South Africa - Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in South Africa was 8.11 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12.07 in 2002 and a minimum value of 0.92 in 1974.

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
1974 0.92
1975 1.27
1976 2.63
1977 4.63
1978 4.95
1979 5.97
1980 3.78
1981 6.10
1982 6.49
1983 6.09
1984 7.32
1992 6.93
1993 6.81
1994 5.43
1995 8.92
1996 10.86
1997 7.31
1998 7.66
1999 9.83
2000 10.13
2001 11.72
2002 12.07
2003 9.82
2004 9.10
2005 10.36
2006 9.50
2007 10.56
2008 9.63
2009 11.18
2010 10.71
2011 10.54
2012 11.42
2013 10.70
2014 10.18
2015 9.75
2016 9.83
2017 12.01
2018 10.99
2019 10.05
2020 8.11

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