Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in Belgium in 2024 — 3.52%. Ranked 61 in the world out of 130. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 6.22 pp.
1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Belgium
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.52 | −0.15 pp |
| 2023 | 3.67 | −0.26 pp |
| 2022 | 3.93 | −1 pp |
| 2021 | 4.93 | +0.56 pp |
| 2020 | 4.37 | +0.58 pp |
| 2019 | 3.78 | +0.27 pp |
| 2018 | 3.51 | +0.81 pp |
| 2017 | 2.71 | +0.29 pp |
| 2016 | 2.41 | −0.37 pp |
| 2015 | 2.79 | −0.01 pp |
| 2014 | 2.79 | −0.52 pp |
| 2013 | 3.32 | −0.81 pp |
| 2012 | 4.13 | −0.07 pp |
| 2011 | 4.2 | −0.08 pp |
| 2010 | 4.29 | +1.57 pp |
| 2009 | 2.71 | −0.59 pp |
| 2008 | 3.31 | −0.34 pp |
| 2007 | 3.65 | +0.15 pp |
| 2006 | 3.5 | +0.91 pp |
| 2005 | 2.6 | +0.07 pp |
| 2004 | 2.52 | +0.4 pp |
| 2003 | 2.12 | −0.13 pp |
| 2002 | 2.25 | −0.34 pp |
| 2001 | 2.59 | −0.2 pp |
| 2000 | 2.79 | +0.09 pp |
| 1999 | 2.7 | — |
| 1987 | 3.82 | −0.24 pp |
| 1986 | 4.06 | −0.65 pp |
| 1985 | 4.71 | −0.18 pp |
| 1984 | 4.89 | −0.08 pp |
| 1983 | 4.96 | +0.27 pp |
| 1982 | 4.7 | −0.46 pp |
| 1981 | 5.16 | −1.37 pp |
| 1980 | 6.53 | +1.15 pp |
| 1979 | 5.38 | +0.45 pp |
| 1978 | 4.93 | −0.57 pp |
| 1977 | 5.5 | −0.06 pp |
| 1976 | 5.55 | +0.44 pp |
| 1975 | 5.11 | −2.85 pp |
| 1974 | 7.97 | +0.4 pp |
| 1973 | 7.56 | +1.2 pp |
| 1972 | 6.36 | −1.05 pp |
| 1971 | 7.42 | −2.91 pp |
| 1970 | 10.33 | −0.28 pp |
| 1969 | 10.61 | −0.57 pp |
| 1968 | 11.18 | +0.3 pp |
| 1967 | 10.88 | −0.88 pp |
| 1966 | 11.76 | +1.64 pp |
| 1965 | 10.12 | +0.29 pp |
| 1964 | 9.83 | −0.01 pp |
| 1963 | 9.84 | +0.1 pp |
| 1962 | 9.73 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The share of ores, concentrates, non-ferrous and ferrous metals in merchandise exports. This is the second measure of commodity dependence after fuel, and the difference between them is meaningful: fuel is burned while metal stays in circulation, so a metallurgical specialization is more robust than an oil one to the shift to renewable energy — and demand for copper, lithium and nickel is exactly what that shift raises.
Important: Ores and metals together, with no split between raw material and processing: a country exporting concentrate and a country exporting rolled steel look the same by this indicator.
Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
