Arab World - Ores and metals imports
Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports)
The value for Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) in Arab World was 3.01 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 42 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4.76 in 1993 and a minimum value of 1.16 in 1978.
Definition: Ores and metals comprise commodities in SITC sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous metals).
Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1978 | 1.16 |
| 1979 | 1.28 |
| 1980 | 1.70 |
| 1981 | 1.37 |
| 1982 | 1.44 |
| 1983 | 1.93 |
| 1992 | 3.73 |
| 1993 | 4.76 |
| 1999 | 2.11 |
| 2000 | 2.31 |
| 2001 | 2.27 |
| 2002 | 2.10 |
| 2003 | 2.26 |
| 2004 | 3.14 |
| 2005 | 3.29 |
| 2006 | 3.68 |
| 2007 | 3.52 |
| 2008 | 4.36 |
| 2009 | 2.52 |
| 2010 | 3.15 |
| 2011 | 3.86 |
| 2012 | 3.84 |
| 2013 | 3.52 |
| 2014 | 3.48 |
| 2015 | 2.99 |
| 2016 | 2.79 |
| 2017 | 3.29 |
| 2018 | 3.74 |
| 2019 | 3.27 |
| 2020 | 3.01 |
Classification
Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators
Sub-Topic: Imports
