Based on a comparison of 147 countries in 2020, Brunei ranked the highest in fuel imports as a percentage of merchandise imports with 0.365 followed by Bahrain and Mali. On the other end of the scale was Kuwait with 0.004, Russia with 0.007 and Qatar with 0.008.
Average fuel imports as a percentage of merchandise imports reached 0.090 in 2020 in the World according to the National Statistical Office. This is 35.2 % less than in the previous year and -66.4 % 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 -0.417 % 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 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
Belarus | 0.304 | 0.267 | 0.282 | 0.289 | 0.248 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
Brunei | ... | 0.061 | 0.085 | 0.086 | 0.066 | 0.337 | ||||||||||||||||
Burkina Faso | ... | 0.262 | 0.199 | 0.235 | 0.266 | 0.282 | ||||||||||||||||
Cameroon | 0.202 | 0.109 | 0.143 | 0.216 | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||
Pakistan | 0.229 | 0.204 | 0.240 | 0.287 | 0.288 | |||||||||||||||||
Senegal | 0.235 | 0.198 | 0.219 | 0.279 | 0.259 | |||||||||||||||||
Tanzania | 0.506 | 0.181 | 0.197 | 0.208 | 0.210 | |||||||||||||||||
Yemen | 0.099 | ... | ... | 0.335 | 0.284 | ... | ... |