Based on a comparison of 143 countries in 2021, Brunei ranked the highest in fuel imports as a percentage of merchandise imports with 0.365 followed by Nigeria and Bahrain. On the other end of the scale was Kuwait with 0.004, Trinidad and Tobago with 0.007 and Russia with 0.007.
Average fuel imports as a percentage of merchandise imports reached 0.113 in 2021 in the World according to the National Statistical Office. This is 18.7 % more than in the previous year and -53.2 % less than 10 years ago.
Historically, average fuel imports as a percentage of merchandise imports reached an all time high of 0.249 in 1981 and an all time low of 0.068 in 1998. The average annual growth amounted to -0.039 % since 1962.
Data for more countries are available at Fuel Imports (As % of Merchandise Imports) indicator page.
Fuel Imports (As % of Merchandise Imports) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
Afghanistan | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.212 | 0.154 | 0.119 | 0.131 | 0.227 | ... | ... | ||||||||
Bahrain | 0.256 | 0.228 | 0.261 | 0.298 | 0.303 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
Bolivia | 0.117 | 0.095 | 0.105 | 0.130 | 0.163 | |||||||||||||||||
Brunei | ... | 0.061 | 0.085 | 0.086 | 0.066 | 0.337 | ||||||||||||||||
Burkina Faso | ... | 0.262 | 0.199 | 0.235 | 0.266 | 0.282 | ||||||||||||||||
Greece | 0.267 | 0.227 | 0.250 | 0.290 | 0.269 | |||||||||||||||||
India | 0.268 | 0.250 | 0.277 | 0.332 | 0.319 | |||||||||||||||||
Ivory Coast | 0.167 | 0.147 | 0.166 | 0.217 | 0.211 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
Lebanon | 0.207 | 0.197 | 0.030 | 0.204 | 0.340 | |||||||||||||||||
Mali | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.222 | 0.239 | 0.284 | 0.292 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
Mauritania | 0.160 | 0.195 | 0.183 | 0.327 | 0.297 | |||||||||||||||||
Nigeria | ... | ... | 0.185 | 0.286 | 0.279 | 0.296 | 0.155 | |||||||||||||||
Pakistan | 0.229 | 0.204 | 0.240 | 0.287 | 0.288 | |||||||||||||||||
Senegal | 0.235 | 0.198 | 0.219 | 0.279 | 0.259 | |||||||||||||||||
Yemen | 0.099 | ... | ... | 0.335 | 0.284 | ... | ... |