Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in Western Africa in 2023 — 3.74%. Since 1963, the indicator has fallen by 6.55 pp.
1963–2023 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.74 | +0.51 pp |
| 2022 | 3.23 | −0.83 pp |
| 2021 | 4.07 | +0.21 pp |
| 2020 | 3.86 | +1.13 pp |
| 2019 | 2.73 | +0.38 pp |
| 2018 | 2.34 | −0.26 pp |
| 2017 | 2.6 | −0.92 pp |
| 2016 | 3.53 | +0.3 pp |
| 2015 | 3.23 | −0.25 pp |
| 2014 | 3.48 | +0.18 pp |
| 2013 | 3.3 | +1.7 pp |
| 2012 | 1.6 | +0.33 pp |
| 2011 | 1.28 | −1.17 pp |
| 2010 | 2.45 | +0.94 pp |
| 2009 | 1.51 | −1.05 pp |
| 2008 | 2.56 | −0.36 pp |
| 2007 | 2.92 | — |
| 2005 | 8.09 | +0.35 pp |
| 2004 | 7.73 | +6.29 pp |
| 2003 | 1.44 | −1.68 pp |
| 2002 | 3.12 | −0.6 pp |
| 2001 | 3.72 | +0.53 pp |
| 2000 | 3.19 | −0.62 pp |
| 1999 | 3.81 | −1.48 pp |
| 1998 | 5.28 | +0.72 pp |
| 1997 | 4.56 | — |
| 1979 | 4.67 | — |
| 1975 | 6.16 | +0.43 pp |
| 1974 | 5.72 | — |
| 1972 | 11.23 | −0.59 pp |
| 1971 | 11.81 | −1.79 pp |
| 1970 | 13.6 | — |
| 1967 | 16.66 | — |
| 1964 | 10.03 | −0.26 pp |
| 1963 | 10.29 | — |
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.