Which Country Imports the Most Fuel Products?

Based on a comparison of 141 countries in 2017, India ranked the highest in fuel imports as a percentage of merchandise imports with 0.293 followed by Trinidad and Tobago and Zimbabwe. On the other end of the scale was Panama with < 0.001, Central African Republic with 0.003 and Kuwait with 0.005.

Average fuel imports as a percentage of merchandise imports reached 0.116 in 2017 in the World according to the National Statistical Office. This is 16 % less than in the previous year and -50.0 % less than 10 years ago.

Historically, average fuel imports as a percentage of merchandise imports reached an all time high of 0.257 in 1981 and an all time low of 0.070 in 1998. The average annual growth amounted to -0.312 % since 1962.

Data for more countries are available at Fuel Imports (As % of Merchandise Imports) indicator page.