Ores and metals exports in Uruguay
Uruguay: Ores and metals exports was 0.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Ores and metals exports in Uruguay, 1970–2024
Source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division. Measured in % of merchandise exports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for ores and metals exports in Uruguay is 0.3%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 6.8% on the previous year and up 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ores and metals exports in Uruguay peaked at 0.9% in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 1983.
Uruguay ranks 172nd of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 49 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.7% | 8 |
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 169 Djibouti 0.5% compare
- 170 Antigua and Barbuda 0.5% compare
- 171 Venezuela 0.4% compare
- 173 Bangladesh 0.3% compare
- 174 Burkina Faso 0.2% compare
- 175 United States Virgin Islands 0.2% compare
More energy & mining data for Uruguay
- Ores and metals imports 1.4% (2024)
- Fuel imports 14.2% (2024)
- Fuel exports 1.3% (2024)
- Electric power transmission and distribution losses 9.7% (2023)
- Mineral rents 0.0% (2021)
- Natural gas rents 0.0% (2021)
- Total natural resources rents 1.9% (2021)
- Alternative and nuclear energy 12.6% (2023)
- Electric power consumption 3,790 kWh per capita (2023)
- Combustible renewables and waste 46.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ores and metals exports in Uruguay?
- Ores and metals exports in Uruguay was 0.3% in 2024, according to Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division.
- What is the highest ores and metals exports recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 1979.
- What is the lowest ores and metals exports recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 1983.
- How does Uruguay rank for ores and metals exports?
- Uruguay ranks 172nd out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ores and metals exports rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.