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

The value for Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in Bahrain was 23.76 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 84.19 in 1986 and a minimum value of 0.06 in 1971.

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
1970 0.07
1971 0.06
1972 0.86
1973 1.21
1974 6.90
1975 7.22
1976 6.85
1977 5.88
1978 9.36
1979 44.59
1980 45.80
1981 36.63
1982 60.34
1983 75.13
1984 71.82
1985 57.36
1986 84.19
1987 70.14
1994 25.07
1995 26.31
1996 57.04
2000 16.17
2001 19.63
2002 17.46
2003 17.27
2004 15.32
2005 15.23
2006 13.83
2007 10.81
2008 17.08
2009 15.36
2010 18.10
2011 21.45
2012 21.09
2013 18.34
2014 15.09
2015 22.89
2016 28.01
2017 24.87
2018 22.78
2019 23.76

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