Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Southern Asia

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in Southern Asia in 2022 — 25.84%. Since 1999, the indicator has fallen by 0.19 pp.

2022 25.84% +7.94 pp vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 35.46%2006
Period minimum 11.44%2009

Trend over time

1999–2022 · % of merchandise exports

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Southern Asia, 1999–20220102030401999200220052008201120142017202020221999: 26.03%2003: 26.16%2004: 27.05%2005: 30.84%2006: 35.46%2008: 15.4%2009: 11.44%2010: 29.67%2011: 30.5%2012: 15.86%2013: 27.81%2014: 28.31%2015: 18.06%2016: 19.32%2017: 22.29%2018: 24.52%2019: 16.57%2020: 11.75%2021: 17.9%2022: 25.84%
Change over the period: −0.19 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Southern Asia 25.84%
World 14.08%
Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 25.84 +7.94 pp
2021 17.9 +6.14 pp
2020 11.75 −4.82 pp
2019 16.57 −7.95 pp
2018 24.52 +2.23 pp
2017 22.29 +2.96 pp
2016 19.32 +1.27 pp
2015 18.06 −10.25 pp
2014 28.31 +0.5 pp
2013 27.81 +11.94 pp
2012 15.86 −14.63 pp
2011 30.5 +0.82 pp
2010 29.67 +18.24 pp
2009 11.44 −3.96 pp
2008 15.4
2006 35.46 +4.63 pp
2005 30.84 +3.79 pp
2004 27.05 +0.88 pp
2003 26.16
1999 26.03

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.