Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in South America in 2024 — 16.93%. Since 1965, the indicator has fallen by 13.95 pp.
1965–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South America
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16.93 | +0.12 pp |
| 2023 | 16.8 | −0.96 pp |
| 2022 | 17.76 | +4.77 pp |
| 2021 | 12.99 | +1.7 pp |
| 2020 | 11.29 | −3.29 pp |
| 2019 | 14.58 | −0.28 pp |
| 2018 | 14.86 | +2.83 pp |
| 2017 | 12.03 | +1.99 pp |
| 2016 | 10.04 | −1.85 pp |
| 2015 | 11.89 | −5.04 pp |
| 2014 | 16.93 | −11.06 pp |
| 2013 | 27.99 | −1.89 pp |
| 2012 | 29.88 | +6.4 pp |
| 2011 | 23.48 | −1.23 pp |
| 2010 | 24.71 | −0.6 pp |
| 2009 | 25.31 | −3.41 pp |
| 2008 | 28.72 | +16.13 pp |
| 2007 | 12.59 | −14.17 pp |
| 2006 | 26.76 | +0.52 pp |
| 2005 | 26.24 | +3.39 pp |
| 2004 | 22.86 | +0.53 pp |
| 2003 | 22.33 | −0.82 pp |
| 2002 | 23.15 | −0.25 pp |
| 2001 | 23.4 | −3.57 pp |
| 2000 | 26.97 | +7.42 pp |
| 1999 | 19.55 | +5.36 pp |
| 1998 | 14.19 | −4.22 pp |
| 1997 | 18.42 | −1.99 pp |
| 1996 | 20.41 | +3.63 pp |
| 1995 | 16.78 | +0.12 pp |
| 1994 | 16.66 | −1.45 pp |
| 1993 | 18.11 | −1.01 pp |
| 1992 | 19.13 | — |
| 1987 | 22.02 | +2.67 pp |
| 1986 | 19.34 | −7.96 pp |
| 1985 | 27.31 | −4.13 pp |
| 1984 | 31.44 | +0.03 pp |
| 1983 | 31.41 | −4.1 pp |
| 1982 | 35.51 | −0.02 pp |
| 1981 | 35.53 | +2.18 pp |
| 1980 | 33.35 | +3.65 pp |
| 1979 | 29.7 | +3.83 pp |
| 1978 | 25.87 | −1.62 pp |
| 1977 | 27.49 | −4.36 pp |
| 1976 | 31.85 | −2.88 pp |
| 1975 | 34.73 | −3.18 pp |
| 1974 | 37.91 | +11.29 pp |
| 1973 | 26.62 | +2.32 pp |
| 1972 | 24.3 | −2.69 pp |
| 1971 | 26.99 | +0.81 pp |
| 1970 | 26.18 | — |
| 1968 | 30.87 | — |
| 1965 | 30.88 | — |
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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