Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) vs New Caledonia: Fuel imports

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
10.9%
in 2024
New Caledonia
22.3%
in 2015
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank
39th
New Caledonia rank
40th

Fuel imports over time

  • Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
  • New Caledonia
51015202530196219932024

How they compare

New Caledonia currently reports 22.3% against 10.9% in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 11.4%.

That makes New Caledonia's figure about 2.1 times Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.

Across all 27 years both countries report, New Caledonia has been ahead every year.

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 39th and New Caledonia ranks 40th of 47 groups.

New Caledonia has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) New Caledonia Difference Ahead
1960s 6.7% 13.5% 6.8% New Caledonia
1970s 13.1% 21.8% 8.7% New Caledonia
1980s 16.3% 26.8% 10.4% New Caledonia
1990s 6.1% 8.8% 2.7% New Caledonia
2000s 10.1% 14.2% 4.1% New Caledonia
2010s 13.1% 22.0% 8.9% New Caledonia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fuel imports, Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) or New Caledonia?
New Caledonia, at 22.3% against 10.9% in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) as of 2015.
What is the difference in fuel imports between Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) and New Caledonia?
11.4%, with New Caledonia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) and New Caledonia?
27 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2015.
How do Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) and New Caledonia rank globally for fuel imports?
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 39th and New Caledonia ranks 40th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) vs New Caledonia: Fuel imports. Statizoid, drawing on Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division. Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://energy.statizoid.com/compare/fuel-imports-percent-of-merchandise-imports/latin-america-and-the-caribbean-ida-and-ibrd-countries/new-caledonia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://energy.statizoid.com/compare/fuel-imports-percent-of-merchandise-imports/latin-america-and-the-caribbean-ida-and-ibrd-countries/new-caledonia/">Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) vs New Caledonia: Fuel imports</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)
Unit
% of merchandise imports
Source
Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 9,984 data points, 1962–2025
Last refreshed

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.