Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Central America

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in Central America in 2024 — 4.14%. Since 1965, the indicator has risen by 0.33 pp.

2024 4.14% −0.8 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 66.25%1982
Period minimum 1.33%1973

Trend over time

1965–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Central America, 1965–2024020406080196519711977198319891995200120072013201920241965: 3.82%1966: 3.95%1967: 3.62%1968: 2.75%1969: 3.09%1970: 2.87%1971: 2.47%1972: 1.57%1973: 1.33%1974: 4.41%1975: 10.75%1976: 9.27%1977: 12.4%1978: 17.26%1979: 28.59%1980: 52.41%1981: 60.67%1982: 66.25%1983: 55.91%1984: 54.13%1985: 52.32%1986: 27.26%1987: 36.65%1993: 13.35%1994: 10.62%1995: 9.2%1996: 10.92%1997: 9.16%1998: 5.43%1999: 6.66%2000: 8.97%2001: 7.45%2002: 8.28%2003: 10.3%2004: 11.34%2005: 13.27%2006: 13.92%2007: 14.1%2008: 15.71%2009: 11.74%2010: 12.41%2011: 14.17%2012: 12.48%2013: 11.59%2014: 9.38%2015: 5.34%2016: 4.37%2017: 5.03%2018: 6.02%2019: 4.91%2020: 3.53%2021: 5.04%2022: 6%2023: 4.94%2024: 4.14%
Change over the period: +0.33 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Central America

Central America 4.14%
World 10.69%
Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 4.14 −0.8 pp
2023 4.94 −1.06 pp
2022 6 +0.96 pp
2021 5.04 +1.51 pp
2020 3.53 −1.38 pp
2019 4.91 −1.11 pp
2018 6.02 +0.99 pp
2017 5.03 +0.65 pp
2016 4.37 −0.97 pp
2015 5.34 −4.04 pp
2014 9.38 −2.21 pp
2013 11.59 −0.89 pp
2012 12.48 −1.69 pp
2011 14.17 +1.77 pp
2010 12.41 +0.66 pp
2009 11.74 −3.97 pp
2008 15.71 +1.6 pp
2007 14.1 +0.19 pp
2006 13.92 +0.64 pp
2005 13.27 +1.93 pp
2004 11.34 +1.04 pp
2003 10.3 +2.02 pp
2002 8.28 +0.82 pp
2001 7.45 −1.52 pp
2000 8.97 +2.31 pp
1999 6.66 +1.23 pp
1998 5.43 −3.73 pp
1997 9.16 −1.76 pp
1996 10.92 +1.73 pp
1995 9.2 −1.43 pp
1994 10.62 −2.72 pp
1993 13.35
1987 36.65 +9.4 pp
1986 27.26 −25.07 pp
1985 52.32 −1.81 pp
1984 54.13 −1.78 pp
1983 55.91 −10.34 pp
1982 66.25 +5.58 pp
1981 60.67 +8.26 pp
1980 52.41 +23.82 pp
1979 28.59 +11.34 pp
1978 17.26 +4.85 pp
1977 12.4 +3.13 pp
1976 9.27 −1.48 pp
1975 10.75 +6.34 pp
1974 4.41 +3.08 pp
1973 1.33 −0.24 pp
1972 1.57 −0.9 pp
1971 2.47 −0.39 pp
1970 2.87 −0.22 pp
1969 3.09 +0.34 pp
1968 2.75 −0.87 pp
1967 3.62 −0.33 pp
1966 3.95 +0.13 pp
1965 3.82

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.