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

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

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Tajikistan 47.56 2020
2 Mongolia 40.09 2020
3 Armenia 39.56 2021
4 Georgia 32.44 2021
5 Macao SAR, China 24.07 2021
6 Bahrain 23.76 2019
7 Kazakhstan 18.50 2020
8 Lao PDR 15.74 2020
9 Kyrgyz Republic 15.06 2021
10 Uzbekistan 13.96 2021
11 Bhutan 11.51 2012
12 Russia 8.64 2020
13 Philippines 7.49 2021
14 Lebanon 6.98 2020
15 Jordan 6.53 2020
16 Myanmar 6.49 2020
17 Indonesia 5.57 2020
18 Oman 5.42 2018
19 India 4.83 2021
20 Pakistan 4.62 2021
21 Turkey 4.03 2020
22 Malaysia 3.51 2020
23 Japan 3.50 2021
24 United Arab Emirates 3.41 2020
25 Iran 2.77 2018
26 Syrian Arab Republic 2.66 2010
27 Korea 2.61 2020
28 Qatar 2.60 2020
29 Hong Kong SAR, China 2.25 2021
30 Afghanistan 2.20 2019
31 Thailand 1.86 2020
32 Saudi Arabia 1.84 2020
33 Nepal 1.55 2019
34 Israel 1.33 2020
35 Azerbaijan 1.24 2021
36 China 1.12 2020
37 Vietnam 1.05 2020
38 Singapore 0.72 2020
39 Cambodia 0.56 2020
40 Sri Lanka 0.55 2020
41 Turkmenistan 0.40 2000
42 Timor-Leste 0.26 2017
43 Kuwait 0.19 2020
44 Bangladesh 0.17 2015
45 Brunei 0.08 2020
46 Iraq 0.00 2013
47 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.