Gabon - Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in Gabon was 83.13 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 89.32 in 1993 and a minimum value of 14.07 in 1964.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1962 17.44
1963 14.51
1964 14.07
1965 15.34
1966 15.67
1967 30.23
1968 34.88
1969 35.30
1970 42.61
1971 45.17
1975 82.89
1976 78.77
1977 81.07
1978 72.50
1979 78.10
1980 87.95
1981 82.53
1982 84.62
1983 79.46
1993 89.32
1994 86.60
1996 82.74
1997 77.60
1998 83.10
1999 78.47
2000 83.33
2001 82.95
2002 83.82
2003 88.37
2004 76.18
2005 84.04
2006 85.61
2007 83.41
2008 89.17
2009 83.13

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