South Africa - Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in South Africa was 31.44 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 31.44 in 2020 and a minimum value of 6.41 in 1994.

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
1974 16.14
1975 15.36
1976 19.11
1977 17.84
1978 14.28
1979 13.39
1980 6.96
1981 7.66
1982 7.73
1983 7.70
1984 8.69
1992 10.10
1993 7.69
1994 6.41
1995 8.00
1996 11.38
1997 8.10
1998 9.48
1999 21.23
2000 10.65
2001 22.83
2002 11.23
2003 19.03
2004 21.99
2005 22.26
2006 28.47
2007 29.33
2008 29.04
2009 29.22
2010 28.24
2011 28.05
2012 25.30
2013 27.87
2014 24.23
2015 23.27
2016 22.07
2017 24.19
2018 25.61
2019 28.45
2020 31.44

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