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Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Iraq

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in Iraq in 2016 — 99.99%. Ranked 1 in the world out of 165. Since 1963, the indicator has risen by 6.01 pp.

2016 99.99% +0.2 pp vs 2015
World rank 1of 165
Period maximum 99.99%2016
Period minimum 5.9%1972

Trend over time

1963–2016 · % of merchandise exports

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Iraq, 1963–2016025507510019631969197519811987199319992005201120161963: 93.98%1972: 5.9%1973: 6.39%1974: 20.29%1975: 34%1976: 33.73%2000: 97.01%2001: 95.01%2002: 95.1%2004: 96.01%2005: 96.36%2006: 99.46%2007: 99.63%2008: 99.76%2009: 99.69%2010: 99.7%2011: 99.78%2012: 99.75%2013: 99.8%2014: 99.89%2015: 99.79%2016: 99.99%
Change over the period: +6.01 pp Annual average: 0.11 pp

Comparison, 2016

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

Iraq 99.99%
World 10.3%
Middle East & North Africa 54.46%
Western Asia computed 45.59%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 7.52%
Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2016 99.99 +0.2 pp
2015 99.79 −0.1 pp
2014 99.89 +0.09 pp
2013 99.8 +0.05 pp
2012 99.75 −0.03 pp
2011 99.78 +0.07 pp
2010 99.7 +0.01 pp
2009 99.69 −0.06 pp
2008 99.76 +0.13 pp
2007 99.63 +0.17 pp
2006 99.46 +3.1 pp
2005 96.36 +0.35 pp
2004 96.01 —
2002 95.1 +0.09 pp
2001 95.01 −2.01 pp
2000 97.01 —
1976 33.73 −0.27 pp
1975 34 +13.71 pp
1974 20.29 +13.9 pp
1973 6.39 +0.49 pp
1972 5.9 —
1963 93.98 —

Western Asia, 2016

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

IQ Iraq 99.99 KW Kuwait 92.74 AZ Azerbaijan 91.7 QA Qatar 85.04 SA Saudi Arabia 77.55 OM Oman 76.05 BH Bahrain 45.02 AE United Arab Emirates 31.56 CY Cyprus 19.46 AM Armenia 3.49 GE Georgia 3.43 TR Türkiye 2.14 IL Israel 1.39 LB Lebanon 0.48 PS Palestine 0.16 JO Jordan 0.1
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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.

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