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

Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) — G7

Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in the G7 in 2024 — 3.29%. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 2.01 pp.

2024 3.29% +0.06 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 5.61%1968
Period minimum 1.98%1999

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) — G7, 1962–202412345619621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 5.3%1964: 5.37%1966: 5.49%1968: 5.61%1970: 5.42%1972: 3.89%1974: 4.55%1976: 3.54%1978: 3.16%1980: 4.44%1982: 2.95%1984: 3.15%1986: 2.66%1988: 2.85%1990: 2.78%1992: 2.31%1994: 2.24%1996: 2.28%1998: 2.14%2000: 2.14%2002: 2.08%2004: 2.42%2006: 3.39%2008: 3.55%2010: 3.49%2012: 3.37%2014: 3.11%2016: 2.74%2018: 3.06%2020: 3.51%2022: 3.69%2024: 3.29%
Change over the period: −2.01 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 3.29%
World 4.02%
Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 3.29 +0.06 pp
2023 3.23 −0.46 pp
2022 3.69 −0.32 pp
2021 4.01 +0.5 pp
2020 3.51 +0.58 pp
2019 2.93 −0.13 pp
2018 3.06 +0.1 pp
2017 2.96 +0.22 pp
2016 2.74 −0.17 pp
2015 2.91 −0.19 pp
2014 3.11 −0.04 pp
2013 3.15 −0.22 pp
2012 3.37 −0.36 pp
2011 3.73 +0.24 pp
2010 3.49 +0.5 pp
2009 2.99 −0.56 pp
2008 3.55 −0.1 pp
2007 3.65 +0.25 pp
2006 3.39 +0.73 pp
2005 2.66 +0.24 pp
2004 2.42 +0.35 pp
2003 2.06 −0.02 pp
2002 2.08 −0.08 pp
2001 2.16 +0.02 pp
2000 2.14 +0.15 pp
1999 1.98 −0.15 pp
1998 2.14 −0.17 pp
1997 2.31 +0.03 pp
1996 2.28 −0.26 pp
1995 2.54 +0.29 pp
1994 2.24 +0.05 pp
1993 2.2 −0.12 pp
1992 2.31 −0.22 pp
1991 2.54 −0.24 pp
1990 2.78 −0.28 pp
1989 3.06 +0.21 pp
1988 2.85 +0.28 pp
1987 2.57 −0.08 pp
1986 2.66 −0.27 pp
1985 2.93 −0.22 pp
1984 3.15 −0.05 pp
1983 3.2 +0.25 pp
1982 2.95 −0.35 pp
1981 3.3 −1.14 pp
1980 4.44 +0.77 pp
1979 3.67 +0.51 pp
1978 3.16 −0.15 pp
1977 3.31 −0.22 pp
1976 3.54 −0.01 pp
1975 3.54 −1.01 pp
1974 4.55 +0.4 pp
1973 4.15 +0.27 pp
1972 3.89 −0.29 pp
1971 4.18 −1.24 pp
1970 5.42 +0.23 pp
1969 5.19 −0.42 pp
1968 5.61 +0.12 pp
1967 5.49 −0 pp
1966 5.49 −0.05 pp
1965 5.53 +0.16 pp
1964 5.37 +0.22 pp
1963 5.15 −0.16 pp
1962 5.3

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.

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