Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Western Asia

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in Western Asia in 2024 — 53.96%. Since 1975, the indicator has fallen by 27.01 pp.

2024 53.96% −7.34 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 87.12%1979
Period minimum 44.69%1998

Trend over time

1975–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Western Asia, 1975–2024406080100197519801985199019952000200520102015202020241975: 80.96%1979: 87.12%1998: 44.69%1999: 60.21%2000: 68.36%2001: 66.28%2002: 58.05%2003: 55.46%2004: 59.33%2005: 61.39%2006: 66.12%2007: 65.39%2008: 68.02%2009: 57.35%2010: 62.79%2011: 66.79%2012: 62.6%2013: 66.33%2014: 62.8%2015: 49.93%2016: 45.59%2017: 46.87%2018: 60.28%2019: 62.39%2020: 57.23%2021: 58.97%2022: 62.44%2023: 61.3%2024: 53.96%
Change over the period: −27.01 pp Annual average: -0.55 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Asia 53.96%
World 10.69%
Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 53.96 −7.34 pp
2023 61.3 −1.14 pp
2022 62.44 +3.47 pp
2021 58.97 +1.74 pp
2020 57.23 −5.16 pp
2019 62.39 +2.11 pp
2018 60.28 +13.42 pp
2017 46.87 +1.27 pp
2016 45.59 −4.34 pp
2015 49.93 −12.87 pp
2014 62.8 −3.53 pp
2013 66.33 +3.73 pp
2012 62.6 −4.2 pp
2011 66.79 +4.01 pp
2010 62.79 +5.44 pp
2009 57.35 −10.67 pp
2008 68.02 +2.63 pp
2007 65.39 −0.74 pp
2006 66.12 +4.73 pp
2005 61.39 +2.06 pp
2004 59.33 +3.87 pp
2003 55.46 −2.59 pp
2002 58.05 −8.22 pp
2001 66.28 −2.08 pp
2000 68.36 +8.14 pp
1999 60.21 +15.52 pp
1998 44.69
1979 87.12
1975 80.96

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.