Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Northern Africa

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in Northern Africa in 2018 — 35.83%. Since 1965, the indicator has fallen by 2.86 pp.

2018 35.83% −11.26 pp vs 2017
World rank
Period maximum 88.16%1980
Period minimum 35.83%2018

Trend over time

1965–2018 · % of merchandise exports

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Northern Africa, 1965–20182040608010019651971197719831989199520012007201320181965: 38.68%1966: 46.95%1967: 48.04%1968: 60.29%1969: 60.32%1970: 61.86%1971: 63.22%1972: 60.54%1973: 66.26%1974: 74.98%1975: 74.25%1976: 80.36%1977: 84.25%1978: 80%1979: 85.23%1980: 88.16%1981: 85.67%1982: 76.71%1983: 85.87%1984: 84.19%1985: 84.49%1986: 76.52%1987: 70.17%1995: 43.84%1996: 49.27%1997: 51.37%1999: 46.64%2000: 61.34%2001: 58.16%2002: 54.48%2003: 58%2004: 61.19%2005: 67.84%2006: 68.92%2007: 74.41%2008: 73.63%2009: 66.42%2010: 69.67%2011: 60.59%2012: 58.19%2013: 55.06%2014: 53.26%2015: 42.04%2016: 44.95%2017: 47.09%2018: 35.83%
Change over the period: −2.86 pp Annual average: -0.05 pp

Comparison, 2018

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

Northern Africa 35.83%
World 12.62%
Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2018 35.83 −11.26 pp
2017 47.09 +2.14 pp
2016 44.95 +2.91 pp
2015 42.04 −11.22 pp
2014 53.26 −1.8 pp
2013 55.06 −3.12 pp
2012 58.19 −2.41 pp
2011 60.59 −9.08 pp
2010 69.67 +3.25 pp
2009 66.42 −7.21 pp
2008 73.63 −0.77 pp
2007 74.41 +5.49 pp
2006 68.92 +1.07 pp
2005 67.84 +6.65 pp
2004 61.19 +3.19 pp
2003 58 +3.51 pp
2002 54.48 −3.68 pp
2001 58.16 −3.18 pp
2000 61.34 +14.7 pp
1999 46.64
1997 51.37 +2.09 pp
1996 49.27 +5.44 pp
1995 43.84
1987 70.17 −6.36 pp
1986 76.52 −7.97 pp
1985 84.49 +0.3 pp
1984 84.19 −1.68 pp
1983 85.87 +9.16 pp
1982 76.71 −8.96 pp
1981 85.67 −2.49 pp
1980 88.16 +2.93 pp
1979 85.23 +5.23 pp
1978 80 −4.25 pp
1977 84.25 +3.89 pp
1976 80.36 +6.11 pp
1975 74.25 −0.73 pp
1974 74.98 +8.72 pp
1973 66.26 +5.72 pp
1972 60.54 −2.67 pp
1971 63.22 +1.35 pp
1970 61.86 +1.54 pp
1969 60.32 +0.03 pp
1968 60.29 +12.25 pp
1967 48.04 +1.09 pp
1966 46.95 +8.27 pp
1965 38.68

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.