Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) by country
Fuels comprise the commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) section 3 (mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise exports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the...
What the numbers show
Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 99.0% in Iraq; the lowest is 0.0% in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.0%, and the mean is 15.7%.
Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 96 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 179,898,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Seychelles (down 100.0%).
Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iraq | 99.0% | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 2 | Venezuela | 97.7% | 2013 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 3 | Libya | 94.4% | 2019 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 4 | Algeria | 93.1% | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 5 | Kuwait | 93.0% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 6 | Angola | 91.5% | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 7 | United States Virgin Islands | 91.3% | 1978 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 8 | Guyana | 88.9% | 2025 | up 179,898,000.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Niger | 88.0% | 2024 | up 225.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Azerbaijan | 85.9% | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 11 | Nigeria | 85.9% | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 12 | Congo | 85.9% | 2023 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Qatar | 83.8% | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 78.7% | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 15 | Brunei | 75.0% | 2025 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 16 | Oman | 72.4% | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 68.2% | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 18 | Iran | 68.0% | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 19 | East Timor | 67.4% | 2023 | up 3,252.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Cyprus | 63.1% | 2025 | up 438.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Norway | 62.1% | 2025 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Mongolia | 61.1% | 2023 | up 58.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Kazakhstan | 54.5% | 2025 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 24 | Mozambique | 54.2% | 2025 | up 74.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Cameroon | 54.1% | 2023 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Gabon | 54.0% | 2023 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 27 | Cayman Islands | 52.3% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Syria | 49.9% | 2010 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 29 | Russia | 43.1% | 2021 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 30 | Papua New Guinea | 42.6% | 2023 | up 1,358.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Colombia | 34.9% | 2025 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Samoa | 33.3% | 2024 | up 182,620.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Senegal | 32.7% | 2024 | up 95.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Trinidad and Tobago | 32.6% | 2025 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 35 | Australia | 26.9% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 36 | Canada | 26.7% | 2025 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 37 | Greece | 26.5% | 2025 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Jamaica | 23.9% | 2025 | up 49.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Montenegro | 23.8% | 2025 | up 60.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Myanmar | 21.5% | 2025 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Ecuador | 20.9% | 2025 | down 42.6% | rising |
| 42 | United States | 17.3% | 2025 | up 116.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Brazil | 16.1% | 2025 | up 119.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Indonesia | 16.0% | 2025 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 45 | Sudan | 14.3% | 2018 | down 84.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Lithuania | 13.6% | 2025 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 47 | India | 13.1% | 2025 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Belarus | 12.6% | 2020 | down 54.5% | rising |
| 49 | Croatia | 12.1% | 2025 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 50 | Bolivia | 11.7% | 2025 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Malaysia | 11.2% | 2025 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 52 | Paraguay | 11.0% | 2025 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Netherlands | 10.8% | 2025 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 54 | Belgium | 10.2% | 2025 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Egypt | 9.8% | 2025 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Singapore | 9.4% | 2025 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 57 | Kyrgyzstan | 9.4% | 2025 | up 80.2% | falling |
| 58 | Argentina | 9.1% | 2025 | up 258.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Ghana | 8.8% | 2025 | down 59.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8.8% | 2025 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Malta | 8.6% | 2025 | down 77.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Latvia | 8.5% | 2025 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Finland | 8.2% | 2025 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 64 | South Africa | 8.2% | 2025 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 65 | Afghanistan | 8.1% | 2019 | — | falling |
| 66 | Tajikistan | 8.0% | 2023 | up 45.3% | falling |
| 67 | Chad | 7.9% | 1975 | up 124.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Lebanon | 7.7% | 2024 | up 690.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Estonia | 7.6% | 2025 | down 30.5% | rising |
| 70 | Bulgaria | 7.3% | 2025 | down 31.1% | flat |
| 71 | United Kingdom | 7.2% | 2025 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 72 | South Korea | 6.7% | 2025 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Uzbekistan | 6.5% | 2024 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.5% | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 75 | Tunisia | 6.2% | 2024 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Sweden | 6.0% | 2025 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Cuba | 5.7% | 2021 | up 2,060,890.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Peru | 5.7% | 2024 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Romania | 5.6% | 2025 | up 24.8% | falling |
| 80 | Turkey | 5.4% | 2025 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Israel | 5.3% | 2022 | up 212.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Portugal | 5.1% | 2025 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Spain | 5.0% | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 84 | Barbados | 4.8% | 2025 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 85 | El Salvador | 4.8% | 2025 | up 143.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Hungary | 4.2% | 2025 | up 84.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Denmark | 4.0% | 2025 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 88 | France | 3.8% | 2025 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 89 | Sri Lanka | 3.6% | 2025 | up 100.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Slovakia | 3.6% | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 91 | Slovenia | 3.6% | 2025 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Eswatini | 3.6% | 2023 | up 181.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Saint Lucia | 3.4% | 2020 | up 22,755.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Albania | 3.3% | 2024 | up 107.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Georgia | 3.1% | 2025 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Mexico | 3.0% | 2025 | down 49.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Zimbabwe | 2.9% | 2024 | up 141.2% | volatile |
| 98 | North Macedonia | 2.8% | 2025 | up 102.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Zambia | 2.7% | 2024 | up 128.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Italy | 2.6% | 2025 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 101 | Serbia | 2.6% | 2007 | up 33.9% | falling |
| 102 | Madagascar | 2.6% | 2024 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Guatemala | 2.5% | 2025 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Pakistan | 2.4% | 2025 | up 101.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Faroe Islands | 2.4% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Austria | 2.4% | 2025 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 107 | Thailand | 2.4% | 2025 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Uganda | 2.3% | 2024 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Haiti | 2.2% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Poland | 2.1% | 2025 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Burundi | 1.9% | 2023 | up 965,683.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Germany | 1.9% | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 113 | Czechia | 1.9% | 2025 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 114 | Liberia | 1.8% | 2023 | up 137.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Laos | 1.8% | 2023 | up 196.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Togo | 1.8% | 2025 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.8% | 2024 | up 14,100.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Kenya | 1.8% | 2025 | down 82.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Moldova | 1.8% | 2025 | up 1,248.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.7% | 1983 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Mali | 1.6% | 2023 | up 1,718.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Iceland | 1.5% | 2025 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 123 | China | 1.4% | 2025 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Uruguay | 1.3% | 2024 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Tanzania | 1.3% | 2025 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Namibia | 1.3% | 2024 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Japan | 1.2% | 2025 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Somalia | 1.1% | 1982 | up 9,608.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Bangladesh | 1.1% | 2018 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Armenia | 1.0% | 2025 | down 82.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Djibouti | 1.0% | 2023 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Switzerland | 1.0% | 2025 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Philippines | 1.0% | 2025 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Vietnam | 1.0% | 2023 | down 87.0% | volatile |
| 135 | New Zealand | 0.9% | 2025 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Chile | 0.9% | 2025 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Panama | 0.9% | 2025 | up 799.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Nicaragua | 0.7% | 2024 | up 135.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Morocco | 0.7% | 2025 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Botswana | 0.7% | 2023 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Dominican Republic | 0.6% | 2025 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Mauritania | 0.5% | 2024 | down 81.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Ukraine | 0.5% | 2024 | down 87.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Guinea | 0.5% | 2016 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Jordan | 0.3% | 2024 | up 57.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Ireland | 0.3% | 2025 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Sierra Leone | 0.1% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Luxembourg | 0.1% | 2025 | down 74.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Fiji | 0.1% | 2025 | up 2,633.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Maldives | 0.1% | 2025 | up 294.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Palestine | 0.1% | 2023 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Hong Kong | 0.1% | 2025 | down 95.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Vanuatu | 0.1% | 2011 | up 236.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Rwanda | 0.1% | 2022 | up 240.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Aruba | 0.1% | 2023 | up 1,680.3% | volatile |
| 156 | French Polynesia | 0.0% | 2022 | up 223.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Ethiopia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 2,548.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Central African Republic | 0.0% | 2024 | down 65.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% | 2023 | up 2,420.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Honduras | 0.0% | 2024 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2025 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 2024 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Lesotho | 0.0% | 2024 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 165 | Costa Rica | 0.0% | 2024 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 166 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2021 | up 14,207.4% | volatile |
| 167 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2025 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Malawi | 0.0% | 2025 | down 88.8% | volatile |
| 170 | New Caledonia | 0.0% | 2015 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2012 | down 95.9% | volatile |
| 172 | Belize | 0.0% | 2025 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 173 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0% | 2022 | down 98.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Dominica | 0.0% | 2023 | up 41.6% | volatile |
| 175 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2023 | up 16,014.2% | volatile |
| 176 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2025 | up 3,029.7% | volatile |
| 177 | Suriname | 0.0% | 2025 | up 306.9% | volatile |
| 178 | Nepal | 0.0% | 2022 | down 96.7% | volatile |
| 179 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2025 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2024 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 182 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Greenland | 0.0% | 2018 | down 82.1% | volatile |
| 184 | Benin | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 186 | Cambodia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 211.3% | volatile |
| 187 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Cape Verde | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Gambia | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Macao | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Pre-demographic dividend 71.4%
- Arab World 70.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 68.5%
- Africa Western and Central 60.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 50.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 50.4%
- IDA blend 48.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 40.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 40.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 40.9%
- Least developed countries 36.7%
- Caribbean Small States 31.2%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 29.5%
- IDA total 28.7%
- Small states 26.0%
- Lower middle income 24.8%
- Other small states 24.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 22.7%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 21.0%
- North America 19.3%
- Early-demographic dividend 17.7%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 13.3%
- South Asia 12.8%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 12.8%
- High income 10.4%
- IDA only 9.5%
- World 9.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 9.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean 8.8%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 8.8%
- Post-demographic dividend 8.6%
- OECD members 8.5%
- Low & middle income 7.3%
- Middle income 7.3%
- IDA & IBRD total 7.1%
- Late-demographic dividend 6.5%
- Europe & Central Asia 6.3%
- IBRD only 6.2%
- Upper middle income 5.2%
- Euro area 4.9%
About this data
Fuels comprise the commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) section 3 (mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise exports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e.