9.35%2004: 9.5%2005: 10.27%2006: 9.88%2007: 9.85%2008: 10.97%2009: 10.23%2010: 10.79%2011: 12.18%2012: 11.91%2013: 10.28%2014: 9.53%2015: 8.08%2016: 6.29%2017: 7.23%2018: 7.99%2019: 7.39%2020: 5.11%2021: 6.37%2022: 12.28%2023: 9%2024: 8.07%
Change over the period: −5.21 pp Annual average: -0.17 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Europe 8.07%
World 13.08%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 8.07 −0.93 pp
2023 9 −3.28 pp
2022 12.28 +5.9 pp
2021 6.37 +1.27 pp
2020 5.11 −2.28 pp
2019 7.39 −0.6 pp
2018 7.99 +0.76 pp
2017 7.23 +0.94 pp
2016 6.29 −1.79 pp
2015 8.08 −1.45 pp
2014 9.53 −0.75 pp
2013 10.28 −1.63 pp
2012 11.91 −0.27 pp
2011 12.18 +1.38 pp
2010 10.79 +0.56 pp
2009 10.23 −0.74 pp
2008 10.97 +1.12 pp
2007 9.85 −0.03 pp
2006 9.88 −0.38 pp
2005 10.27 +0.76 pp
2004 9.5 +0.16 pp
2003 9.35 −1.44 pp
2002 10.79 +0.3 pp
2001 10.49 −1.1 pp
2000 11.59 +1.97 pp
1999 9.62 +0 pp
1998 9.61 −1.77 pp
1997 11.39 −1.06 pp
1996 12.44 +1.1 pp
1995 11.34 −1.94 pp
1994 13.28

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.