Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Mercosur

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in Mercosur in 2024 — 15.03%. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 14.16 pp.

2024 15.03% +0.26 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 15.03%2024
Period minimum 0.31%1965

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Mercosur, 1962–20240510152019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 0.87%1963: 0.78%1964: 0.32%1965: 0.31%1967: 0.88%1968: 1.01%1969: 0.71%1970: 0.65%1971: 1.04%1972: 1.26%1973: 1.42%1974: 2.26%1975: 2.76%1976: 2.75%1977: 1.88%1978: 1.72%1979: 1.53%1980: 2.85%1981: 6.09%1982: 7.97%1983: 5.97%1984: 6.86%1985: 7.28%1986: 3.85%1987: 3.72%1992: 3.6%1993: 3.6%1994: 3.96%1995: 3.78%1996: 4.79%1997: 4.11%1998: 3.26%1999: 4.31%2000: 8.11%2001: 9.18%2002: 9.86%2003: 9.75%2004: 8.78%2005: 9.94%2006: 10.93%2007: 10.3%2008: 10.8%2009: 10.44%2010: 10.47%2011: 10.49%2012: 11.35%2013: 8.87%2014: 10.14%2015: 7.95%2016: 6.7%2017: 8.48%2018: 11.74%2019: 12.05%2020: 10.55%2021: 11.53%2022: 14.69%2023: 14.77%2024: 15.03%
Change over the period: +14.16 pp Annual average: 0.23 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Mercosur 15.03%
World 10.69%
Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 15.03 +0.26 pp
2023 14.77 +0.08 pp
2022 14.69 +3.16 pp
2021 11.53 +0.97 pp
2020 10.55 −1.5 pp
2019 12.05 +0.31 pp
2018 11.74 +3.26 pp
2017 8.48 +1.78 pp
2016 6.7 −1.25 pp
2015 7.95 −2.19 pp
2014 10.14 +1.27 pp
2013 8.87 −2.48 pp
2012 11.35 +0.87 pp
2011 10.49 +0.01 pp
2010 10.47 +0.03 pp
2009 10.44 −0.35 pp
2008 10.8 +0.49 pp
2007 10.3 −0.63 pp
2006 10.93 +0.99 pp
2005 9.94 +1.17 pp
2004 8.78 −0.97 pp
2003 9.75 −0.11 pp
2002 9.86 +0.69 pp
2001 9.18 +1.07 pp
2000 8.11 +3.8 pp
1999 4.31 +1.04 pp
1998 3.26 −0.85 pp
1997 4.11 −0.68 pp
1996 4.79 +1.01 pp
1995 3.78 −0.18 pp
1994 3.96 +0.36 pp
1993 3.6 +0 pp
1992 3.6
1987 3.72 −0.13 pp
1986 3.85 −3.43 pp
1985 7.28 +0.42 pp
1984 6.86 +0.9 pp
1983 5.97 −2 pp
1982 7.97 +1.88 pp
1981 6.09 +3.24 pp
1980 2.85 +1.32 pp
1979 1.53 −0.19 pp
1978 1.72 −0.17 pp
1977 1.88 −0.87 pp
1976 2.75 −0.01 pp
1975 2.76 +0.5 pp
1974 2.26 +0.84 pp
1973 1.42 +0.15 pp
1972 1.26 +0.22 pp
1971 1.04 +0.39 pp
1970 0.65 −0.06 pp
1969 0.71 −0.3 pp
1968 1.01 +0.13 pp
1967 0.88
1965 0.31 −0.01 pp
1964 0.32 −0.46 pp
1963 0.78 −0.09 pp
1962 0.87

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.