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.
Fuel Imports (As % of Merchandise Imports) | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
Bahrain | ... | 0.466 | 0.401 | 0.256 | 0.228 | 0.261 | ... | |||||||||||||||
Belarus | 0.292 | 0.293 | 0.304 | 0.267 | 0.282 | |||||||||||||||||
Greece | 0.373 | 0.343 | 0.267 | 0.227 | 0.250 | |||||||||||||||||
India | 0.395 | 0.385 | 0.268 | 0.250 | 0.277 | |||||||||||||||||
Ivory Coast | 0.253 | 0.259 | 0.167 | 0.147 | 0.166 | |||||||||||||||||
Jamaica | 0.363 | 0.338 | 0.230 | 0.198 | 0.245 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
Mali | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.222 | 0.239 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Malta | 0.394 | 0.403 | 0.277 | 0.259 | 0.282 | |||||||||||||||||
Nigeria | ... | ... | 0.202 | 0.163 | 0.185 | 0.286 | 0.279 | |||||||||||||||
Pakistan | 0.348 | 0.313 | 0.229 | 0.204 | 0.240 | |||||||||||||||||
Singapore | 0.301 | 0.300 | 0.210 | 0.175 | 0.221 | |||||||||||||||||
South Korea | 0.350 | 0.334 | 0.237 | 0.201 | 0.230 | |||||||||||||||||
Trinidad and Tobago | 0.512 | 0.435 | 0.290 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||||
Ukraine | 0.276 | 0.278 | 0.290 | 0.200 | 0.234 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
Zimbabwe | 0.224 | 0.258 | 0.261 | 0.282 | 0.301 |