Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Timor-Leste

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in Timor-Leste in 2023 — 67.37%. Ranked 13 in the world out of 157. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 67.37 pp.

2023 67.37% −1.24 pp vs 2022
World rank 13of 157
Period maximum 93.51%2020
Period minimum 0%2004

Trend over time

2004–2023 · % of merchandise exports

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Timor-Leste, 2004–20230255075100200420062008201020122014201620182020202220232004: 0%2005: 0%2017: 2.01%2018: 0.01%2019: 83.18%2020: 93.51%2021: 93.13%2022: 68.61%2023: 67.37%
Change over the period: +67.37 pp Annual average: 3.55 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste 67.37%
World 12.36%
South-Eastern Asia computed 10.89%
Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — Timor-Leste, by year Timor-Leste All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 67.37 −1.24 pp
2022 68.61 −24.52 pp
2021 93.13 −0.38 pp
2020 93.51 +10.33 pp
2019 83.18 +83.18 pp
2018 0.01 −2 pp
2017 2.01
2005 0 +0 pp
2004 0

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.