Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Eastern Africa

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in Eastern Africa in 2023 — 9.82%. Since 1997, the indicator has risen by 7.31 pp.

2023 9.82% +1.32 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 9.82%2023
Period minimum 1.05%2001

Trend over time

1997–2023 · % of merchandise exports

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Eastern Africa, 1997–202302.557.51019972000200320062009201220152018202120231997: 2.51%2001: 1.05%2002: 4.87%2003: 6.11%2004: 2.08%2005: 5.85%2006: 8.32%2007: 3.07%2008: 2.28%2009: 2.98%2010: 3.34%2011: 2.9%2012: 4.51%2013: 4.54%2014: 4.69%2015: 5.61%2016: 4.39%2017: 7.02%2018: 6.64%2019: 7.16%2020: 5.23%2021: 5.28%2022: 8.5%2023: 9.82%
Change over the period: +7.31 pp Annual average: 0.28 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eastern Africa

Eastern Africa 9.82%
World 12.36%
Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 9.82 +1.32 pp
2022 8.5 +3.22 pp
2021 5.28 +0.05 pp
2020 5.23 −1.93 pp
2019 7.16 +0.52 pp
2018 6.64 −0.38 pp
2017 7.02 +2.64 pp
2016 4.39 −1.22 pp
2015 5.61 +0.92 pp
2014 4.69 +0.15 pp
2013 4.54 +0.03 pp
2012 4.51 +1.61 pp
2011 2.9 −0.44 pp
2010 3.34 +0.36 pp
2009 2.98 +0.7 pp
2008 2.28 −0.79 pp
2007 3.07 −5.25 pp
2006 8.32 +2.47 pp
2005 5.85 +3.77 pp
2004 2.08 −4.03 pp
2003 6.11 +1.24 pp
2002 4.87 +3.82 pp
2001 1.05
1997 2.51

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.