Central African Republic’s fuel exports rose to 0.03% of merchandise exports in 2024.

Neither way is good in itself. A higher share can mean a country earns well from energy or depends heavily on one commodity, and a lower share can mean a broader export base or little energy to sell. For that reason the direction carries no verdict by itself. The latest figure, for 2024, is 0.03% of merchandise exports, up from 0.01% a year earlier. Since 2012 the range runs from 0.01% in 2023 to a high of 0.09% in 2013, so the current reading sits in the lower part of that range and just above its floor.

Why it matters. At 0.03% of merchandise exports, fuel brings in almost nothing of the Central African Republic's goods export earnings. Households and firms get no meaningful income from fuel sales abroad, and the state cannot count on them for foreign currency or export revenue. Movements in the figure from year to year are tiny in absolute terms, so they matter little for the country's trade balance.