World - Ores and metals exports
Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)
The value for Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in World was 4.21 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7.22 in 1966 and a minimum value of 2.79 in 2002.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1963 | 6.70 |
| 1964 | 7.07 |
| 1965 | 7.21 |
| 1966 | 7.22 |
| 1967 | 7.05 |
| 1968 | 6.97 |
| 1969 | 6.69 |
| 1970 | 7.00 |
| 1971 | 5.74 |
| 1972 | 5.41 |
| 1973 | 5.51 |
| 1974 | 6.08 |
| 1975 | 5.31 |
| 1976 | 5.13 |
| 1977 | 4.92 |
| 1978 | 4.57 |
| 1979 | 4.79 |
| 1980 | 5.40 |
| 1981 | 4.38 |
| 1982 | 4.08 |
| 1983 | 5.32 |
| 1984 | 3.90 |
| 1985 | 3.59 |
| 1986 | 3.36 |
| 1987 | 3.63 |
| 1991 | 5.45 |
| 1992 | 4.43 |
| 1993 | 3.96 |
| 1994 | 2.90 |
| 1995 | 3.33 |
| 1996 | 3.23 |
| 1997 | 3.29 |
| 1998 | 3.24 |
| 1999 | 3.12 |
| 2000 | 3.04 |
| 2001 | 2.98 |
| 2002 | 2.79 |
| 2003 | 2.81 |
| 2004 | 3.21 |
| 2005 | 3.42 |
| 2006 | 4.11 |
| 2007 | 4.28 |
| 2008 | 4.01 |
| 2009 | 3.50 |
| 2010 | 4.26 |
| 2011 | 4.43 |
| 2012 | 4.03 |
| 2013 | 3.86 |
| 2014 | 3.86 |
| 2015 | 3.72 |
| 2016 | 3.53 |
| 2017 | 3.72 |
| 2018 | 3.73 |
| 2019 | 3.72 |
| 2020 | 4.21 |
Classification
Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators
Sub-Topic: Exports
