Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Thailand

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Thailand in 2024 — 16.9%. Ranked 46 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 6.12 pp.

2024 16.9% −1.52 pp vs 2023
World rank 46of 131
Period maximum 31.02%1982
Period minimum 6.75%1995

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Thailand, 1962–202401020304019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 10.78%1964: 10.31%1966: 9.13%1968: 8.34%1970: 8.75%1972: 10.24%1974: 19.82%1976: 23.3%1978: 21.26%1980: 30.43%1982: 31.02%1984: 23.49%1986: 13.48%1988: 7.64%1990: 9.24%1992: 8.19%1994: 6.76%1996: 8.74%1998: 8.11%2000: 12.34%2002: 11.74%2004: 14.15%2006: 20.15%2008: 21.09%2010: 17.58%2012: 19.5%2014: 21.31%2016: 12.55%2018: 17.11%2020: 13.32%2022: 20.12%2024: 16.9%
Change over the period: +6.12 pp Annual average: 0.1 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Thailand 16.9%
World 13.08%
South-Eastern Asia computed 17.69%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Thailand, by year Thailand All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 16.9 −1.52 pp
2023 18.42 −1.7 pp
2022 20.12 +5.3 pp
2021 14.82 +1.49 pp
2020 13.32 −2.24 pp
2019 15.56 −1.55 pp
2018 17.11 +3.29 pp
2017 13.82 +1.26 pp
2016 12.55 −2.59 pp
2015 15.15 −6.16 pp
2014 21.31 +0.3 pp
2013 21 +1.5 pp
2012 19.5 +0.27 pp
2011 19.23 +1.65 pp
2010 17.58 −1.31 pp
2009 18.89 −2.2 pp
2008 21.09 +2.83 pp
2007 18.26 −1.9 pp
2006 20.15 +2.22 pp
2005 17.93 +3.78 pp
2004 14.15 +2.07 pp
2003 12.08 +0.34 pp
2002 11.74 −0.52 pp
2001 12.26 −0.07 pp
2000 12.34 +2.74 pp
1999 9.6 +1.49 pp
1998 8.11 −1.15 pp
1997 9.26 +0.51 pp
1996 8.74 +2 pp
1995 6.75 −0.01 pp
1994 6.76 −0.67 pp
1993 7.43 −0.76 pp
1992 8.19 −1.05 pp
1991 9.23 −0.01 pp
1990 9.24 +0.17 pp
1989 9.07 +1.44 pp
1988 7.64 −5.71 pp
1987 13.35 −0.13 pp
1986 13.48 −9.18 pp
1985 22.66 −0.83 pp
1984 23.49 −0.71 pp
1983 24.21 −6.81 pp
1982 31.02 +1.24 pp
1981 29.78 −0.65 pp
1980 30.43 +7.92 pp
1979 22.51 +1.25 pp
1978 21.26 −0.99 pp
1977 22.24 −1.05 pp
1976 23.3 +1.71 pp
1975 21.59 +1.77 pp
1974 19.82 +8.57 pp
1973 11.25 +1.02 pp
1972 10.24 −0.19 pp
1971 10.42 +1.67 pp
1970 8.75 +1.91 pp
1969 6.84 −1.5 pp
1968 8.34 +1.13 pp
1967 7.21 −1.92 pp
1966 9.13 +0.62 pp
1965 8.51 −1.8 pp
1964 10.31 +0.66 pp
1963 9.65 −1.13 pp
1962 10.78

South-Eastern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.