Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in Kiribati in 2021 — 0.6%. Ranked 147 in the world out of 166. Since 1973, the indicator has fallen by 88.56 pp.
1973–2021 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kiribati
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0.6 | +0.15 pp |
| 2020 | 0.45 | — |
| 2018 | 0.94 | +0.45 pp |
| 2017 | 0.49 | −0.49 pp |
| 2016 | 0.97 | +0.46 pp |
| 2015 | 0.51 | −0.46 pp |
| 2014 | 0.97 | — |
| 2012 | 0.32 | — |
| 2009 | 0.04 | −1.08 pp |
| 2008 | 1.12 | +0.46 pp |
| 2007 | 0.66 | — |
| 2005 | 1.61 | — |
| 1998 | 0.15 | +0.15 pp |
| 1997 | 0 | — |
| 1995 | 0.11 | +0.11 pp |
| 1994 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 1993 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 1992 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 1991 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 1990 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 1989 | 0 | — |
| 1987 | 2.02 | — |
| 1979 | 84.65 | −3.69 pp |
| 1978 | 88.34 | +1.91 pp |
| 1977 | 86.43 | −8.1 pp |
| 1976 | 94.53 | −1.9 pp |
| 1975 | 96.43 | +17.01 pp |
| 1974 | 79.42 | −9.74 pp |
| 1973 | 89.16 | — |
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.
