Barbados - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Barbados was 20.50 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 54 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 30.95 in 2012 and a minimum value of 1.27 in 2004.

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.

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Year Value
1967 8.66
1968 9.89
1969 7.61
1970 5.54
1971 6.54
1972 5.85
1973 6.64
1974 15.86
1975 16.88
1976 13.01
1977 13.26
1978 11.60
1979 14.06
1980 15.36
1981 16.00
1982 16.19
1983 10.03
1984 13.63
1985 17.55
1986 10.24
1987 10.77
1992 11.29
1993 9.74
1994 8.70
1995 8.50
1996 9.89
1997 8.31
1998 7.98
1999 6.16
2000 11.52
2001 11.55
2002 6.27
2003 15.36
2004 1.27
2005 17.15
2006 18.44
2007 1.46
2008 17.84
2009 13.36
2010 1.63
2011 27.28
2012 30.95
2013 27.29
2014 25.55
2015 18.65
2016 15.51
2017 19.57
2018 23.23
2019 23.03
2020 17.29
2021 20.50

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