Dominica: Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Dominica's fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) fell 0.12 percentage points on 2022 (from 0.13% to 0.00753%).

Across the 22 yearly changes before that (1978 to 2022), the average change was +0.01 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.08 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.22 percentage points in 2017 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.22 percentage points in 2018. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 2% of the movement over 8 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2023, Dominica had the 20th highest value of the 23 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Dominica in the 2023 ranking

• Aruba — 17th of 23: 0.06%
• Ethiopia — 18th of 23: 0.03%
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 19th of 23: 0.03%
• Comoros — 21st of 23: 0.00485%
• Cabo Verde — 22nd of 23: 0%
• Macao SAR, China — 23rd of 23: 0%

What this measures

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.

Limitations: 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.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 31 values

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — 0% (2024)
• Argentina — 9.1% (2025)
• Aruba — 0.06% (2023)
• Bahamas, The — 0% (2024)
• Barbados — 4.79% (2025)
• Belize — 0.00968% (2025)
• Bolivia — 11.67% (2025)
• Brazil — 16.12% (2025)
• Chile — 0.88% (2025)
• Colombia — 34.9% (2025)
• Costa Rica

More private sector & trade data for Dominica

• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$259 million (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$24 million (2025)
• Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports) — 13.03% (2025)
• Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) — 57.43% (2025)
• Commercial service imports (current US$) — US$207.93 million (2025)
• Transport services (% of commercial service imports) — 19.19% (2025)
• Travel services (% of commercial service imports) — 10.36% (2025)
• Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) — 21.89% (2025)
• Commercial service exports (current US$)

Reading data like this

• Where to find free public data, and how to check it before you trust it — 2 min read
• Data analysis examples: 6 worked from one dataset — 3 min read
• Real change or random noise? A plain guide to reading your numbers — 2 min read

Questions people ask

What is Dominica's fuel exports (% of merchandise exports)?

0.00753% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1977?

It is up 0.00753 percentage points from 0% in 1977. The highest value was 0.22% in 2017 and the lowest 0% in 1977.

How does Dominica rank?

20th highest of 23 economies with data for 2023.

Is the latest change in fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) unusual for Dominica?

In 2023, Dominica's fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) fell 0.12 percentage points on 2022 (from 0.13% to 0.00753%). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (1978 to 2022), the average change was +0.01 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.08 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TX.VAL.FUEL.ZS.UN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division; World Integrated Trade Solution system (WITS), World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

Want to ask your own questions of data like this? Try AnalyzeIt: upload a file or ask about public data in plain words, and every figure comes with its working.