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Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Melanesia

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Melanesia in 2015 — 21.2%. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 11.21 pp.

2015 21.2% −3.93 pp vs 2014
World rank —
Period maximum 25.33%2013
Period minimum 5.31%1971

Trend over time

1970–2015 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Melanesia, 1970–2015010203019701975198019851990199520002005201020151970: 9.99%1971: 5.31%1972: 6.57%1973: 6.46%1974: 10.98%1975: 15.02%1976: 17.15%1977: 21.2%1978: 17.3%1979: 18.79%1980: 24.52%1981: 23.31%1982: 22.67%1983: 21.68%1984: 19.11%1985: 18.9%1986: 12.43%1987: 12.19%2000: 15.38%2001: 15.63%2002: 12.96%2003: 11.81%2004: 14.15%2005: 21%2006: 22.08%2007: 21.61%2008: 25.01%2009: 18.66%2010: 21.15%2011: 16.89%2012: 22.1%2013: 25.33%2014: 25.13%2015: 21.2%
Change over the period: +11.21 pp Annual average: 0.25 pp

Comparison, 2015

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

Melanesia 21.2%
World 11.32%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2015 21.2 −3.93 pp
2014 25.13 −0.2 pp
2013 25.33 +3.22 pp
2012 22.1 +5.21 pp
2011 16.89 −4.26 pp
2010 21.15 +2.5 pp
2009 18.66 −6.36 pp
2008 25.01 +3.4 pp
2007 21.61 −0.46 pp
2006 22.08 +1.08 pp
2005 21 +6.85 pp
2004 14.15 +2.34 pp
2003 11.81 −1.15 pp
2002 12.96 −2.67 pp
2001 15.63 +0.25 pp
2000 15.38 —
1987 12.19 −0.23 pp
1986 12.43 −6.47 pp
1985 18.9 −0.21 pp
1984 19.11 −2.57 pp
1983 21.68 −0.99 pp
1982 22.67 −0.64 pp
1981 23.31 −1.21 pp
1980 24.52 +5.74 pp
1979 18.79 +1.49 pp
1978 17.3 −3.91 pp
1977 21.2 +4.05 pp
1976 17.15 +2.13 pp
1975 15.02 +4.04 pp
1974 10.98 +4.52 pp
1973 6.46 −0.1 pp
1972 6.57 +1.25 pp
1971 5.31 −4.68 pp
1970 9.99 —

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.

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