Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — South Korea

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in South Korea in 2024 — 7.7%. Ranked 48 in the world out of 127. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 2.85 pp.

2024 7.7% −0.85 pp vs 2023
World rank 48of 127
Period maximum 10.49%2012
Period minimum 0.12%1979

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — South Korea, 1962–202405101519621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 4.85%1964: 2.1%1966: 0.6%1968: 0.5%1970: 1.06%1972: 1.12%1974: 2.42%1976: 1.88%1978: 0.32%1980: 0.19%1982: 1.31%1984: 2.75%1986: 1.78%1988: 0.96%1990: 1.07%1992: 2.27%1994: 1.82%1996: 2.98%1998: 3.47%2000: 5.44%2002: 4.03%2004: 4.15%2006: 6.43%2008: 9.11%2010: 6.99%2012: 10.49%2014: 9.19%2016: 5.55%2018: 7.93%2020: 4.97%2022: 9.47%2024: 7.7%
Change over the period: +2.85 pp Annual average: 0.05 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

South Korea 7.7%
World 10.69%
High-income countries computed 12.3%
Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — South Korea, by year South Korea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 7.7 −0.85 pp
2023 8.55 −0.92 pp
2022 9.47 +3.26 pp
2021 6.21 +1.24 pp
2020 4.97 −2.81 pp
2019 7.78 −0.15 pp
2018 7.93 +1.59 pp
2017 6.35 +0.8 pp
2016 5.55 −0.74 pp
2015 6.29 −2.9 pp
2014 9.19 −0.48 pp
2013 9.67 −0.82 pp
2012 10.49 +0.93 pp
2011 9.56 +2.58 pp
2010 6.99 +0.44 pp
2009 6.54 −2.57 pp
2008 9.11 +2.48 pp
2007 6.63 +0.2 pp
2006 6.43 +0.9 pp
2005 5.52 +1.37 pp
2004 4.15 +0.59 pp
2003 3.56 −0.47 pp
2002 4.03 −1.29 pp
2001 5.32 −0.12 pp
2000 5.44 +1.4 pp
1999 4.04 +0.57 pp
1998 3.47 −0.46 pp
1997 3.93 +0.95 pp
1996 2.98 +1 pp
1995 1.98 +0.16 pp
1994 1.82 −0.43 pp
1993 2.25 −0.02 pp
1992 2.27 +0.17 pp
1991 2.1 +1.03 pp
1990 1.07 −0.03 pp
1989 1.1 +0.14 pp
1988 0.96 −0.56 pp
1987 1.53 −0.25 pp
1986 1.78 −1.29 pp
1985 3.07 +0.32 pp
1984 2.75 +0.56 pp
1983 2.19 +0.89 pp
1982 1.31 +0.56 pp
1981 0.75 +0.56 pp
1980 0.19 +0.07 pp
1979 0.12 −0.2 pp
1978 0.32 −0.85 pp
1977 1.17 −0.71 pp
1976 1.88 −0.17 pp
1975 2.05 −0.37 pp
1974 2.42 +1.32 pp
1973 1.1 −0.02 pp
1972 1.12 +0.06 pp
1971 1.06 +0.01 pp
1970 1.06 +0.27 pp
1969 0.78 +0.28 pp
1968 0.5 −0.05 pp
1967 0.55 −0.05 pp
1966 0.6 −0.48 pp
1965 1.08 −1.01 pp
1964 2.1 −0.88 pp
1963 2.98 −1.88 pp
1962 4.85

Eastern Asia, 2024

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.

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