IDA only - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in IDA only was 17.09 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18.88 in 2012 and a minimum value of 12.01 in 2002.

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.

See also:

Year Value
2000 15.83
2001 13.42
2002 12.01
2003 12.61
2004 12.20
2005 14.51
2006 17.85
2007 17.02
2008 16.91
2009 14.83
2010 16.10
2011 18.74
2012 18.88
2013 16.33
2014 18.30
2015 15.11
2016 12.96
2017 14.10
2018 16.36
2019 17.09

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