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

The value for Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in Norway was 8.27 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22.97 in 1969 and a minimum value of 4.76 in 2013.

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 21.32
1963 20.40
1964 21.88
1965 18.39
1966 21.11
1967 19.40
1968 22.42
1969 22.97
1970 22.09
1971 20.26
1972 18.44
1973 16.81
1974 15.24
1975 11.03
1976 14.33
1977 13.55
1978 13.56
1979 12.07
1980 10.50
1981 9.60
1982 7.93
1983 8.99
1984 9.83
1985 8.72
1988 14.25
1989 13.70
1990 10.12
1991 8.86
1992 8.09
1993 7.36
1994 8.34
1995 8.72
1996 7.02
1997 7.12
1998 8.59
1999 7.21
2000 6.07
2001 6.00
2002 6.08
2003 6.65
2004 6.92
2005 6.01
2006 7.14
2007 8.32
2008 5.52
2009 5.23
2010 6.32
2011 5.94
2012 5.16
2013 4.76
2014 5.33
2015 6.08
2016 6.24
2017 6.54
2018 6.18
2019 6.70
2020 8.27

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