Tajikistan's fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) was 5.09% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 0.39 percentage points from 5.48% in 2018.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 5.09% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 5.48% | 2018 |
| Highest | 37.47% | 2000 |
| Lowest | 5.09% | 2023 |
| Average since 2014 | 14.01% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 37.47% | 2000 |
Over five years it is down 0.39 percentage points from 5.48% in 2018. Since 2000 it is down 32.37 percentage points from 37.47% in 2000. The World Bank has no value for 13 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2023, Tajikistan's fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) fell 14.02 percentage points on 2022 (from 19.12% to 5.09%).
Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2015 to 2022), the average change was +0.12 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.62 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 12.39 percentage points in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was 14.02 percentage points in 2023. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 3% 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 2023, Tajikistan had the 23rd highest value of the 24 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tajikistan | 5.09% | 2023 |
| World | 11.24% | 2025 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 9.14% | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 25.64% | 2025 |
Closest to Tajikistan in the 2023 ranking
- Gabon — 19th of 24: 6.89%
- Aruba — 20th of 24: 5.91%
- Congo, Rep. — 21st of 24: 5.2%
- United Arab Emirates — 23rd of 24: 4.49%
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 24th of 24: 1.73%
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 11 values
| Year | Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.09 |
| 2022 | 19.12 |
| 2021 | 17.29 |
| 2020 | 16.78 |
| 2019 | 17.87 |
| 2018 | 5.48 |
| 2017 | 8.55 |
| 2016 | 15.56 |
| 2015 | 16.2 |
| 2014 | 18.16 |
| 2013 |
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in nearby economies
More private sector & trade data for Tajikistan
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 61.13% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$8.31 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$2.49 billion (2025)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 44.25% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 27.1% (2023)
- Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) — 0% (2023)
- Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) — US$7.06 billion (2023)
- Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Tajikistan's fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)?
- 5.09% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is down 32.37 percentage points from 37.47% in 2000. The highest value was 37.47% in 2000 and the lowest 5.09% in 2023.
- How does Tajikistan rank?
- 23rd highest of 24 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) unusual for Tajikistan?
- In 2023, Tajikistan's fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) fell 14.02 percentage points on 2022 (from 19.12% to 5.09%). Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2015 to 2022), the average change was +0.12 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.62 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
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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