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

The value for Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in Tunisia was 1.75 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 30.50 in 1965 and a minimum value of 1.06 in 1991.

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 22.83
1963 22.08
1964 24.04
1965 30.50
1966 26.21
1967 22.91
1968 20.92
1969 17.39
1970 18.99
1971 16.59
1972 11.65
1973 10.92
1974 15.02
1975 16.01
1976 10.20
1977 7.49
1978 5.67
1979 3.70
1980 3.62
1981 2.68
1982 2.90
1983 2.77
1984 2.68
1985 2.51
1986 2.53
1987 2.14
1990 1.65
1991 1.06
1992 1.30
1993 1.45
1994 1.35
1995 1.72
1996 1.59
1997 1.25
1998 1.24
1999 1.36
2000 1.54
2001 1.39
2002 1.39
2003 1.34
2004 1.07
2005 1.15
2006 1.24
2007 1.37
2008 1.72
2009 1.25
2010 1.56
2011 1.65
2012 1.69
2013 1.50
2014 1.59
2015 1.40
2016 1.62
2017 1.82
2018 1.84
2019 1.75

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