Solomon Islands - Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) in Solomon Islands was 73.29 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 83.48 in 2005 and a minimum value of 22.36 in 1978.

Definition: Agricultural raw materials comprise SITC section 2 (crude materials except fuels) excluding divisions 22, 27 (crude fertilizers and minerals excluding coal, petroleum, and precious stones), and 28 (metalliferous ores and scrap).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

See also:

Year Value
1970 42.66
1971 38.28
1972 30.77
1973 41.32
1974 25.23
1975 30.35
1976 33.83
1977 28.23
1978 22.36
1979 27.32
1980 27.06
1981 28.88
1982 41.29
1983 29.81
1984 26.09
1985 24.87
1986 32.78
1987 31.42
2002 46.56
2003 51.78
2004 59.76
2005 83.48
2006 69.16
2007 67.30
2008 54.82
2009 60.77
2010 60.24
2011 50.43
2012 44.43
2013 52.15
2014 61.73
2015 38.79
2016 68.24
2017 65.62
2018 73.29

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