Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) in Bermuda
Bermuda: Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) was 0.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Ores and metals imports in Bermuda, 1971–2025
Source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division. Measured in % of merchandise imports.
Analysis
In 2025, ores and metals imports in Bermuda stood at 0.4%.
That represents a change of up 18.7% on the previous year and down 62.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ores and metals imports in Bermuda peaked at 1.0% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 1997.
Bermuda ranks 187th of 196 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) in Bermuda, year by year
| Year | % of merchandise imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.5% | — |
| 1972 | 0.4% | -9.9% |
| 1973 | 0.3% | -25.7% |
| 1974 | 0.4% | +15.1% |
| 1975 | 0.2% | -47.9% |
| 1976 | 0.3% | +27.7% |
| 1977 | 0.3% | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 0.2% | -22.2% |
| 1979 | 0.2% | +4.1% |
| 1980 | 0.2% | -6.9% |
| 1981 | 0.2% | +10.4% |
| 1982 | 0.2% | -2.8% |
| 1983 | 0.2% | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 0.2% | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 0.2% | +6.0% |
| 1995 | 0.2% | -31.8% |
| 1997 | 0.1% | -20.2% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | +281.8% |
| 2006 | 0.7% | +53.5% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | -27.7% |
| 2008 | 0.8% | +52.8% |
| 2009 | 0.8% | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | -56.4% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | +22.0% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | -27.7% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | +23.7% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 1.0% | +167.4% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | -63.0% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | +28.2% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | -22.6% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | +11.7% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | +13.8% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | -31.7% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | -11.2% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | +41.2% |
| 2024 | 0.3% | -21.0% |
| 2025 | 0.4% | +18.7% |
Bermuda compared with similar countries
- Bermuda's 0.4% is below the median for high income countries, which is 2.2%, 16% of the median. (71 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) in Bermuda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +281.8% | 0.1% | 0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 6 |
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bermuda
- 184 Mauritania 0.4% compare
- 185 Burkina Faso 0.4% compare
- 186 United States Virgin Islands 0.4% compare
- 188 Comoros 0.4% compare
- 189 Jamaica 0.3% compare
- 190 East Timor 0.3% compare
More energy & mining data for Bermuda
- Primary energy from fossil nuclear renewables, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fuel imports 7.1% (2025)
- Fuel exports 0.0% (2025)
- Ores and metals exports 0.0% (2025)
- Gas production 0 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel 0 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel 0 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Gas production per person 0 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ores and metals imports in Bermuda?
- Ores and metals imports in Bermuda was 0.4% in 2025, according to Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division.
- What is the highest ores and metals imports recorded in Bermuda?
- The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 2015.
- What is the lowest ores and metals imports recorded in Bermuda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 1997.
- How does Bermuda rank for ores and metals imports?
- Bermuda ranks 187th out of 196 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ores and metals imports rising or falling in Bermuda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bermuda data come from?
- The figures come from Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as part of Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports). 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). Imports of services are services provided by non-residents to residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise imports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a non-resident and a 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.