Fuel exports account for an elevated share of merchandise exports in the majority of main oil producing countries in Africa. Egypt is the exception, as fuels represented 26.5 percent of the country's merchandise exports in 2019. In Nigeria, the African leading oil and natural gas producer, fuels compounded 87 percent of merchandise exports by the same year. The share was over 90 percent in Angola, Algeria, and Libya.
Fuel exports as a share of merchandise exports in selected African countries as of 2019
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* Data as of 2018.
** Data as of 2017.
Figures were rounded. Data comprehend mineral fuels, lubricants, and related materials, from all included items such as coal, petroleum oil, and natural gas.
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World Bank. (December 16, 2020). Fuel exports as a share of merchandise exports in selected African countries as of 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1204241/fuel-exports-in-selected-african-countries/
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World Bank. (2020). Fuel exports as a share of merchandise exports in selected African countries as of 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1204241/fuel-exports-in-selected-african-countries/
World Bank. "Fuel Exports as a Share of Merchandise Exports in Selected African Countries as of 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1204241/fuel-exports-in-selected-african-countries/
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