Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in Central America in 2024 — 2.17%. Since 1965, the indicator has fallen by 8.95 pp.
1965–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Central America
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.17 | −1.71 pp |
| 2023 | 3.88 | −0 pp |
| 2022 | 3.89 | −0.34 pp |
| 2021 | 4.22 | +0.9 pp |
| 2020 | 3.32 | +1.04 pp |
| 2019 | 2.29 | −0.2 pp |
| 2018 | 2.49 | +0.03 pp |
| 2017 | 2.46 | +0.06 pp |
| 2016 | 2.4 | +0.13 pp |
| 2015 | 2.27 | −0.4 pp |
| 2014 | 2.67 | −0.62 pp |
| 2013 | 3.29 | −0.69 pp |
| 2012 | 3.98 | −0.27 pp |
| 2011 | 4.25 | +1.02 pp |
| 2010 | 3.23 | +0.65 pp |
| 2009 | 2.58 | −0.11 pp |
| 2008 | 2.68 | −0.14 pp |
| 2007 | 2.82 | +0.39 pp |
| 2006 | 2.44 | +0.49 pp |
| 2005 | 1.94 | +0.25 pp |
| 2004 | 1.69 | +0.42 pp |
| 2003 | 1.27 | +0.05 pp |
| 2002 | 1.22 | −0.08 pp |
| 2001 | 1.3 | −0.16 pp |
| 2000 | 1.47 | −0.04 pp |
| 1999 | 1.51 | −0.25 pp |
| 1998 | 1.75 | −0.18 pp |
| 1997 | 1.93 | −0.05 pp |
| 1996 | 1.99 | −0.69 pp |
| 1995 | 2.68 | +0.47 pp |
| 1994 | 2.2 | −0.26 pp |
| 1993 | 2.46 | — |
| 1987 | 5.21 | +0.8 pp |
| 1986 | 4.4 | +0.86 pp |
| 1985 | 3.55 | −0.17 pp |
| 1984 | 3.72 | −0.36 pp |
| 1983 | 4.08 | +0.4 pp |
| 1982 | 3.68 | −2.44 pp |
| 1981 | 6.12 | +0.41 pp |
| 1980 | 5.71 | +1.56 pp |
| 1979 | 4.14 | −1.14 pp |
| 1978 | 5.28 | −0.47 pp |
| 1977 | 5.75 | −1.49 pp |
| 1976 | 7.25 | −1.65 pp |
| 1975 | 8.89 | −1.67 pp |
| 1974 | 10.56 | +1.63 pp |
| 1973 | 8.93 | +2.14 pp |
| 1972 | 6.79 | −1.74 pp |
| 1971 | 8.53 | −0.6 pp |
| 1970 | 9.14 | −1.5 pp |
| 1969 | 10.64 | −2.16 pp |
| 1968 | 12.8 | +1.78 pp |
| 1967 | 11.01 | +0.13 pp |
| 1966 | 10.88 | −0.23 pp |
| 1965 | 11.12 | — |
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.