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

Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) — Eastern Asia

Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in Eastern Asia in 2024 — 1.91%. Since 1984, the indicator has risen by 0.81 pp.

2024 1.91% −0.02 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 2.47%2011
Period minimum 0.87%1986

Trend over time

1984–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) — Eastern Asia, 1984–20240.511.522.5198419881992199620002004200820122016202020241984: 1.1%1985: 0.97%1986: 0.87%1987: 1.08%1992: 1.01%1993: 0.99%1994: 1.1%1995: 1.28%1996: 1.28%1997: 1.45%1998: 1.52%1999: 1.52%2000: 1.5%2001: 1.5%2002: 1.44%2003: 1.52%2004: 1.81%2005: 1.89%2006: 2.34%2007: 2.4%2008: 2.38%2009: 1.83%2010: 2.29%2011: 2.47%2012: 2.08%2013: 1.99%2014: 2.35%2015: 2.07%2016: 1.71%2017: 1.6%2018: 1.69%2019: 1.63%2020: 1.72%2021: 2.09%2022: 2.04%2023: 1.93%2024: 1.91%
Change over the period: +0.81 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Asia 1.91%
World 4.02%
Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 1.91 −0.02 pp
2023 1.93 −0.12 pp
2022 2.04 −0.04 pp
2021 2.09 +0.37 pp
2020 1.72 +0.09 pp
2019 1.63 −0.06 pp
2018 1.69 +0.09 pp
2017 1.6 −0.11 pp
2016 1.71 −0.36 pp
2015 2.07 −0.28 pp
2014 2.35 +0.36 pp
2013 1.99 −0.09 pp
2012 2.08 −0.39 pp
2011 2.47 +0.17 pp
2010 2.29 +0.46 pp
2009 1.83 −0.55 pp
2008 2.38 −0.02 pp
2007 2.4 +0.05 pp
2006 2.34 +0.45 pp
2005 1.89 +0.08 pp
2004 1.81 +0.3 pp
2003 1.52 +0.07 pp
2002 1.44 −0.05 pp
2001 1.5 −0 pp
2000 1.5 −0.02 pp
1999 1.52 +0 pp
1998 1.52 +0.07 pp
1997 1.45 +0.16 pp
1996 1.28 +0 pp
1995 1.28 +0.19 pp
1994 1.1 +0.1 pp
1993 0.99 −0.02 pp
1992 1.01
1987 1.08 +0.21 pp
1986 0.87 −0.1 pp
1985 0.97 −0.13 pp
1984 1.1

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.