Import volume index, POL and other energy by country

Petroleum and other energy products imports volume index with 1987=100.

Countries reporting

Highest

1.85 billion

Mauritania

Lowest

Namibia

Median

163.21

Years covered

1965–2011

Data points

1,099

What the numbers show

Import volume index, POL and other energy is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 1.85 billion in Mauritania; the lowest is 0 in Namibia.

The median across all reporting countries is 163.21, and the mean is 47.46 million.

Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 458.3%), and the largest decrease in Namibia (down 100.0%).

Import volume index, POL and other energy: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Mauritania	1.85 billion	2011	up 297.3%	volatile
2	Seychelles	917.68	2010	up 156.2%	volatile
3	Ghana	729.1	2010	up 69.4%	volatile
4	Cameroon	657.47	2007	up 252.3%	volatile
5	Nigeria	495.9	1997	up 395.9%	volatile
6	Madagascar	406.4	2009	up 105.5%	volatile
7	Ethiopia	405.18	1993	up 143.0%	volatile
8	Mali	373.78	2001	up 158.0%	rising
9	Kenya	341.2	2010	up 178.1%	volatile
10	Guinea-Bissau	309.27	2011	up 104.0%	volatile
11	Zambia	268.5	2002	up 256.8%	rising
12	Morocco	261.34	2011	up 33.3%	volatile
13	Mozambique	245.74	2011	up 39.2%	rising
14	Gambia	232.58	2004	down 34.8%	rising
15	Egypt	211.95	2000	up 175.9%	rising
16	Cape Verde	186.33	2000	up 21.9%	rising
17	Botswana	185.22	2011	up 91.9%	rising
18	Zimbabwe	177.56	2011	up 73.9%	rising
19	South Africa	170.89	2004	up 458.3%	volatile
20	Sao Tome and Principe	163.21	2003	up 78.7%	rising
21	Cote d'Ivoire	159.62	2011	up 48.9%	rising
22	Senegal	153.72	2011	up 38.0%	rising
23	Eswatini	130.83	2010	up 30.8%	volatile
24	Congo	128.25	2006	down 50.4%	volatile
25	Togo	119.85	1991	up 46.2%	rising
26	Central African Republic	118.22	2006	down 18.3%	falling
27	Mauritius	116.97	2011	up 27.1%	rising
28	Sudan	110.32	1989	down 50.1%	falling
29	Algeria	95.71	2003	down 2.2%	falling
30	Comoros	93.65	1996	up 1.5%	rising
31	Tunisia	93.56	1999	down 5.8%	rising
32	Malawi	89.35	2009	up 7.5%	rising
33	Burundi	87.04	2002	down 3.9%	flat
34	Equatorial Guinea	80.36	2003	up 234.4%	volatile
35	Rwanda	74.97	2000	up 8.6%	falling
36	Chad	62.07	1994	down 37.9%	falling
37	Sierra Leone	41.5	1997	down 58.5%	falling
38	Guinea	0.0003	2005	down 100.0%	volatile
39	Namibia	0	2011	down 100.0%	volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

North Africa 251.27
Africa 196.52
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 184.54
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 172.57
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 172.57

About this data

Indicator: Import volume index, POL and other energy
Source: World Bank country economists
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 44 places, 1,099 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Petroleum and other energy products imports volume index with 1987=100.