Zambia - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Zambia was 9.77 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 54 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22.87 in 2016 and a minimum value of 5.84 in 2002.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1966 7.97
1967 10.20
1970 10.33
1971 8.07
1972 6.59
1973 9.60
1974 12.06
1975 13.57
1976 15.48
1977 15.28
1978 17.65
1979 17.87
1995 13.18
1996 11.29
1997 13.19
1998 9.65
1999 8.51
2000 17.27
2001 7.39
2002 5.84
2003 8.09
2004 10.94
2005 11.05
2006 15.02
2007 12.85
2008 16.08
2009 14.29
2010 11.62
2011 7.82
2012 10.60
2013 10.20
2014 13.65
2015 20.85
2016 22.87
2017 16.77
2018 14.12
2019 17.39
2020 9.77

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