Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — World

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in the world in 2024 — 10.69%. Since 1963, the indicator has risen by 5.02 pp.

2024 10.69% −1.67 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 15.53%1985
Period minimum 4.75%1965

Trend over time

1963–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — World, 1963–20240510152019631970197719841991199820052012201920241963: 5.67%1964: 4.77%1965: 4.75%1966: 4.85%1967: 5.06%1968: 7.1%1969: 7.1%1970: 6.14%1971: 6.54%1972: 7.49%1973: 7.12%1974: 10.76%1975: 11.49%1976: 11.09%1977: 10.55%1978: 12.58%1979: 13.8%1980: 12.76%1981: 14.09%1982: 14.5%1983: 13.19%1984: 14.41%1985: 15.53%1986: 8.84%1987: 8.5%1991: 9.59%1992: 7.97%1993: 7.62%1994: 6.94%1995: 6.68%1996: 8.35%1997: 7.26%1998: 7.61%1999: 9.54%2000: 11.39%2001: 11.24%2002: 10.29%2003: 10.27%2004: 10.85%2005: 11.75%2006: 12.75%2007: 12.38%2008: 14.16%2009: 12.3%2010: 13.49%2011: 14.49%2012: 14.04%2013: 14.53%2014: 13.88%2015: 11.4%2016: 10.3%2017: 11.18%2018: 12.62%2019: 12.34%2020: 10.19%2021: 11.81%2022: 14.08%2023: 12.36%2024: 10.69%
Change over the period: +5.02 pp Annual average: 0.08 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

World 10.69%
World 10.69%
Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) — World, by year World All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 10.69 −1.67 pp
2023 12.36 −1.72 pp
2022 14.08 +2.27 pp
2021 11.81 +1.62 pp
2020 10.19 −2.14 pp
2019 12.34 −0.28 pp
2018 12.62 +1.44 pp
2017 11.18 +0.88 pp
2016 10.3 −1.1 pp
2015 11.4 −2.48 pp
2014 13.88 −0.64 pp
2013 14.53 +0.48 pp
2012 14.04 −0.44 pp
2011 14.49 +1 pp
2010 13.49 +1.18 pp
2009 12.3 −1.86 pp
2008 14.16 +1.78 pp
2007 12.38 −0.36 pp
2006 12.75 +0.99 pp
2005 11.75 +0.9 pp
2004 10.85 +0.57 pp
2003 10.27 −0.02 pp
2002 10.29 −0.95 pp
2001 11.24 −0.15 pp
2000 11.39 +1.85 pp
1999 9.54 +1.94 pp
1998 7.61 +0.34 pp
1997 7.26 −1.09 pp
1996 8.35 +1.68 pp
1995 6.68 −0.27 pp
1994 6.94 −0.68 pp
1993 7.62 −0.35 pp
1992 7.97 −1.62 pp
1991 9.59
1987 8.5 −0.34 pp
1986 8.84 −6.69 pp
1985 15.53 +1.12 pp
1984 14.41 +1.22 pp
1983 13.19 −1.32 pp
1982 14.5 +0.41 pp
1981 14.09 +1.33 pp
1980 12.76 −1.04 pp
1979 13.8 +1.21 pp
1978 12.58 +2.03 pp
1977 10.55 −0.53 pp
1976 11.09 −0.41 pp
1975 11.49 +0.73 pp
1974 10.76 +3.64 pp
1973 7.12 −0.36 pp
1972 7.49 +0.95 pp
1971 6.54 +0.39 pp
1970 6.14 −0.96 pp
1969 7.1 −0 pp
1968 7.1 +2.04 pp
1967 5.06 +0.21 pp
1966 4.85 +0.1 pp
1965 4.75 −0.02 pp
1964 4.77 −0.9 pp
1963 5.67

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.