Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Mauritania: Ores and metals exports

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
5.6%
in 2025
Mauritania
33.7%
in 2024
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
16th
Mauritania rank
14th

Ores and metals exports over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
  • Mauritania
020406080100196219932025

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 33.7% against 5.6% in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 28.1%.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 6.0 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 16th and Mauritania ranks 14th of 46 groups.

Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Mauritania Difference Ahead
1960s 15.2% 75.4% 60.2% Mauritania
1970s 12.0% 84.5% 72.5% Mauritania
2000s 5.9% 52.6% 46.8% Mauritania
2010s 7.6% 41.8% 34.2% Mauritania
2020s 7.7% 43.3% 35.7% Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher ores and metals exports, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Mauritania?
Mauritania, at 33.7% against 5.6% in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in ores and metals exports between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Mauritania?
28.1%, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Mauritania?
34 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Mauritania rank globally for ores and metals exports?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 16th and Mauritania ranks 14th of 46 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)
Unit
% of merchandise exports
Source
Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
240 places, 9,796 data points, 1962–2025
Last refreshed

Ores and metals comprise the commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous metals). Exports of services are services provided by residents to non-residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise exports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e.