Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Iran

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in Iran in 2022 — 56.36%. Ranked 17 in the world out of 161. Since 1963, the indicator has fallen by 30.23 pp.

2022 56.36% +8.45 pp vs 2021
World rank 17of 161
Period maximum 99.15%1977
Period minimum 29.16%2020

Trend over time

1963–2022 · % of merchandise exports

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Iran, 1963–20220255075100196319691975198119871993199920052011201720221963: 86.59%1964: 88%1965: 86.72%1966: 87.27%1967: 90.37%1968: 89.25%1969: 88.9%1970: 88.62%1971: 87.31%1972: 88.26%1973: 89.77%1974: 97.33%1975: 97.04%1976: 97.61%1977: 99.15%1997: 85.8%1998: 81.3%1999: 86.07%2000: 88.87%2001: 85.21%2002: 70.31%2003: 79.48%2004: 78.96%2005: 83.08%2006: 83.28%2010: 70.8%2011: 70.5%2013: 71.72%2014: 67.8%2015: 57.79%2016: 67.59%2017: 71.06%2018: 68.68%2019: 38.53%2020: 29.16%2021: 47.91%2022: 56.36%
Change over the period: −30.23 pp Annual average: -0.51 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Iran 56.36%
World 14.08%
Southern Asia computed 25.84%
Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Iran, by year Iran All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 56.36 +8.45 pp
2021 47.91 +18.75 pp
2020 29.16 −9.37 pp
2019 38.53 −30.15 pp
2018 68.68 −2.38 pp
2017 71.06 +3.47 pp
2016 67.59 +9.79 pp
2015 57.79 −10 pp
2014 67.8 −3.92 pp
2013 71.72
2011 70.5 −0.3 pp
2010 70.8
2006 83.28 +0.2 pp
2005 83.08 +4.12 pp
2004 78.96 −0.52 pp
2003 79.48 +9.17 pp
2002 70.31 −14.9 pp
2001 85.21 −3.66 pp
2000 88.87 +2.8 pp
1999 86.07 +4.77 pp
1998 81.3 −4.5 pp
1997 85.8
1977 99.15 +1.54 pp
1976 97.61 +0.57 pp
1975 97.04 −0.29 pp
1974 97.33 +7.56 pp
1973 89.77 +1.51 pp
1972 88.26 +0.94 pp
1971 87.31 −1.31 pp
1970 88.62 −0.28 pp
1969 88.9 −0.36 pp
1968 89.25 −1.12 pp
1967 90.37 +3.1 pp
1966 87.27 +0.55 pp
1965 86.72 −1.27 pp
1964 88 +1.41 pp
1963 86.59

Southern Asia, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.

Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.