Antigua and Barbuda's fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) was 0.68% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 29.09 percentage points from 29.77% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 0.68% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 0.53% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 29.77% | 2014 |
| Highest | 57.19% | 1974 |
| Lowest | 0.33% | 1977 |
| Average since 2015 | 8.62% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 37.93% | 1973 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Antigua and Barbuda's fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) fell 0.04 percentage points on 2023 (from 0.72% to 0.68%).
Across the 20 yearly changes before that (1974 to 2023), the average change was −0.77 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 14.26 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 36.15 percentage points in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 30.4 percentage points in 2007. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 29% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Antigua and Barbuda had the 37th highest value of the 36 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Antigua and Barbuda | 0.68% | 2024 |
| World | 11.24% | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 9.01% | 2025 |
| High income | 9.43% | 2025 |
Closest to Antigua and Barbuda in the 2024 ranking
What this measures
Fuels comprise the commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) section 3 (mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise imports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a non-resident and a resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e.
Limitations: 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.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 27 values
| Year | Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.6778 |
| 2023 | 0.7226 |
| 2022 | 0.7851 |
| 2021 | 19.98 |
| 2020 | 14.95 |
| 2019 | 0.5275 |
| 2018 | 0.5964 |
| 2017 | 16.19 |
| 2016 | 15.14 |
| 2015 | 16.59 |
| 2014 |
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in nearby economies
More private sector & trade data for Antigua and Barbuda
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$938 million (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$32 million (2025)
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 41.49% (2025)
- Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports) — 10.21% (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) — 52.85% (2025)
- Commercial service imports (current US$) — US$614.45 million (2025)
- Transport services (% of commercial service imports) — 21.26% (2025)
- Travel services (% of commercial service imports) — 15.68% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Antigua and Barbuda's fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)?
- 0.68% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1973?
- It is down 37.25 percentage points from 37.93% in 1973. The highest value was 57.19% in 1974 and the lowest 0.33% in 1977.
- How does Antigua and Barbuda rank?
- 37th highest of 36 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) unusual for Antigua and Barbuda?
- In 2024, Antigua and Barbuda's fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) fell 0.04 percentage points on 2023 (from 0.72% to 0.68%). Across the 20 yearly changes before that (1974 to 2023), the average change was −0.77 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 14.26 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TM.VAL.FUEL.ZS.UN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division; World Integrated Trade Solution system (WITS); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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