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

Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) — G20

Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in the G20 in 2024 — 4.04%. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 1.5 pp.

2024 4.04% −0.05 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 6.1%1970
Period minimum 2.59%2002

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) — G20, 1962–202423456719621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 5.54%1964: 5.63%1966: 5.85%1968: 5.99%1970: 6.1%1972: 4.44%1974: 4.91%1976: 4.1%1978: 3.55%1980: 4.4%1982: 3.28%1984: 3.66%1986: 3.09%1989: 3.81%1991: 3.11%1993: 2.65%1995: 2.95%1997: 2.98%1999: 2.72%2001: 2.77%2003: 2.63%2005: 3.36%2007: 4.36%2009: 3.75%2011: 4.72%2013: 4.05%2015: 3.45%2017: 3.67%2019: 3.81%2021: 5.06%2023: 4.09%2024: 4.04%
Change over the period: −1.5 pp Annual average: -0.02 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20

G20 4.04%
World 4.02%
Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 4.04 −0.05 pp
2023 4.09 −0.22 pp
2022 4.31 −0.75 pp
2021 5.06 +0.65 pp
2020 4.41 +0.6 pp
2019 3.81 +0.11 pp
2018 3.7 +0.03 pp
2017 3.67 +0.3 pp
2016 3.37 −0.08 pp
2015 3.45 −0.36 pp
2014 3.8 −0.25 pp
2013 4.05 −0.11 pp
2012 4.16 −0.57 pp
2011 4.72 +0.19 pp
2010 4.53 +0.78 pp
2009 3.75 −0.41 pp
2008 4.16 −0.2 pp
2007 4.36 +0.18 pp
2006 4.19 +0.83 pp
2005 3.36 +0.29 pp
2004 3.07 +0.44 pp
2003 2.63 +0.04 pp
2002 2.59 −0.18 pp
2001 2.77 +0.07 pp
2000 2.7 −0.02 pp
1999 2.72 −0.17 pp
1998 2.88 −0.09 pp
1997 2.98 +0.07 pp
1996 2.91 −0.04 pp
1995 2.95 +0.32 pp
1994 2.63 −0.02 pp
1993 2.65 −0.17 pp
1992 2.82 −0.29 pp
1991 3.11 −0.33 pp
1990 3.44 −0.36 pp
1989 3.81
1987 3.04 −0.05 pp
1986 3.09 −0.2 pp
1985 3.29 −0.36 pp
1984 3.66 −0.1 pp
1983 3.75 +0.48 pp
1982 3.28 −0.18 pp
1981 3.46 −0.94 pp
1980 4.4 +0.47 pp
1979 3.93 +0.37 pp
1978 3.55 −0.25 pp
1977 3.8 −0.3 pp
1976 4.1 −0.15 pp
1975 4.26 −0.66 pp
1974 4.91 +0.28 pp
1973 4.63 +0.2 pp
1972 4.44 −0.4 pp
1971 4.84 −1.26 pp
1970 6.1 +0.45 pp
1969 5.65 −0.34 pp
1968 5.99 +0.15 pp
1967 5.84 −0 pp
1966 5.85 +0 pp
1965 5.85 +0.21 pp
1964 5.63 +0.15 pp
1963 5.49 −0.05 pp
1962 5.54

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.