West Bank and Gaza - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in West Bank and Gaza was 16.84 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 40.89 in 2008 and a minimum value of 16.84 in 2020.

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
2000 19.12
2001 18.56
2002 23.74
2003 23.65
2004 27.81
2005 26.93
2006 34.16
2007 38.95
2008 40.89
2009 31.54
2010 31.31
2011 31.55
2012 30.64
2013 31.20
2014 32.88
2015 21.67
2016 20.03
2017 19.39
2018 19.27
2019 18.84
2020 16.84

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