Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Middle East & North Africa

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in Middle East & North Africa in 2023 — 66.46%. Since 1972, the indicator has risen by 0.16 pp.

2023 66.46% +2.74 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 90.39%1980
Period minimum 45.46%1991

Trend over time

1972–2023 · % of merchandise exports

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Middle East & North Africa, 1972–202340608010019721978198419901996200220082014202020231972: 66.3%1973: 63.28%1974: 69.86%1975: 71.92%1976: 71.29%1977: 89.4%1978: 79.77%1979: 78.2%1980: 90.39%1981: 89.62%1983: 60.19%1991: 45.46%1992: 48.1%1993: 46.91%1998: 58.03%1999: 75.63%2000: 77.69%2001: 77.16%2002: 64.92%2003: 62.01%2004: 65.91%2005: 66.18%2006: 69.82%2007: 69.35%2008: 68.89%2009: 59.62%2010: 64.01%2011: 64.98%2012: 60.38%2013: 65.31%2014: 62.79%2015: 55.36%2016: 54.46%2017: 54.3%2018: 63.46%2019: 64.13%2020: 62.03%2021: 64.26%2022: 63.73%2023: 66.46%
Change over the period: +0.16 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 66.46%
World 12.36%
Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 66.46 +2.74 pp
2022 63.73 −0.54 pp
2021 64.26 +2.24 pp
2020 62.03 −2.1 pp
2019 64.13 +0.67 pp
2018 63.46 +9.16 pp
2017 54.3 −0.16 pp
2016 54.46 −0.9 pp
2015 55.36 −7.43 pp
2014 62.79 −2.52 pp
2013 65.31 +4.93 pp
2012 60.38 −4.61 pp
2011 64.98 +0.97 pp
2010 64.01 +4.39 pp
2009 59.62 −9.27 pp
2008 68.89 −0.46 pp
2007 69.35 −0.47 pp
2006 69.82 +3.64 pp
2005 66.18 +0.27 pp
2004 65.91 +3.89 pp
2003 62.01 −2.9 pp
2002 64.92 −12.25 pp
2001 77.16 −0.52 pp
2000 77.69 +2.05 pp
1999 75.63 +17.6 pp
1998 58.03
1993 46.91 −1.19 pp
1992 48.1 +2.63 pp
1991 45.46
1983 60.19
1981 89.62 −0.77 pp
1980 90.39 +12.19 pp
1979 78.2 −1.56 pp
1978 79.77 −9.63 pp
1977 89.4 +18.11 pp
1976 71.29 −0.63 pp
1975 71.92 +2.06 pp
1974 69.86 +6.58 pp
1973 63.28 −3.02 pp
1972 66.3

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.