Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) — Euro area

Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in the Euro area in 2024 — 2.85%. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 1.35 pp.

2024 2.85% +0.06 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 4.65%1966
Period minimum 2.06%2003

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) — Euro area, 1962–2024234519621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 4.2%1964: 3.96%1966: 4.65%1968: 4.5%1970: 4.07%1972: 3.01%1974: 3.92%1976: 3.05%1978: 2.89%1980: 3.69%1982: 2.8%1984: 3.17%1986: 2.53%1988: 2.78%1990: 2.54%1992: 2.27%1994: 2.31%1996: 2.32%1998: 2.23%2000: 2.33%2002: 2.11%2004: 2.31%2006: 3.21%2008: 2.9%2010: 3.07%2012: 3.09%2014: 2.7%2016: 2.4%2018: 2.77%2020: 2.87%2022: 3.18%2024: 2.85%
Change over the period: −1.35 pp Annual average: -0.02 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Euro area

Euro area 2.85%
World 4.02%
Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 2.85 +0.06 pp
2023 2.79 −0.39 pp
2022 3.18 −0.24 pp
2021 3.42 +0.56 pp
2020 2.87 +0.16 pp
2019 2.7 −0.07 pp
2018 2.77 +0.09 pp
2017 2.68 +0.28 pp
2016 2.4 −0.19 pp
2015 2.59 −0.11 pp
2014 2.7 −0.07 pp
2013 2.77 −0.32 pp
2012 3.09 −0.22 pp
2011 3.31 +0.24 pp
2010 3.07 +0.66 pp
2009 2.41 −0.49 pp
2008 2.9 −0.3 pp
2007 3.2 −0.01 pp
2006 3.21 +0.75 pp
2005 2.46 +0.15 pp
2004 2.31 +0.25 pp
2003 2.06 −0.05 pp
2002 2.11 −0.12 pp
2001 2.23 −0.1 pp
2000 2.33 +0.12 pp
1999 2.21 −0.02 pp
1998 2.23 −0.19 pp
1997 2.42 +0.09 pp
1996 2.32 −0.18 pp
1995 2.5 +0.19 pp
1994 2.31 +0.03 pp
1993 2.28 +0.01 pp
1992 2.27 −0.09 pp
1991 2.36 −0.17 pp
1990 2.54 −0.45 pp
1989 2.99 +0.21 pp
1988 2.78 +0.29 pp
1987 2.48 −0.05 pp
1986 2.53 −0.39 pp
1985 2.92 −0.24 pp
1984 3.17 +0.07 pp
1983 3.09 +0.29 pp
1982 2.8 −0.3 pp
1981 3.09 −0.6 pp
1980 3.69 +0.46 pp
1979 3.22 +0.34 pp
1978 2.89 −0.13 pp
1977 3.02 −0.03 pp
1976 3.05 +0.15 pp
1975 2.9 −1.02 pp
1974 3.92 +0.6 pp
1973 3.32 +0.31 pp
1972 3.01 −0.28 pp
1971 3.3 −0.77 pp
1970 4.07 −0.17 pp
1969 4.23 −0.26 pp
1968 4.5 +0.06 pp
1967 4.43 −0.22 pp
1966 4.65 +0.39 pp
1965 4.27 +0.3 pp
1964 3.96 +0.32 pp
1963 3.65 −0.56 pp
1962 4.2

About the indicator

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.