Saudi Arabia - Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Saudi Arabia was 20.25 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 52 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20.25 in 2020 and a minimum value of 0.09 in 1968.

Definition: Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 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
1968 0.09
1969 0.09
1974 0.09
1975 0.58
1976 0.23
1977 0.28
1978 0.58
1979 0.73
1980 0.65
1981 0.60
1982 1.04
1985 3.21
1991 6.42
1992 10.16
1993 6.52
1994 8.11
1995 10.91
1996 9.44
1998 12.95
1999 9.29
2000 6.99
2001 9.67
2002 9.44
2003 9.08
2004 9.02
2005 8.04
2006 7.89
2007 8.62
2008 7.55
2009 10.30
2010 10.96
2011 10.11
2012 10.25
2013 11.05
2014 12.90
2015 18.11
2016 18.37
2017 16.71
2018 16.25
2019 16.57
2020 20.25

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