Kiribati - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Kiribati was 14.16 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 27.39 in 2008 and a minimum value of 7.05 in 1974.

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
1973 7.66
1974 7.05
1975 10.29
1976 13.57
1977 18.22
1978 10.46
1979 14.53
1980 10.93
1983 12.85
1984 14.79
1985 15.00
1986 10.44
1987 10.62
1989 11.20
1990 10.72
1991 10.93
1992 7.82
1993 7.42
1994 9.29
1995 10.07
1996 10.10
1997 13.21
1998 12.19
1999 10.40
2004 12.75
2005 16.98
2006 24.98
2007 24.93
2008 27.39
2009 16.24
2010 24.75
2011 19.25
2012 16.44
2013 19.35
2014 10.52
2015 7.30
2016 10.95
2017 10.69
2018 14.18
2020 14.16

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