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

The value for Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in Zimbabwe was 44.76 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 44.76 in 2020 and a minimum value of 7.03 in 2006.

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
1984 17.11
1985 16.26
1986 15.41
1990 15.91
1991 14.30
1992 15.10
1993 12.42
1994 9.88
1995 11.59
1996 9.66
1997 9.78
1999 10.71
2000 8.65
2001 17.68
2002 30.72
2003 23.15
2004 21.53
2005 16.83
2006 7.03
2007 22.43
2008 18.23
2009 25.72
2010 38.13
2011 40.64
2012 40.27
2013 33.00
2014 29.95
2015 31.12
2016 31.15
2017 31.21
2018 30.07
2019 35.17
2020 44.76

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