Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in Western Africa in 2023 — 50.09%. Since 1964, the indicator has risen by 44.46 pp.
1964–2023 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 50.09 | −4.23 pp |
| 2022 | 54.33 | +6.72 pp |
| 2021 | 47.61 | −0.79 pp |
| 2020 | 48.4 | −10.17 pp |
| 2019 | 58.57 | −3.07 pp |
| 2018 | 61.64 | +4.04 pp |
| 2017 | 57.6 | +6.67 pp |
| 2016 | 50.93 | −6.05 pp |
| 2015 | 56.98 | −12.61 pp |
| 2014 | 69.58 | +3.6 pp |
| 2013 | 65.98 | −1.82 pp |
| 2012 | 67.8 | −4.36 pp |
| 2011 | 72.16 | +5.28 pp |
| 2010 | 66.88 | −1.25 pp |
| 2009 | 68.12 | −6.51 pp |
| 2008 | 74.63 | −0.11 pp |
| 2007 | 74.75 | — |
| 2001 | 69.02 | −5.14 pp |
| 2000 | 74.16 | +13.13 pp |
| 1999 | 61.03 | +9.74 pp |
| 1998 | 51.3 | −12.27 pp |
| 1997 | 63.56 | — |
| 1979 | 73.36 | +12.37 pp |
| 1978 | 60.99 | — |
| 1975 | 66.6 | −2.53 pp |
| 1974 | 69.13 | +18.83 pp |
| 1973 | 50.3 | +4.74 pp |
| 1972 | 45.56 | +5.35 pp |
| 1971 | 40.21 | +14.25 pp |
| 1970 | 25.95 | — |
| 1967 | 12.05 | — |
| 1964 | 5.63 | — |
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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