Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in Tonga in 2023 — 0.96%. Ranked 131 in the world out of 160. Since 1975, the indicator has risen by 0.96 pp.
1975–2023 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Tonga
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.96 | +0.8 pp |
| 2022 | 0.16 | −0.41 pp |
| 2021 | 0.57 | +0.35 pp |
| 2020 | 0.23 | −0.12 pp |
| 2019 | 0.35 | +0.24 pp |
| 2018 | 0.11 | +0.06 pp |
| 2017 | 0.05 | — |
| 2014 | 5.83 | +2.51 pp |
| 2013 | 3.32 | +0.82 pp |
| 2012 | 2.5 | +0.32 pp |
| 2011 | 2.18 | +0.67 pp |
| 2010 | 1.5 | −0.04 pp |
| 2009 | 1.55 | −18.18 pp |
| 2008 | 19.73 | +18.29 pp |
| 2007 | 1.45 | +1.29 pp |
| 2006 | 0.15 | −0.31 pp |
| 2005 | 0.47 | −0.12 pp |
| 2004 | 0.58 | +0.46 pp |
| 2003 | 0.12 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 2000 | 0 | — |
| 1985 | 0.01 | — |
| 1980 | 0 | — |
| 1975 | 0 | — |
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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.
