Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — European Union

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in the European Union in 2024 — 5.34%. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 2.06 pp.

2024 5.34% −0.61 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 7.56%2022
Period minimum 2.52%1998

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — European Union, 1962–20240246819621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 7.4%1964: 4.57%1966: 4.02%1968: 4.58%1970: 4.46%1972: 3.78%1974: 5.65%1976: 5.42%1978: 4.99%1980: 6.77%1982: 7.37%1984: 7.52%1986: 4.4%1988: 2.86%1990: 3.46%1992: 3.42%1994: 3.24%1996: 3.21%1998: 2.52%2000: 3.59%2002: 3.06%2004: 3.63%2006: 4.92%2008: 5.63%2010: 5.25%2012: 6.7%2014: 5.82%2016: 3.87%2018: 4.86%2020: 3.27%2022: 7.56%2024: 5.34%
Change over the period: −2.06 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: European Union

European Union 5.34%
World 10.69%
Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — European Union, by year European Union All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 5.34 −0.61 pp
2023 5.95 −1.61 pp
2022 7.56 +2.91 pp
2021 4.65 +1.39 pp
2020 3.27 −1.3 pp
2019 4.57 −0.29 pp
2018 4.86 +0.4 pp
2017 4.45 +0.58 pp
2016 3.87 −0.85 pp
2015 4.72 −1.1 pp
2014 5.82 −0.62 pp
2013 6.44 −0.27 pp
2012 6.7 +0.55 pp
2011 6.16 +0.9 pp
2010 5.25 +0.81 pp
2009 4.44 −1.18 pp
2008 5.63 +1.12 pp
2007 4.5 −0.41 pp
2006 4.92 +0.41 pp
2005 4.51 +0.88 pp
2004 3.63 +0.44 pp
2003 3.19 +0.13 pp
2002 3.06 −0.12 pp
2001 3.18 −0.41 pp
2000 3.59 +0.95 pp
1999 2.63 +0.12 pp
1998 2.52 −0.46 pp
1997 2.98 −0.23 pp
1996 3.21 +0.38 pp
1995 2.83 −0.41 pp
1994 3.24 −0.29 pp
1993 3.53 +0.11 pp
1992 3.42 −0 pp
1991 3.43 −0.04 pp
1990 3.46 +0.17 pp
1989 3.29 +0.43 pp
1988 2.86 −1.07 pp
1987 3.94 −0.46 pp
1986 4.4 −2.28 pp
1985 6.69 −0.83 pp
1984 7.52 +0.27 pp
1983 7.26 −0.12 pp
1982 7.37 −0.01 pp
1981 7.38 +0.61 pp
1980 6.77 +0.96 pp
1979 5.81 +0.82 pp
1978 4.99 −0.46 pp
1977 5.45 +0.02 pp
1976 5.42 +0.06 pp
1975 5.36 −0.29 pp
1974 5.65 +1.48 pp
1973 4.16 +0.38 pp
1972 3.78 −0.99 pp
1971 4.77 +0.31 pp
1970 4.46 +0.3 pp
1969 4.16 −0.41 pp
1968 4.58 +0.67 pp
1967 3.9 −0.11 pp
1966 4.02 −0.49 pp
1965 4.5 −0.07 pp
1964 4.57 −0.58 pp
1963 5.16 −2.24 pp
1962 7.4

About the indicator

The share of fuel — oil, gas, coal and the products of their refining — in a country's merchandise exports. This is the most direct measure of commodity dependence: for a dozen states the share exceeds ninety percent, meaning that all other exports together take up less than a tenth. A high value speaks not of wealth but of fragility: the revenue of such a country moves with the price of a single commodity, over which it has no influence.

Important: The share is of merchandise exports, not of all exports: services do not enter the denominator. The aggregate for country groups is weighted by merchandise exports — the denominator of the indicator itself.

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