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

The value for Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in Chile was 62.31 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 89.27 in 1973 and a minimum value of 40.56 in 2002.

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
1962 87.06
1963 87.28
1964 87.10
1965 88.84
1966 87.69
1967 89.21
1968 88.69
1969 88.36
1970 88.05
1971 82.62
1972 84.37
1973 89.27
1974 86.08
1975 71.99
1976 71.44
1977 64.17
1978 61.96
1979 68.64
1980 64.08
1981 62.95
1982 61.57
1983 63.88
1984 58.31
1985 59.21
1986 53.36
1987 52.38
1990 53.10
1991 46.96
1992 45.53
1993 42.02
1994 42.22
1995 47.12
1996 44.95
1997 46.95
1998 42.03
1999 42.46
2000 44.52
2001 40.69
2002 40.56
2003 41.03
2004 52.89
2005 56.32
2006 62.52
2007 64.46
2008 55.88
2009 58.45
2010 63.57
2011 61.02
2012 59.31
2013 56.82
2014 54.68
2015 52.41
2016 50.44
2017 54.19
2018 53.10
2019 52.13
2020 57.07
2021 62.31

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