Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Qatar

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in Qatar in 2024 — 83.76%. Ranked 7 in the world out of 127. Since 1972, the indicator has fallen by 109.28 pp.

2024 83.76% −2.78 pp vs 2023
World rank 7of 127
Period maximum 193.04%1972
Period minimum 73.91%2009

Trend over time

1972–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Qatar, 1972–20245010015020019721978198419901996200220082014202020241972: 193.04%1973: 97.29%1974: 98.17%1975: 97.19%1976: 98.58%1978: 96.88%1979: 92.03%1991: 85.23%1992: 85.66%1993: 83.05%1994: 75.41%1995: 81.96%1996: 84.8%1998: 86.14%1999: 90.13%2000: 91.23%2001: 92.43%2002: 89.3%2003: 92.32%2004: 87.6%2005: 85.06%2006: 90.85%2007: 90.66%2008: 92.1%2009: 73.91%2010: 92.55%2011: 93%2012: 88.05%2013: 89.98%2014: 87.81%2015: 83.66%2016: 85.04%2017: 87.56%2018: 86.13%2019: 88.81%2020: 81.81%2021: 84.4%2022: 87.29%2023: 86.54%2024: 83.76%
Change over the period: −109.28 pp Annual average: -2.1 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Qatar 83.76%
World 10.69%
Western Asia computed 53.96%
High-income countries computed 12.3%
Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Qatar, by year Qatar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 83.76 −2.78 pp
2023 86.54 −0.75 pp
2022 87.29 +2.89 pp
2021 84.4 +2.59 pp
2020 81.81 −7 pp
2019 88.81 +2.68 pp
2018 86.13 −1.43 pp
2017 87.56 +2.51 pp
2016 85.04 +1.38 pp
2015 83.66 −4.16 pp
2014 87.81 −2.17 pp
2013 89.98 +1.93 pp
2012 88.05 −4.95 pp
2011 93 +0.44 pp
2010 92.55 +18.65 pp
2009 73.91 −18.19 pp
2008 92.1 +1.44 pp
2007 90.66 −0.2 pp
2006 90.85 +5.79 pp
2005 85.06 −2.54 pp
2004 87.6 −4.72 pp
2003 92.32 +3.02 pp
2002 89.3 −3.13 pp
2001 92.43 +1.2 pp
2000 91.23 +1.09 pp
1999 90.13 +3.99 pp
1998 86.14
1996 84.8 +2.85 pp
1995 81.96 +6.55 pp
1994 75.41 −7.64 pp
1993 83.05 −2.61 pp
1992 85.66 +0.43 pp
1991 85.23
1979 92.03 −4.85 pp
1978 96.88
1976 98.58 +1.39 pp
1975 97.19 −0.99 pp
1974 98.17 +0.88 pp
1973 97.29 −95.75 pp
1972 193.04

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.