Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) - Country Ranking - Africa
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: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cabo Verde | 32.64 | 2020 |
| 2 | Mali | 29.23 | 2019 |
| 3 | Mauritania | 28.93 | 2020 |
| 4 | Burkina Faso | 26.62 | 2020 |
| 5 | Senegal | 23.15 | 2020 |
| 6 | Cameroon | 21.63 | 2018 |
| 7 | Côte d'Ivoire | 21.10 | 2019 |
| 8 | Tanzania | 20.64 | 2021 |
| 9 | Liberia | 19.75 | 1984 |
| 10 | São Tomé and Principe | 18.30 | 2020 |
| 11 | Chad | 17.93 | 1995 |
| 12 | Kenya | 17.91 | 2021 |
| 13 | Mauritius | 17.01 | 2021 |
| 14 | Tunisia | 16.72 | 2019 |
| 15 | Rwanda | 16.71 | 2019 |
| 16 | Guinea-Bissau | 16.65 | 2005 |
| 17 | Libya | 16.34 | 2018 |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 16.13 | 2020 |
| 19 | Burundi | 15.51 | 2020 |
| 20 | Nigeria | 15.26 | 2020 |
| 21 | Mozambique | 15.18 | 2020 |
| 22 | Eswatini | 14.53 | 2020 |
| 23 | The Gambia | 14.16 | 2020 |
| 24 | Angola | 14.12 | 2019 |
| 25 | South Africa | 13.96 | 2020 |
| 26 | Guinea | 13.77 | 2016 |
| 27 | Benin | 13.35 | 2021 |
| 28 | Botswana | 13.01 | 2020 |
| 29 | Madagascar | 12.54 | 2020 |
| 30 | Somalia | 12.44 | 1982 |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 12.04 | 2020 |
| 32 | Uganda | 11.82 | 2020 |
| 33 | Morocco | 11.80 | 2020 |
| 34 | Seychelles | 11.72 | 2020 |
| 35 | Egypt | 11.53 | 2020 |
| 36 | Togo | 10.88 | 2020 |
| 37 | Sudan | 9.90 | 2011 |
| 38 | Zambia | 9.77 | 2020 |
| 39 | Comoros | 8.96 | 2020 |
| 40 | Lesotho | 8.81 | 2020 |
| 41 | Namibia | 8.43 | 2020 |
| 42 | Malawi | 7.94 | 2020 |
| 43 | Gabon | 7.29 | 2009 |
| 44 | Djibouti | 6.45 | 2009 |
| 45 | Central African Republic | 5.78 | 2018 |
| 46 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 5.03 | 2020 |
| 47 | Algeria | 4.21 | 2017 |
| 48 | Niger | 3.85 | 2020 |
| 49 | Congo | 3.63 | 2020 |
| 50 | Ghana | 2.86 | 2019 |
| 51 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.75 | 1983 |
| 52 | Sierra Leone | 1.12 | 2018 |
| 53 | Eritrea | 0.87 | 2003 |
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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.
