Zambia - Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) in Zambia was 3.84 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 54 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 21.06 in 2010 and a minimum value of 0.67 in 1967.

Definition: Ores and metals comprise 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
1966 0.94
1967 0.67
1970 1.19
1971 1.33
1972 1.36
1973 1.23
1974 0.98
1975 0.91
1976 1.20
1977 1.10
1978 1.12
1979 1.35
1995 2.13
1996 2.41
1997 3.27
1998 1.99
1999 0.84
2000 3.01
2001 1.67
2002 1.56
2003 2.85
2004 2.74
2005 3.18
2006 3.21
2007 5.82
2008 13.08
2009 13.36
2010 21.06
2011 17.46
2012 14.58
2013 16.52
2014 19.52
2015 6.81
2016 10.78
2017 13.90
2018 15.67
2019 5.10
2020 3.84

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 import shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports