Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Yemen

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Yemen in 2019 — 28.42%. Ranked 10 in the world out of 168. Since 1975, the indicator has risen by 23.37 pp.

2019 28.42% −5.12 pp vs 2018
World rank 10of 168
Period maximum 33.54%2018
Period minimum 1.53%2013

Trend over time

1975–2019 · % of merchandise imports

Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Yemen, 1975–201901020304019751980198519901995200020052010201520191975: 5.05%2001: 12.02%2002: 14.64%2003: 14.86%2004: 12.14%2005: 19.34%2006: 21.63%2007: 21.44%2008: 28.79%2009: 20.93%2010: 20.96%2011: 30.51%2012: 27.24%2013: 1.53%2014: 2.15%2015: 9.85%2018: 33.54%2019: 28.42%
Change over the period: +23.37 pp Annual average: 0.53 pp

Comparison, 2019

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

Yemen 28.42%
World 12.32%
Western Asia computed 11.61%
Low-income countries computed 17.53%
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — Yemen, by year Yemen All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2019 28.42 −5.12 pp
2018 33.54
2015 9.85 +7.7 pp
2014 2.15 +0.62 pp
2013 1.53 −25.71 pp
2012 27.24 −3.27 pp
2011 30.51 +9.55 pp
2010 20.96 +0.04 pp
2009 20.93 −7.87 pp
2008 28.79 +7.36 pp
2007 21.44 −0.19 pp
2006 21.63 +2.29 pp
2005 19.34 +7.2 pp
2004 12.14 −2.72 pp
2003 14.86 +0.22 pp
2002 14.64 +2.62 pp
2001 12.02
1975 5.05

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.