Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — South-Eastern Asia

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in South-Eastern Asia in 2024 — 17.69%. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 5.71 pp.

2024 17.69% +0.6 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 22.17%2012
Period minimum 7.09%1998

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — South-Eastern Asia, 1962–2024010203019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 11.98%1963: 11.34%1964: 11.04%1965: 10.65%1966: 11.99%1967: 10.88%1968: 11.12%1969: 10.65%1970: 10.5%1971: 11.22%1972: 10.39%1973: 9.4%1974: 16.99%1975: 17.55%1976: 19.66%1977: 19.82%1992: 9.36%1997: 7.98%1998: 7.09%2000: 11.22%2001: 11.31%2002: 11.32%2003: 11.99%2004: 13.53%2005: 16.91%2006: 17.96%2007: 17.84%2008: 21.15%2009: 17.78%2010: 18.54%2011: 21.97%2012: 22.17%2013: 21.85%2014: 21.66%2015: 14.56%2016: 12.1%2017: 14.45%2018: 16.1%2019: 14.64%2020: 11.3%2021: 13.4%2022: 17.83%2023: 17.09%2024: 17.69%
Change over the period: +5.71 pp Annual average: 0.09 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South-Eastern Asia

South-Eastern Asia 17.69%
World 13.08%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — South-Eastern Asia, by year South-Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 17.69 +0.6 pp
2023 17.09 −0.74 pp
2022 17.83 +4.43 pp
2021 13.4 +2.1 pp
2020 11.3 −3.35 pp
2019 14.64 −1.46 pp
2018 16.1 +1.65 pp
2017 14.45 +2.35 pp
2016 12.1 −2.46 pp
2015 14.56 −7.1 pp
2014 21.66 −0.18 pp
2013 21.85 −0.33 pp
2012 22.17 +0.2 pp
2011 21.97 +3.44 pp
2010 18.54 +0.76 pp
2009 17.78 −3.37 pp
2008 21.15 +3.31 pp
2007 17.84 −0.13 pp
2006 17.96 +1.06 pp
2005 16.91 +3.37 pp
2004 13.53 +1.54 pp
2003 11.99 +0.66 pp
2002 11.32 +0.02 pp
2001 11.31 +0.09 pp
2000 11.22
1998 7.09 −0.89 pp
1997 7.98
1992 9.36
1977 19.82 +0.16 pp
1976 19.66 +2.11 pp
1975 17.55 +0.56 pp
1974 16.99 +7.58 pp
1973 9.4 −0.99 pp
1972 10.39 −0.83 pp
1971 11.22 +0.73 pp
1970 10.5 −0.15 pp
1969 10.65 −0.46 pp
1968 11.12 +0.24 pp
1967 10.88 −1.11 pp
1966 11.99 +1.34 pp
1965 10.65 −0.39 pp
1964 11.04 −0.3 pp
1963 11.34 −0.63 pp
1962 11.98

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.