Tanzania - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Tanzania was 20.64 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 50.63 in 2015 and a minimum value of 0.54 in 1995.

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
1976 18.60
1977 13.27
1978 11.07
1979 13.85
1980 20.97
1981 30.78
1987 44.31
1995 0.54
1996 7.61
1997 13.69
1998 8.90
1999 7.99
2000 13.18
2001 12.91
2002 11.67
2003 18.98
2004 16.48
2005 22.26
2006 24.00
2007 29.88
2008 29.44
2009 22.63
2010 27.60
2011 32.12
2012 32.61
2013 38.72
2014 28.04
2015 50.63
2016 18.12
2017 19.68
2018 20.81
2019 21.05
2020 16.21
2021 20.64

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