Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 15.97 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 54 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25.82 in 1970 and a minimum value of 11.73 in 2003.

Definition: Ores and metals comprise the 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
1965 20.83
1966 22.44
1967 21.74
1968 15.65
1970 25.82
1971 21.78
1972 24.63
1973 24.24
1974 22.94
1975 22.84
1976 21.34
1977 22.93
1978 21.97
1979 19.66
1995 15.44
1996 15.69
1997 14.70
1998 13.25
1999 11.94
2000 13.13
2001 13.94
2002 13.90
2003 11.73
2004 12.52
2005 13.95
2006 15.07
2007 15.16
2008 15.52
2009 11.97
2010 14.94
2011 14.30
2012 11.92
2013 13.81
2014 14.15
2015 16.66
2016 15.91
2017 15.35
2018 14.44
2019 15.97

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