Ores and metals comprise the commodities in SITC sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous metals).

Ores and metals exports as a share of merchandise exports (%)

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Australia22.625.319.623.034.036.634.138.237.032.231.531.429.734.540.742.830.235.334.2
Namibia10.914.627.227.128.527.124.426.220.719.828.332.531.227.526.524.332.3
South Africa10.622.328.228.025.327.924.223.322.124.225.628.531.437.831.529.129.2
Barbados0.30.21.01.01.00.81.01.21.00.70.71.41.52.82.63.76.77.6
Canada20.48.54.65.98.08.77.37.07.17.16.97.37.57.08.38.97.77.37.2
United Kingdom5.33.12.22.83.84.43.73.33.53.33.33.83.83.96.66.96.34.54.7
Cyprus31.70.74.96.913.716.816.411.59.46.75.34.74.24.64.96.86.74.04.4
Pakistan0.70.30.20.41.61.52.02.11.81.61.52.02.12.83.34.64.44.54.3
Malaysia22.62.11.01.12.02.52.33.32.93.93.93.94.33.93.54.73.93.83.7
India11.95.82.87.67.63.93.43.13.23.43.24.03.53.54.74.83.73.93.7
New Zealand0.65.64.94.34.24.03.63.33.03.13.13.03.02.72.53.23.23.33.3
Mauritius0.00.20.20.50.40.70.90.70.60.40.30.40.71.02.13.63.72.72.3
Grenada0.10.00.00.00.10.10.00.10.10.91.40.90.70.21.31.11.5
Trinidad and Tobago0.70.10.40.30.40.40.70.53.43.70.40.50.82.60.80.52.50.8
Guyana53.415.37.113.812.111.210.311.29.38.79.09.99.63.12.01.01.10.7
Malta3.31.50.40.30.50.40.40.30.30.30.20.20.30.20.40.81.20.80.7
Sri Lanka0.71.60.33.60.90.60.80.60.60.50.60.80.70.60.70.70.60.6
Antigua and Barbuda6.51.61.82.02.731.017.515.67.57.30.30.00.00.50.00.00.5
Belize0.00.00.00.00.00.00.20.10.20.30.50.60.61.00.70.70.4
Brunei Darussalam0.10.20.10.10.10.10.20.30.30.00.30.10.30.20.2
Papua New Guinea51.356.654.441.536.027.4
Samoa0.10.30.70.61.01.30.60.61.51.30.61.31.21.5
Singapore1.61.51.11.01.21.21.01.21.21.21.11.00.90.70.71.21.00.8
Solomon Islands1.70.00.10.20.50.30.40.70.24.23.8
Vanuatu4.00.10.00.11.6
Jamaica58.669.844.349.039.345.650.056.450.450.165.253.845.337.023.437.6
Cameroon10.96.95.64.83.66.42.12.14.04.67.35.63.72.93.32.0
Ghana12.911.93.64.01.41.52.11.71.51.91.92.83.02.91.93.8
Sierra Leone1.486.41.00.59.219.7
Malawi0.40.00.20.29.88.811.011.43.00.21.00.20.50.40.61.01.31.2
Nigeria4.20.01.10.30.40.60.40.30.20.10.30.30.30.91.01.2
Seychelles0.00.00.10.00.10.00.00.00.00.30.20.20.30.60.711.7
Gambia, The0.00.010.09.40.51.22.50.10.40.32.06.97.52.07.218.3
Zambia99.164.467.482.378.669.770.673.074.873.279.577.574.678.879.375.671.4
Kiribati0.01.60.31.00.51.00.50.90.50.6
Tonga0.00.51.52.22.53.35.8
Dominica4.26.96.712.28.511.88.26.33.12.15.71.70.9
St. Lucia0.01.12.22.85.04.29.45.61.62.94.74.95.5
St. Vincent and the Grenadines0.10.01.91.42.50.70.10.30.10.20.40.60.50.30.20.6
Bahamas, The5.75.511.09.06.76.39.510.22.02.53.63.05.84.921.225.8
Bangladesh0.00.20.50.40.40.30.2
Uganda4.52.41.91.11.10.90.60.50.50.40.40.30.30.71.41.5
Kenya2.93.21.92.02.24.14.35.46.05.05.16.46.85.3
Tanzania0.47.725.422.616.310.113.39.77.42.41.31.27.24.05.55.0
St. Kitts and Nevis0.00.00.10.10.70.30.00.00.0
Mozambique17.359.454.450.639.031.034.438.232.530.327.330.634.934.830.523.3
Rwanda35.135.945.239.947.745.329.222.429.430.314.98.214.520.9
Botswana7.011.514.88.79.49.26.97.24.02.61.00.81.52.54.910.7
Lesotho0.00.40.20.24.146.931.40.30.31.20.20.20.20.20.2
Eswatini0.40.50.40.55.83.72.00.20.10.20.20.20.20.30.40.6