OECD members - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in OECD members was 9.71 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26.49 in 1981 and a minimum value of 6.75 in 1998.

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 12.32
1963 11.38
1964 11.07
1965 10.69
1966 9.81
1967 10.33
1968 9.71
1969 9.14
1970 9.67
1971 11.32
1972 10.91
1973 11.72
1974 21.29
1975 21.88
1976 22.36
1977 21.54
1978 19.07
1979 21.76
1980 25.85
1981 26.49
1982 24.91
1983 22.38
1984 20.79
1985 19.28
1986 12.21
1987 11.38
1989 9.79
1990 11.12
1991 10.34
1992 9.93
1993 9.48
1994 8.46
1995 7.63
1996 8.71
1997 8.71
1998 6.75
1999 7.30
2000 10.30
2001 10.12
2002 9.65
2003 10.44
2004 11.39
2005 14.06
2006 14.93
2007 14.43
2008 17.93
2009 14.55
2010 15.69
2011 17.94
2012 18.41
2013 17.47
2014 15.70
2015 10.83
2016 9.02
2017 10.42
2018 11.86
2019 10.80
2020 7.55
2021 9.71

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