Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) - Country Ranking

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: Thematic map, Time series comparison

Find indicator:
Rank Country Value Year
1 Zambia 78.78 2020
2 Dem. Rep. Congo 74.15 2020
3 Liberia 64.76 1984
4 Chile 62.31 2021
5 Papua New Guinea 54.45 2012
6 Tajikistan 47.56 2020
7 Jamaica 45.45 2020
8 Zimbabwe 44.76 2020
9 Peru 43.51 2020
10 Australia 42.84 2021
11 Cayman Islands 42.69 1980
12 Mauritania 42.40 2020
13 Mongolia 40.09 2020
14 Iceland 39.85 2021
15 Armenia 39.56 2021
16 Mozambique 38.81 2020
17 New Caledonia 37.75 2015
18 Montenegro 32.65 2021
19 Georgia 32.44 2021
20 South Africa 31.44 2020
21 Bolivia 30.73 2021
22 Namibia 29.76 2020
23 Guinea 25.82 2016
24 Macao SAR, China 24.07 2021
25 Bahrain 23.76 2019
26 Niger 23.01 2020
27 Sierra Leone 19.71 2018
28 Kazakhstan 18.50 2020
29 Madagascar 17.44 2020
30 Brazil 16.15 2020
31 Lao PDR 15.74 2020
32 Kyrgyz Republic 15.06 2021
33 Rwanda 14.80 2019
34 Bulgaria 14.75 2020
35 Uzbekistan 13.96 2021
36 Central African Republic 13.91 2018
37 Ukraine 13.32 2021
38 Togo 12.45 2020
39 Dominica 12.25 2012
40 Bhutan 11.51 2012
41 Serbia 10.29 2007
42 Canada 8.96 2021
43 Greece 8.69 2020
44 Russia 8.64 2020
45 Norway 8.27 2020
46 Philippines 7.49 2021
47 Equatorial Guinea 7.46 1983
48 The Gambia 7.46 2020
49 Finland 7.17 2021
50 Lebanon 6.98 2020
51 United Kingdom 6.96 2021
52 Cyprus 6.89 2021
53 Senegal 6.75 2020
54 Jordan 6.53 2020
55 Myanmar 6.49 2020
56 Kenya 6.39 2021
57 Sweden 6.03 2021
58 Tonga 5.83 2014
59 Indonesia 5.57 2020
60 Burundi 5.56 2020
61 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.51 2020
62 Morocco 5.49 2020
63 Oman 5.42 2018
64 Luxembourg 5.02 2021
65 St. Lucia 4.92 2019
66 India 4.83 2021
67 Croatia 4.78 2021
68 Belgium 4.78 2021
69 Pakistan 4.62 2021
70 North Macedonia 4.46 2020
71 Slovenia 4.41 2021
72 Albania 4.04 2020
73 Turkey 4.03 2020
74 Poland 3.97 2021
75 Tanzania 3.95 2021
76 Spain 3.89 2021
77 Egypt 3.82 2020
78 Moldova 3.81 2021
79 Solomon Islands 3.78 2018
80 Cameroon 3.70 2018
81 United States 3.65 2021
82 Mauritius 3.61 2021
83 The Bahamas 3.56 2018
84 Angola 3.53 2019
85 Malaysia 3.51 2020
86 Ecuador 3.51 2020
87 Japan 3.50 2021
88 Trinidad and Tobago 3.47 2015
89 United Arab Emirates 3.41 2020
90 Andorra 3.21 2018
91 New Zealand 3.15 2021
92 Ghana 3.04 2019
93 Gabon 3.03 2009
94 Austria 2.99 2020
95 Portugal 2.96 2021
96 Lithuania 2.93 2021
97 Italy 2.89 2021
98 Germany 2.83 2020
99 Netherlands 2.79 2021
100 Iran 2.77 2018
101 Honduras 2.70 2019
102 Burkina Faso 2.69 2020
103 Syrian Arab Republic 2.66 2010
104 Barbados 2.62 2021
105 Korea 2.61 2020
106 Qatar 2.60 2020
107 Latvia 2.54 2021
108 Mexico 2.49 2021
109 Estonia 2.48 2021
110 Slovak Republic 2.35 2021
111 Romania 2.30 2020
112 Hong Kong SAR, China 2.25 2021
113 Afghanistan 2.20 2019
114 Switzerland 2.18 2021
115 Guyana 2.11 2021
116 Palau 2.11 2018
117 Cuba 2.06 2006
118 France 2.04 2020
119 Denmark 1.88 2021
120 Thailand 1.86 2020
121 Saudi Arabia 1.84 2020
122 Eritrea 1.75 2003
123 Tunisia 1.75 2019
124 Czech Republic 1.62 2021
125 Vanuatu 1.57 2011
126 Botswana 1.55 2020
127 Nepal 1.55 2019
128 Hungary 1.54 2021
129 Dominican Republic 1.53 2020
130 Costa Rica 1.42 2020
131 Côte d'Ivoire 1.41 2019
132 Guatemala 1.35 2021
133 Israel 1.33 2020
134 Colombia 1.30 2020
135 Fiji 1.29 2020
136 Belarus 1.26 2020
137 Azerbaijan 1.24 2021
138 China 1.12 2020
139 El Salvador 1.09 2021
140 Paraguay 1.07 2021
141 Vietnam 1.05 2020
142 Belize 1.03 2021
143 Congo 0.83 2020
144 Chad 0.82 1975
145 Nicaragua 0.77 2020
146 Comoros 0.74 2020
147 Singapore 0.72 2020
148 Libya 0.66 2018
149 Samoa 0.64 2019
150 Guinea-Bissau 0.63 2005
151 Ireland 0.61 2020
152 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.56 2019
153 Cambodia 0.56 2020
154 Sri Lanka 0.55 2020
155 Malawi 0.53 2020
156 Suriname 0.49 2019
157 Kiribati 0.45 2020
158 Venezuela 0.44 2013
159 Sudan 0.40 2011
160 Turkmenistan 0.40 2000
161 Uruguay 0.39 2020
162 Malta 0.38 2020
163 Seychelles 0.34 2020
164 Ethiopia 0.32 2020
165 Djibouti 0.32 2009
166 Nigeria 0.30 2020
167 Timor-Leste 0.26 2017
168 Uganda 0.25 2020
169 Lesotho 0.23 2020
170 Argentina 0.22 2020
171 Benin 0.19 2021
172 Kuwait 0.19 2020
173 Grenada 0.18 2021
174 Panama 0.18 2017
175 Bangladesh 0.17 2015
176 Eswatini 0.17 2020
177 Algeria 0.17 2017
178 Mali 0.16 2019
179 São Tomé and Principe 0.14 2020
180 Greenland 0.10 2018
181 Haiti 0.08 1997
182 Brunei 0.08 2020
183 Somalia 0.04 1982
184 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.00 2017
185 Cabo Verde 0.00 2020
186 Iraq 0.00 2013
187 Antigua and Barbuda 0.00 2019
187 Yemen 0.00 2019

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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.