Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Central Asia

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in Central Asia in 2024 — 45.14%. Since 1998, the indicator has risen by 8.92 pp.

2024 45.14% −0.75 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 73.97%2014
Period minimum 36.22%1998

Trend over time

1998–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Central Asia, 1998–202430405060708019982001200420072010201320162019202220241998: 36.22%1999: 44.92%2000: 52.6%2014: 73.97%2015: 64.7%2016: 57.17%2017: 52.77%2018: 61.02%2019: 53.85%2020: 49.82%2021: 51.42%2022: 56.61%2023: 45.89%2024: 45.14%
Change over the period: +8.92 pp Annual average: 0.34 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Central Asia 45.14%
World 10.69%
Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 45.14 −0.75 pp
2023 45.89 −10.73 pp
2022 56.61 +5.19 pp
2021 51.42 +1.6 pp
2020 49.82 −4.03 pp
2019 53.85 −7.17 pp
2018 61.02 +8.25 pp
2017 52.77 −4.4 pp
2016 57.17 −7.53 pp
2015 64.7 −9.26 pp
2014 73.97
2000 52.6 +7.68 pp
1999 44.92 +8.7 pp
1998 36.22

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.