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

The value for Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in Liberia was 64.76 as of 1984. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 79.35 in 1975 and a minimum value of 57.60 in 1980.

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
1963 61.02
1967 75.94
1970 73.64
1971 74.99
1972 77.56
1973 76.09
1974 73.15
1975 79.35
1976 75.61
1977 65.97
1978 62.74
1979 61.51
1980 57.60
1981 66.73
1982 71.20
1983 67.48
1984 64.76

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