Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 18.96 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 54 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24.61 in 2013 and a minimum value of 0.69 in 1965.

Definition: Fuels comprise the commodities in SITC section 3 (mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

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Year Value
1965 0.69
1967 2.07
1968 2.35
1970 1.26
1971 1.96
1972 3.44
1973 6.29
1974 11.53
1975 12.20
1976 12.13
1977 8.63
1978 9.20
1979 13.06
1996 7.34
1997 5.60
1998 4.00
1999 4.81
2000 11.68
2001 11.53
2002 11.49
2003 11.36
2004 12.78
2005 15.74
2006 17.85
2007 23.34
2008 23.32
2009 19.23
2010 20.04
2011 22.58
2012 23.72
2013 24.61
2014 19.71
2015 14.30
2016 9.28
2017 15.30
2018 19.91
2019 18.96

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports