Nigeria - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Nigeria was 15.26 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 29.65 in 2018 and a minimum value of 0.43 in 1987.

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 7.02
1963 7.57
1964 7.61
1965 6.31
1966 1.49
1967 3.93
1968 7.53
1969 6.28
1970 3.17
1971 0.83
1972 0.99
1973 1.11
1974 3.19
1975 2.69
1976 3.41
1977 1.81
1978 1.93
1979 2.29
1981 1.20
1983 0.81
1984 1.16
1985 0.87
1986 0.54
1987 0.43
1996 1.33
1997 0.89
1998 2.17
1999 1.79
2000 1.73
2001 2.14
2002 1.31
2003 16.00
2006 2.87
2007 1.78
2008 1.59
2009 0.99
2010 1.31
2011 9.89
2012 2.37
2013 20.16
2014 16.30
2015 18.50
2016 28.58
2017 27.92
2018 29.65
2019 15.52
2020 15.26

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