Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in South Africa in 2025 — 8.21%. Ranked 12 in the world out of 24. Since 1974, the indicator has risen by 7.29 pp.
1974–2025 · % of merchandise exports
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.21 | −1.4 pp |
| 2024 | 9.61 | −1.12 pp |
| 2023 | 10.73 | −3.6 pp |
| 2022 | 14.33 | +5.64 pp |
| 2021 | 8.68 | +0.58 pp |
| 2020 | 8.11 | −1.94 pp |
| 2019 | 10.05 | −0.94 pp |
| 2018 | 10.99 | −1.01 pp |
| 2017 | 12.01 | +2.17 pp |
| 2016 | 9.83 | +0.08 pp |
| 2015 | 9.75 | −0.43 pp |
| 2014 | 10.18 | −0.52 pp |
| 2013 | 10.7 | −0.72 pp |
| 2012 | 11.42 | +0.89 pp |
| 2011 | 10.54 | −0.17 pp |
| 2010 | 10.71 | −0.47 pp |
| 2009 | 11.18 | +1.55 pp |
| 2008 | 9.63 | −0.93 pp |
| 2007 | 10.56 | +1.06 pp |
| 2006 | 9.5 | −0.86 pp |
| 2005 | 10.36 | +1.26 pp |
| 2004 | 9.1 | −0.72 pp |
| 2003 | 9.82 | −2.26 pp |
| 2002 | 12.07 | +0.35 pp |
| 2001 | 11.72 | +1.59 pp |
| 2000 | 10.13 | +0.3 pp |
| 1999 | 9.83 | +2.18 pp |
| 1998 | 7.66 | +0.34 pp |
| 1997 | 7.31 | −3.54 pp |
| 1996 | 10.85 | +1.94 pp |
| 1995 | 8.92 | +3.49 pp |
| 1994 | 5.43 | −1.38 pp |
| 1993 | 6.81 | −0.11 pp |
| 1992 | 6.93 | — |
| 1984 | 7.32 | +1.23 pp |
| 1983 | 6.09 | −0.4 pp |
| 1982 | 6.49 | +0.39 pp |
| 1981 | 6.1 | +2.32 pp |
| 1980 | 3.78 | −2.18 pp |
| 1979 | 5.97 | +1.01 pp |
| 1978 | 4.95 | +0.32 pp |
| 1977 | 4.63 | +2 pp |
| 1976 | 2.63 | +1.37 pp |
| 1975 | 1.27 | +0.35 pp |
| 1974 | 0.92 | — |
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.
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