Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Western Europe

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in Western Europe in 2024 — 5.72%. Since 1963, the indicator has risen by 0.42 pp.

2024 5.72% −0.79 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 8.25%2022
Period minimum 2.2%1998

Trend over time

1963–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Western Europe, 1963–202402.557.51019631970197719841991199820052012201920241963: 5.3%1965: 4.75%1967: 3.7%1969: 4.11%1971: 5.24%1973: 4.13%1975: 5.79%1977: 5.75%1979: 6.02%1981: 7.27%1983: 6.62%1985: 6.25%1987: 2.93%1989: 2.57%1991: 2.83%1993: 2.78%1995: 2.33%1997: 2.54%1999: 2.35%2001: 2.71%2003: 2.97%2005: 4.18%2007: 4.3%2009: 4.18%2011: 5.97%2013: 6.07%2015: 4.37%2017: 4.07%2019: 4.4%2021: 4.7%2023: 6.5%2024: 5.72%
Change over the period: +0.42 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Europe 5.72%
World 10.69%
Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 5.72 −0.79 pp
2023 6.5 −1.75 pp
2022 8.25 +3.55 pp
2021 4.7 +1.46 pp
2020 3.24 −1.16 pp
2019 4.4 −0.18 pp
2018 4.58 +0.51 pp
2017 4.07 +0.54 pp
2016 3.53 −0.84 pp
2015 4.37 −1.06 pp
2014 5.43 −0.64 pp
2013 6.07 −0.26 pp
2012 6.33 +0.36 pp
2011 5.97 +1.02 pp
2010 4.95 +0.77 pp
2009 4.18 −1.17 pp
2008 5.35 +1.05 pp
2007 4.3 −0.41 pp
2006 4.72 +0.53 pp
2005 4.18 +0.91 pp
2004 3.27 +0.3 pp
2003 2.97 +0.23 pp
2002 2.74 +0.03 pp
2001 2.71 −0.46 pp
2000 3.16 +0.81 pp
1999 2.35 +0.15 pp
1998 2.2 −0.34 pp
1997 2.54 −0.21 pp
1996 2.75 +0.43 pp
1995 2.33 −0.16 pp
1994 2.48 −0.3 pp
1993 2.78 +0.24 pp
1992 2.55 −0.28 pp
1991 2.83 +0.11 pp
1990 2.71 +0.14 pp
1989 2.57 +0.13 pp
1988 2.45 −0.48 pp
1987 2.93 −0.95 pp
1986 3.88 −2.37 pp
1985 6.25 −0.2 pp
1984 6.44 −0.18 pp
1983 6.62 −0.31 pp
1982 6.93 −0.34 pp
1981 7.27 +0.68 pp
1980 6.59 +0.57 pp
1979 6.02 +0.92 pp
1978 5.1 −0.65 pp
1977 5.75 −0.16 pp
1976 5.91 +0.12 pp
1975 5.79 +0.01 pp
1974 5.78 +1.65 pp
1973 4.13 +0.15 pp
1972 3.98 −1.26 pp
1971 5.24 +0.59 pp
1970 4.65 +0.54 pp
1969 4.11 −0.31 pp
1968 4.42 +0.72 pp
1967 3.7 −0.46 pp
1966 4.16 −0.59 pp
1965 4.75 −0.01 pp
1964 4.75 −0.54 pp
1963 5.3

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.

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