Sierra Leone vs Upper middle income: Ores and metals exports
Ores and metals exports over time
- Sierra Leone
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 19.7% against 4.0% in Upper middle income, a difference of 15.7%.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 4.9 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 8 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Sierra Leone ranks 28th and Upper middle income ranks 26th of 194 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Sierra Leone averaged higher in 2 and Upper middle income in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sierra Leone | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 36.1% | 3.6% | 32.5% | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 0.7% | 2.7% | 2.0% | Upper middle income |
| 2010s | 23.4% | 3.4% | 20.0% | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher ores and metals exports, Sierra Leone or Upper middle income?
- Sierra Leone, at 19.7% against 4.0% in Upper middle income as of 2018.
- What is the difference in ores and metals exports between Sierra Leone and Upper middle income?
- 15.7%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Upper middle income?
- 8 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2018.
- How do Sierra Leone and Upper middle income rank globally for ores and metals exports?
- Sierra Leone ranks 28th and Upper middle income ranks 26th of 194 countries.
- 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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About this data
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.