Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024 — 40.12%. Since 1974, the indicator has risen by 9.55 pp.
1974–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40.12 | +0.98 pp |
| 2023 | 39.14 | −1.59 pp |
| 2022 | 40.73 | +4.26 pp |
| 2021 | 36.47 | −0.54 pp |
| 2020 | 37.01 | −1.5 pp |
| 2019 | 38.51 | −0.76 pp |
| 2018 | 39.27 | +0.84 pp |
| 2017 | 38.43 | +3.5 pp |
| 2016 | 34.93 | −0.77 pp |
| 2015 | 35.7 | −4.19 pp |
| 2014 | 39.89 | +0.72 pp |
| 2013 | 39.17 | −0.85 pp |
| 2012 | 40.02 | −0.98 pp |
| 2011 | 41 | +2.05 pp |
| 2010 | 38.95 | −0.77 pp |
| 2009 | 39.72 | −0.13 pp |
| 2008 | 39.85 | −1.15 pp |
| 2007 | 41 | +7.62 pp |
| 2006 | 33.38 | — |
| 2004 | 14.22 | −17 pp |
| 2003 | 31.23 | −0.49 pp |
| 2002 | 31.72 | +0.14 pp |
| 2001 | 31.57 | −0.77 pp |
| 2000 | 32.34 | +0.79 pp |
| 1999 | 31.55 | +0.17 pp |
| 1998 | 31.37 | +1.89 pp |
| 1997 | 29.49 | −2.69 pp |
| 1996 | 32.17 | — |
| 1981 | 41 | — |
| 1979 | 37.52 | +3.92 pp |
| 1978 | 33.6 | +4.36 pp |
| 1977 | 29.24 | −0.86 pp |
| 1976 | 30.11 | +0.92 pp |
| 1975 | 29.19 | −1.38 pp |
| 1974 | 30.57 | — |
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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