Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Suriname

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Suriname in 2024 — 12.87%. Ranked 77 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 3.13 pp.

2024 12.87% +0.91 pp vs 2023
World rank 77of 131
Period maximum 24.67%1974
Period minimum 6.48%2018

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Suriname, 1962–2024010203019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 9.75%1965: 6.9%1973: 13.44%1974: 24.67%1994: 14.63%1995: 11.78%1996: 13.57%1997: 14.73%1998: 11.34%1999: 9.39%2000: 6.71%2001: 17.17%2002: 14.37%2003: 14.68%2004: 13.92%2005: 17.16%2006: 19.07%2007: 15.95%2008: 15.56%2009: 15.61%2010: 18.9%2011: 23.38%2012: 15.51%2013: 21.72%2014: 21%2015: 12.29%2016: 15.27%2017: 10.94%2018: 6.48%2019: 11.1%2020: 12.95%2021: 9.69%2022: 8.96%2023: 11.96%2024: 12.87%
Change over the period: +3.13 pp Annual average: 0.05 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Suriname 12.87%
World 13.08%
South America computed 14.06%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Suriname, by year Suriname All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 12.87 +0.91 pp
2023 11.96 +3 pp
2022 8.96 −0.73 pp
2021 9.69 −3.26 pp
2020 12.95 +1.85 pp
2019 11.1 +4.62 pp
2018 6.48 −4.46 pp
2017 10.94 −4.33 pp
2016 15.27 +2.98 pp
2015 12.29 −8.71 pp
2014 21 −0.72 pp
2013 21.72 +6.2 pp
2012 15.51 −7.87 pp
2011 23.38 +4.48 pp
2010 18.9 +3.29 pp
2009 15.61 +0.05 pp
2008 15.56 −0.39 pp
2007 15.95 −3.13 pp
2006 19.07 +1.91 pp
2005 17.16 +3.24 pp
2004 13.92 −0.76 pp
2003 14.68 +0.31 pp
2002 14.37 −2.8 pp
2001 17.17 +10.47 pp
2000 6.71 −2.69 pp
1999 9.39 −1.95 pp
1998 11.34 −3.39 pp
1997 14.73 +1.17 pp
1996 13.57 +1.79 pp
1995 11.78 −2.86 pp
1994 14.63
1974 24.67 +11.23 pp
1973 13.44
1965 6.9
1962 9.75

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.