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

The value for Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in Mauritania was 42.40 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 94.33 in 1964 and a minimum value of 0.01 in 1962.

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 0.01
1963 68.22
1964 94.33
1965 93.71
1966 92.78
1967 89.06
1968 89.70
1970 88.32
1971 83.70
1972 81.38
2000 45.72
2001 58.94
2002 61.91
2003 57.91
2004 59.83
2005 68.58
2007 53.86
2008 55.49
2009 11.35
2010 35.35
2011 7.61
2012 51.22
2013 64.26
2014 50.55
2015 40.98
2016 42.44
2017 41.04
2018 35.97
2019 48.49
2020 42.40

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