World - Ores and metals imports
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 |
Classification
Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators
Sub-Topic: Imports
