Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in IDA blend
IDA blend: Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) was 1.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Ores and metals exports in IDA blend, 1962–2025
Source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division. Measured in % of merchandise exports.
Analysis
IDA blend recorded 1.9% for ores and metals exports in 2025.
The figure is down 48.1% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ores and metals exports in IDA blend peaked at 7.4% in 1974 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 1978.
IDA blend ranks 45th of 46 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 52 years of available data.
Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in IDA blend, year by year
| Year | % of merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 4.7% | — |
| 1963 | 4.1% | -12.2% |
| 1964 | 4.7% | +13.5% |
| 1965 | 5.9% | +26.8% |
| 1966 | 4.6% | -21.9% |
| 1967 | 4.3% | -6.7% |
| 1968 | 4.6% | +5.2% |
| 1969 | 3.5% | -23.3% |
| 1970 | 2.9% | -16.6% |
| 1971 | 1.9% | -34.3% |
| 1972 | 3.4% | +76.0% |
| 1973 | 7.2% | +114.6% |
| 1974 | 7.4% | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 5.5% | -25.6% |
| 1976 | 5.1% | -6.6% |
| 1977 | 1.0% | -80.5% |
| 1978 | 0.5% | -52.5% |
| 1979 | 0.5% | +13.7% |
| 1981 | 4.8% | +782.2% |
| 1983 | 4.4% | -7.5% |
| 1984 | 4.2% | -3.7% |
| 1985 | 3.9% | -7.0% |
| 1986 | 4.8% | +21.4% |
| 1987 | 5.9% | +24.3% |
| 1996 | 1.9% | -67.9% |
| 1997 | 2.0% | +7.5% |
| 1998 | 5.3% | +156.4% |
| 1999 | 2.0% | -61.3% |
| 2000 | 4.6% | +127.0% |
| 2001 | 3.0% | -33.9% |
| 2002 | 3.5% | +15.2% |
| 2003 | 4.6% | +30.5% |
| 2006 | 0.7% | -84.2% |
| 2007 | 1.5% | +108.3% |
| 2008 | 1.7% | +11.5% |
| 2009 | 1.5% | -11.4% |
| 2010 | 2.2% | +48.6% |
| 2011 | 6.1% | +174.8% |
| 2012 | 6.0% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 2.0% | -66.9% |
| 2014 | 1.8% | -11.7% |
| 2015 | 1.8% | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 1.8% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 2.6% | +42.4% |
| 2018 | 2.5% | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 5.4% | +111.1% |
| 2020 | 5.3% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 5.9% | +10.8% |
| 2022 | 5.6% | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 5.4% | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 3.7% | -31.4% |
| 2025 | 1.9% | -48.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in IDA blend changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +782.2% | 0.5% | 4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.6% | 3.5% | 5.9% | 8 |
| 1970s | 3.5% | 0.5% | 7.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.7% | 3.9% | 5.9% | 6 |
| 1990s | 2.8% | 1.9% | 5.3% | 4 |
| 2000s | 2.6% | 0.7% | 4.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 3.2% | 1.8% | 6.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.6% | 1.9% | 5.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near IDA blend
More energy & mining data for IDA blend
- Fuel imports 27.2% (2025)
- Ores and metals imports 2.5% (2025)
- Fuel exports 48.2% (2025)
- Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources 0.7% (2023)
- Access to electricity 78.8% (2024)
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding 32.09 kWh per person (2021)
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding 0.0149 kWh per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding 4,173 kWh per square kilometre (2021)
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding 13.52 % change on previous year (2021)
- Investment in energy with private participation 1.82 billion current US$ (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ores and metals exports in IDA blend?
- Ores and metals exports in IDA blend was 1.9% in 2025, according to Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division.
- What is the highest ores and metals exports recorded in IDA blend?
- The highest recorded value was 7.4% in 1974.
- What is the lowest ores and metals exports recorded in IDA blend?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 1978.
- How does IDA blend rank for ores and metals exports?
- IDA blend ranks 45th out of 46 groups with data for 2025.
- Is ores and metals exports rising or falling in IDA blend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this IDA blend data come from?
- The figures come from Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as part of Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.