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

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

Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in Greenland in 2018 — 0.1%. Ranked 169 in the world out of 173. Since 1976, the indicator has fallen by 47.56 pp.

2018 0.1% +0.02 pp vs 2017
World rank 169of 173
Period maximum 47.67%1976
Period minimum 0%2001

Trend over time

1976–2018 · % of merchandise exports

Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) — Greenland, 1976–201802040601976198119861991199620012006201120161976: 47.67%1977: 42.61%1978: 38.77%1979: 39.19%1980: 29.04%1981: 20.82%1982: 28.46%1983: 27.93%1984: 28.14%1985: 18.2%1986: 14.48%1987: 12.05%1988: 17.96%1989: 18.56%1990: 0.02%1991: 0.02%1992: 0.01%1993: 0.01%1994: 0.03%1995: 0.03%1996: 0.01%1997: 0.01%1998: 0.01%1999: 0.01%2000: 0.01%2001: 0%2002: 0.01%2003: 0.01%2004: 6.02%2005: 6.37%2006: 7.32%2007: 11.72%2008: 9.14%2009: 5.36%2010: 0.83%2011: 0.3%2012: 0.26%2013: 0.12%2014: 0.5%2015: 0.15%2016: 0.13%2017: 0.08%2018: 0.1%
Change over the period: −47.56 pp Annual average: -1.13 pp

Comparison, 2018

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

Greenland 0.1%
World 3.75%
Europe & Central Asia 3.17%
Northern Europe computed 3.77%
High-income countries computed 3.79%
Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) — Greenland, by year Greenland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2018 0.1 +0.02 pp
2017 0.08 −0.04 pp
2016 0.13 −0.02 pp
2015 0.15 −0.35 pp
2014 0.5 +0.39 pp
2013 0.12 −0.14 pp
2012 0.26 −0.04 pp
2011 0.3 −0.54 pp
2010 0.83 −4.53 pp
2009 5.36 −3.78 pp
2008 9.14 −2.59 pp
2007 11.72 +4.4 pp
2006 7.32 +0.95 pp
2005 6.37 +0.35 pp
2004 6.02 +6.01 pp
2003 0.01 −0.01 pp
2002 0.01 +0.01 pp
2001 0 −0.01 pp
2000 0.01 +0 pp
1999 0.01 +0 pp
1998 0.01 −0.01 pp
1997 0.01 +0.01 pp
1996 0.01 −0.02 pp
1995 0.03 −0.01 pp
1994 0.03 +0.02 pp
1993 0.01 +0 pp
1992 0.01 −0.01 pp
1991 0.02 +0 pp
1990 0.02 −18.54 pp
1989 18.56 +0.6 pp
1988 17.96 +5.91 pp
1987 12.05 −2.43 pp
1986 14.48 −3.71 pp
1985 18.2 −9.94 pp
1984 28.14 +0.21 pp
1983 27.93 −0.53 pp
1982 28.46 +7.64 pp
1981 20.82 −8.22 pp
1980 29.04 −10.15 pp
1979 39.19 +0.43 pp
1978 38.77 −3.84 pp
1977 42.61 −5.06 pp
1976 47.67 —

Northern Europe, 2018

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

IS Iceland 41 NO Norway 6.18 FI Finland 5.86 SE Sweden 4.56 GB United Kingdom 3.8 EE Estonia 2.75 LV Latvia 2.25 LT Lithuania 1.9 DK Denmark 1.52 IE Ireland 1.02 GL Greenland 0.1
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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.

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