Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Southern Africa

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in Southern Africa in 2024 — 9.06%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.26 pp.

2024 9.06% −0.61 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 12.81%2022
Period minimum 7.29%2020

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Southern Africa, 2000–2024681012142000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 8.81%2001: 10.06%2002: 10.41%2003: 8.45%2004: 7.8%2005: 8.98%2006: 8.3%2007: 9.22%2008: 8.58%2009: 9.83%2010: 9.6%2011: 9.47%2012: 10.19%2013: 9.36%2014: 8.83%2015: 8.56%2016: 8.4%2017: 10.43%2018: 9.36%2019: 8.88%2020: 7.29%2021: 7.84%2022: 12.81%2023: 9.67%2024: 9.06%
Change over the period: +0.26 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Africa 9.06%
World 10.69%
Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 9.06 −0.61 pp
2023 9.67 −3.14 pp
2022 12.81 +4.98 pp
2021 7.84 +0.55 pp
2020 7.29 −1.59 pp
2019 8.88 −0.48 pp
2018 9.36 −1.07 pp
2017 10.43 +2.03 pp
2016 8.4 −0.16 pp
2015 8.56 −0.27 pp
2014 8.83 −0.53 pp
2013 9.36 −0.83 pp
2012 10.19 +0.72 pp
2011 9.47 −0.13 pp
2010 9.6 −0.23 pp
2009 9.83 +1.25 pp
2008 8.58 −0.64 pp
2007 9.22 +0.92 pp
2006 8.3 −0.69 pp
2005 8.98 +1.18 pp
2004 7.8 −0.65 pp
2003 8.45 −1.96 pp
2002 10.41 +0.35 pp
2001 10.06 +1.25 pp
2000 8.81

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.