Lao PDR - Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in Lao PDR was 15.74 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 78.00 in 1964 and a minimum value of 11.85 in 1974.

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 58.19
1963 65.61
1964 78.00
1965 61.88
1966 62.90
1967 46.99
1968 63.09
1969 53.80
1970 36.07
1971 52.32
1972 60.34
1973 31.09
1974 11.85
2010 50.22
2011 62.50
2012 56.44
2013 57.25
2014 46.88
2015 40.32
2016 36.93
2017 24.53
2018 26.35
2019 22.48
2020 15.74

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