World - Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) in World was 4.53 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7.86 in 1966 and a minimum value of 3.03 in 2002.

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
1962 7.79
1963 6.96
1964 7.48
1965 7.82
1966 7.86
1967 7.52
1968 7.52
1969 7.22
1970 7.30
1971 6.12
1972 5.46
1973 5.64
1974 5.75
1975 4.73
1976 4.68
1977 4.53
1978 4.26
1979 4.57
1980 4.78
1981 4.13
1982 3.74
1983 4.03
1984 4.27
1985 3.96
1986 3.67
1987 3.68
1990 4.14
1991 3.82
1992 3.54
1993 3.34
1994 3.37
1995 3.70
1996 3.34
1997 3.42
1998 3.36
1999 3.18
2000 3.35
2001 3.26
2002 3.03
2003 3.04
2004 3.59
2005 3.82
2006 4.59
2007 4.97
2008 4.84
2009 4.17
2010 4.77
2011 5.05
2012 4.53
2013 4.29
2014 4.15
2015 3.88
2016 3.70
2017 4.11
2018 4.14
2019 4.16
2020 4.53

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 import shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports