Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Republic of the Congo

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in the Republic of the Congo in 2023 — 85.86%. Ranked 7 in the world out of 157. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 78.3 pp.

2023 85.86% −1.59 pp vs 2022
World rank 7of 157
Period maximum 94.39%1993
Period minimum 1.05%1970

Trend over time

1962–2023 · % of merchandise exports

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Republic of the Congo, 1962–2023025507510019621969197619831990199720042011201820231962: 7.56%1963: 3.49%1964: 3.18%1965: 2.67%1966: 2.86%1967: 1.5%1968: 1.97%1970: 1.05%1971: 1.21%1972: 4.97%1973: 33%1974: 69.26%1975: 73.39%1976: 75.28%1977: 54.52%1978: 62.91%1979: 85.16%1980: 89.58%1983: 87.64%1984: 91.75%1985: 93.26%1986: 89.1%1993: 94.39%1994: 83.38%1995: 87.64%2007: 87.02%2008: 84.1%2009: 70.66%2010: 67.72%2011: 77.67%2012: 78.9%2013: 75.71%2014: 46.17%2015: 31.26%2016: 19.49%2017: 44.56%2018: 82.22%2019: 83.94%2020: 75.11%2021: 55.09%2022: 87.46%2023: 85.86%
Change over the period: +78.3 pp Annual average: 1.28 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo 85.86%
World 12.36%
Middle Africa computed 58.05%
Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Republic of the Congo, by year Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 85.86 −1.59 pp
2022 87.46 +32.37 pp
2021 55.09 −20.02 pp
2020 75.11 −8.83 pp
2019 83.94 +1.72 pp
2018 82.22 +37.66 pp
2017 44.56 +25.07 pp
2016 19.49 −11.77 pp
2015 31.26 −14.91 pp
2014 46.17 −29.54 pp
2013 75.71 −3.19 pp
2012 78.9 +1.23 pp
2011 77.67 +9.95 pp
2010 67.72 −2.94 pp
2009 70.66 −13.44 pp
2008 84.1 −2.93 pp
2007 87.02
1995 87.64 +4.26 pp
1994 83.38 −11.01 pp
1993 94.39
1986 89.1 −4.16 pp
1985 93.26 +1.5 pp
1984 91.75 +4.11 pp
1983 87.64
1980 89.58 +4.42 pp
1979 85.16 +22.26 pp
1978 62.91 +8.39 pp
1977 54.52 −20.77 pp
1976 75.28 +1.89 pp
1975 73.39 +4.13 pp
1974 69.26 +36.27 pp
1973 33 +28.03 pp
1972 4.97 +3.76 pp
1971 1.21 +0.16 pp
1970 1.05
1968 1.97 +0.47 pp
1967 1.5 −1.37 pp
1966 2.86 +0.19 pp
1965 2.67 −0.51 pp
1964 3.18 −0.31 pp
1963 3.49 −4.07 pp
1962 7.56

Middle Africa, 2023

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

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.