Palau vs Upper middle income: Fuel imports
Fuel imports over time
- Palau
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Palau currently reports 24.1% against 16.2% in Upper middle income, a difference of 7.9%.
That makes Palau's figure about 1.5 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 12 years both countries report, Palau has been ahead every year.
Palau ranks 29th and Upper middle income ranks 28th of 196 countries.
Palau has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Palau | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.3% | 14.2% | 16.1% | Palau |
| 2010s | 26.9% | 14.3% | 12.5% | Palau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fuel imports, Palau or Upper middle income?
- Palau, at 24.1% against 16.2% in Upper middle income as of 2018.
- What is the difference in fuel imports between Palau and Upper middle income?
- 7.9%, with Palau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Palau and Upper middle income?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2007 to 2018.
- How do Palau and Upper middle income rank globally for fuel imports?
- Palau ranks 29th and Upper middle income ranks 28th of 196 countries.
- 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.
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About this data
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.