Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Turkmenistan

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Turkmenistan in 2000 — 1.2%. Ranked 160 in the world out of 165. Since 1997, the indicator has fallen by 1.48 pp.

2000 1.2% −2.86 pp vs 1999
World rank 160of 165
Period maximum 4.62%1998
Period minimum 1.2%2000

Trend over time

1997–2000 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Turkmenistan, 1997–2000024619971998199920001997: 2.67%1998: 4.62%1999: 4.05%2000: 1.2%
Change over the period: −1.48 pp Annual average: -0.49 pp

Comparison, 2000

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

Turkmenistan 1.2%
World 10.54%
Central Asia computed 10.2%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Turkmenistan, by year Turkmenistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2000 1.2 −2.86 pp
1999 4.05 −0.56 pp
1998 4.62 +1.94 pp
1997 2.67

Central Asia, 2000

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.