Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — South Asia

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in South Asia in 2024 — 16.56%. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 15.62 pp.

2024 16.56% −3.42 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 20.9%2022
Period minimum 0.34%1999

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — South Asia, 1962–2024010203019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 0.94%1964: 1.3%1966: 1.13%1968: 0.87%1970: 0.8%1972: 0.64%1974: 0.93%1976: 0.66%1978: 0.66%1980: 0.89%1982: 13.45%1984: 13.92%1986: 3.27%1988: 2.57%1990: 2.7%1992: 2.55%1994: 1.79%1996: 1.41%1998: 0.46%2000: 2.98%2002: 4.05%2004: 7%2006: 12.91%2008: 15.76%2010: 14.98%2012: 16.37%2014: 18.93%2016: 9.29%2018: 13.5%2020: 9.73%2022: 20.9%2024: 16.56%
Change over the period: +15.62 pp Annual average: 0.25 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

South Asia 16.56%
World 10.69%
Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — South Asia, by year South Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 16.56 −3.42 pp
2023 19.99 −0.91 pp
2022 20.9 +7.13 pp
2021 13.77 +4.04 pp
2020 9.73 −3.6 pp
2019 13.33 −0.17 pp
2018 13.5 +2.88 pp
2017 10.61 +1.32 pp
2016 9.29 −1.03 pp
2015 10.32 −8.6 pp
2014 18.93 +1.04 pp
2013 17.89 +1.52 pp
2012 16.37 +0.14 pp
2011 16.23 +1.25 pp
2010 14.98 +3.07 pp
2009 11.91 −3.86 pp
2008 15.76 +1.6 pp
2007 14.16 +1.25 pp
2006 12.91 +3.8 pp
2005 9.11 +2.11 pp
2004 7 +1.72 pp
2003 5.28 +1.23 pp
2002 4.05 −0.2 pp
2001 4.25 +1.27 pp
2000 2.98 +2.64 pp
1999 0.34 −0.12 pp
1998 0.46 −0.6 pp
1997 1.06 −0.35 pp
1996 1.41 −0.12 pp
1995 1.53 −0.26 pp
1994 1.79 −0.29 pp
1993 2.08 −0.47 pp
1992 2.55 +0.25 pp
1991 2.3 −0.4 pp
1990 2.7 +0.22 pp
1989 2.49 −0.08 pp
1988 2.57 −1.31 pp
1987 3.89 +0.62 pp
1986 3.27 −2.49 pp
1985 5.76 −8.16 pp
1984 13.92 −0.86 pp
1983 14.78 +1.33 pp
1982 13.45 +12.64 pp
1981 0.81 −0.09 pp
1980 0.89 +0.26 pp
1979 0.64 −0.02 pp
1978 0.66 +0 pp
1977 0.66 +0 pp
1976 0.66 −0.2 pp
1975 0.86 −0.07 pp
1974 0.93 −0.41 pp
1973 1.34 +0.69 pp
1972 0.64 +0.12 pp
1971 0.53 −0.28 pp
1970 0.8 +0.05 pp
1969 0.75 −0.12 pp
1968 0.87 +0.06 pp
1967 0.8 −0.32 pp
1966 1.13 −0.02 pp
1965 1.15 −0.15 pp
1964 1.3 +0.32 pp
1963 0.98 +0.04 pp
1962 0.94

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.

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