Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — North America

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in North America in 2024 — 20.32%. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 15.49 pp.

2024 20.32% +0.25 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 23.29%2022
Period minimum 3%1998

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — North America, 1962–2024010203019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 4.83%1964: 3.81%1966: 3.61%1968: 3.53%1970: 4.24%1972: 4.33%1974: 6.17%1976: 5.89%1978: 4.52%1980: 6%1982: 7.92%1984: 6.28%1986: 5.19%1989: 4.19%1991: 4.68%1993: 3.99%1995: 3.44%1997: 3.69%1999: 3.02%2001: 4.76%2003: 5.11%2005: 7.19%2007: 7.85%2009: 9.8%2011: 13.68%2013: 14.11%2015: 10.7%2017: 12.96%2019: 15.9%2021: 17.63%2023: 20.08%2024: 20.32%
Change over the period: +15.49 pp Annual average: 0.25 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

North America 20.32%
World 10.69%
Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — North America, by year North America All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 20.32 +0.25 pp
2023 20.08 −3.21 pp
2022 23.29 +5.66 pp
2021 17.63 +3.84 pp
2020 13.79 −2.11 pp
2019 15.9 +0.12 pp
2018 15.78 +2.82 pp
2017 12.96 +3.23 pp
2016 9.73 −0.97 pp
2015 10.7 −4.12 pp
2014 14.82 +0.72 pp
2013 14.11 +0.71 pp
2012 13.4 −0.28 pp
2011 13.68 +2.6 pp
2010 11.07 +1.28 pp
2009 9.8 −1.55 pp
2008 11.34 +3.49 pp
2007 7.85 +0.39 pp
2006 7.47 +0.28 pp
2005 7.19 +1.36 pp
2004 5.83 +0.71 pp
2003 5.11 +0.97 pp
2002 4.15 −0.61 pp
2001 4.76 +0.28 pp
2000 4.47 +1.46 pp
1999 3.02 +0.02 pp
1998 3 −0.69 pp
1997 3.69 −0.18 pp
1996 3.87 +0.43 pp
1995 3.44 −0.09 pp
1994 3.53 −0.47 pp
1993 3.99 −0.27 pp
1992 4.27 −0.41 pp
1991 4.68 −0.02 pp
1990 4.7 +0.51 pp
1989 4.19
1987 4.66 −0.53 pp
1986 5.19 −1.63 pp
1985 6.83 +0.54 pp
1984 6.28 −0.53 pp
1983 6.81 −1.12 pp
1982 7.92 +1.39 pp
1981 6.53 +0.54 pp
1980 6 +0.62 pp
1979 5.38 +0.86 pp
1978 4.52 −0.95 pp
1977 5.47 −0.42 pp
1976 5.89 −0.96 pp
1975 6.85 +0.68 pp
1974 6.17 +2.21 pp
1973 3.97 −0.37 pp
1972 4.33 +0.1 pp
1971 4.24 −0 pp
1970 4.24 +0.71 pp
1969 3.53 −0 pp
1968 3.53 −0.39 pp
1967 3.92 +0.31 pp
1966 3.61 −0.24 pp
1965 3.84 +0.04 pp
1964 3.81 −0.51 pp
1963 4.32 −0.51 pp
1962 4.83

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.