Benin - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Benin was 13.35 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 23.00 in 2004 and a minimum value of 3.49 in 1969.

Definition: Fuels comprise the commodities in SITC section 3 (mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

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Year Value
1962 7.96
1963 6.09
1964 6.00
1965 5.54
1966 4.47
1967 4.35
1968 4.69
1969 3.49
1970 3.80
1971 3.63
1972 4.31
1973 5.70
1974 9.78
1979 10.71
1980 8.34
1982 4.73
1998 20.78
1999 10.62
2000 19.15
2001 17.30
2002 17.42
2003 20.04
2004 23.00
2005 20.44
2006 21.62
2007 20.44
2008 14.81
2009 16.65
2010 19.61
2011 16.67
2012 21.03
2013 14.11
2014 13.96
2015 17.52
2016 13.55
2017 16.52
2018 18.06
2019 19.85
2020 18.63
2021 13.35

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise import shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports