Australia - Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in Australia was 42.84 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 42.84 in 2021 and a minimum value of 6.05 in 1963.

Definition: Ores and metals comprise the commodities in SITC sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous metals).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

See also:

Year Value
1963 6.05
1964 7.70
1965 9.54
1966 10.23
1967 11.48
1968 15.58
1969 17.86
1970 22.57
1971 21.62
1972 19.00
1973 17.33
1974 20.50
1975 22.43
1976 19.73
1977 20.24
1978 15.41
1979 15.23
1980 17.46
1981 17.49
1982 19.36
1983 20.18
1984 18.74
1985 18.13
1986 18.17
1987 17.79
1988 23.87
1989 26.07
1990 25.34
1991 23.54
1992 21.28
1993 20.03
1994 17.78
1995 20.26
1996 18.80
1997 18.68
1998 20.07
1999 20.91
2000 19.63
2001 19.33
2002 18.25
2003 18.57
2004 19.82
2005 23.01
2006 27.36
2007 29.08
2008 27.81
2009 27.70
2010 33.96
2011 36.63
2012 34.13
2013 38.22
2014 37.03
2015 32.18
2016 31.53
2017 31.40
2018 27.44
2019 32.76
2020 40.00
2021 42.84

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports