Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) in Low income
Low income: Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) was 1.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Ores and metals imports in Low income, 2001–2019
Source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division. Measured in % of merchandise imports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for ores and metals imports in Low income is 1.5%, measured in 2019.
That represents a change of down 22.5% on the previous year and up 48.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ores and metals imports in Low income peaked at 2.6% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2010.
That places Low income 44th out of 47 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) in Low income, year by year
| Year | % of merchandise imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1.2% | — |
| 2002 | 1.3% | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 1.2% | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 1.0% | -20.9% |
| 2005 | 1.2% | +17.5% |
| 2006 | 1.1% | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 1.3% | +13.2% |
| 2008 | 1.5% | +19.4% |
| 2009 | 1.0% | -31.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9% | -9.3% |
| 2011 | 2.6% | +180.8% |
| 2015 | 1.8% | -30.4% |
| 2016 | 1.7% | -8.6% |
| 2017 | 2.4% | +44.9% |
| 2018 | 2.0% | -18.2% |
| 2019 | 1.5% | -22.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) in Low income 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +180.8% | 0.9% | 2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.9% | 0.9% | 2.6% | 7 |
Countries ranked near Low income
- 41 Maldives 3.5% compare
- 42 Iraq 3.5% compare
- 43 Belarus 3.5% compare
- 44 United Kingdom 3.3% compare
- 45 New Caledonia 3.3% compare
- 46 Slovenia 3.2% compare
- 47 Saudi Arabia 3.1% compare
More energy & mining data for Low income
- Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources 33.9% (2022)
- Access to electricity 48.8% (2024)
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding 1.04 kWh per person (2021)
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding 0.0015 kWh per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding 48.87 kWh per square kilometre (2021)
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding -55.94 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ores and metals imports in Low income?
- Ores and metals imports in Low income was 1.5% in 2019, according to Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division.
- What is the highest ores and metals imports recorded in Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 2.6% in 2011.
- What is the lowest ores and metals imports recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2010.
- How does Low income rank for ores and metals imports?
- Low income ranks 44th out of 47 groups with data for 2019.
- Is ores and metals imports rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low income 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.