Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) by country
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...
Countries reporting
196
Highest
22.0%
Bahrain
Lowest
0.3%
Macao
Median
1.5%
Years covered
64
1962–2025
Data points
9,983
What the numbers show
Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 22.0% in Bahrain; the lowest is 0.3% in Macao.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.5%, and the mean is 2.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 77.
Over the past decade 103 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in Iraq (up 2,006.7%), and the largest decrease in Zambia (down 80.5%).
Ores and metals imports: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 22.0% | 2024 | up 180.1% | volatile |
| 2 | China | 15.1% | 2024 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 3 | North Macedonia | 11.2% | 2024 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Namibia | 9.9% | 2024 | up 57.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 9.8% | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 7.9% | 2023 | up 139.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Iceland | 7.9% | 2025 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Egypt | 7.1% | 2024 | up 63.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Finland | 7.1% | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 10 | Turkey | 7.0% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 11 | Japan | 7.0% | 2025 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 12 | India | 6.9% | 2024 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 13 | South Korea | 6.7% | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 14 | Oman | 6.7% | 2024 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Serbia | 5.9% | 2007 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 16 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.9% | 2024 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Morocco | 5.8% | 2024 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 5.8% | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 19 | Armenia | 5.7% | 2024 | up 146.8% | rising |
| 20 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.6% | 2025 | up 74.8% | rising |
| 21 | Norway | 5.5% | 2025 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 22 | Qatar | 4.9% | 2024 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Indonesia | 4.7% | 2025 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 24 | Italy | 4.7% | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 25 | Belgium | 4.6% | 2024 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 26 | Malaysia | 4.6% | 2025 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 27 | Thailand | 4.4% | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 28 | Tunisia | 4.3% | 2024 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 29 | Austria | 4.3% | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 30 | Philippines | 4.2% | 2024 | up 153.0% | flat |
| 31 | Greece | 4.2% | 2024 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 32 | Zambia | 4.0% | 2024 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Germany | 4.0% | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 34 | Sweden | 3.9% | 2024 | up 38.9% | falling |
| 35 | Pakistan | 3.8% | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 36 | Bangladesh | 3.8% | 2018 | up 26.3% | flat |
| 37 | Vietnam | 3.8% | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 38 | Spain | 3.6% | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 39 | Belarus | 3.5% | 2021 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 40 | Iraq | 3.4% | 2014 | up 2,006.7% | volatile |
| 41 | United Kingdom | 3.3% | 2025 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 42 | New Caledonia | 3.3% | 2015 | up 267.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Argentina | 3.3% | 2024 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 44 | Slovenia | 3.3% | 2024 | down 46.5% | rising |
| 45 | Canada | 3.2% | 2024 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 46 | Poland | 3.1% | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 47 | Cambodia | 3.1% | 2024 | up 127.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 2.9% | 2024 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Croatia | 2.9% | 2024 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 50 | Brazil | 2.9% | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 51 | Russia | 2.9% | 2021 | up 117.0% | falling |
| 52 | Syria | 2.9% | 2010 | up 60.2% | rising |
| 53 | Maldives | 2.8% | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 54 | Czechia | 2.8% | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 55 | Tuvalu | 2.8% | 2008 | up 598.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Slovakia | 2.7% | 2024 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | 2.6% | 2024 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 58 | Netherlands | 2.6% | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 59 | Portugal | 2.5% | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 60 | South Africa | 2.5% | 2025 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 61 | Tajikistan | 2.4% | 2023 | down 30.1% | rising |
| 62 | Romania | 2.4% | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 63 | Mexico | 2.4% | 2025 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 64 | Uzbekistan | 2.4% | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 65 | Hungary | 2.3% | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 66 | France | 2.3% | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 67 | Bhutan | 2.3% | 2025 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Nepal | 2.3% | 2022 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Peru | 2.3% | 2024 | up 86.3% | falling |
| 70 | Cuba | 2.2% | 2022 | up 124.5% | rising |
| 71 | Switzerland | 2.2% | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 72 | United Arab Emirates | 2.2% | 2023 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Jordan | 2.2% | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 74 | New Zealand | 2.1% | 2025 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 75 | United States | 2.1% | 2024 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Kuwait | 2.0% | 2024 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 77 | Lithuania | 2.0% | 2025 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 78 | Denmark | 2.0% | 2025 | up 28.0% | falling |
| 79 | Iran | 2.0% | 2022 | up 55.4% | falling |
| 80 | Mozambique | 1.9% | 2024 | down 71.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Australia | 1.9% | 2025 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 82 | Chile | 1.8% | 2025 | up 34.7% | falling |
| 83 | Lebanon | 1.8% | 2024 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Libya | 1.7% | 2019 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 85 | Colombia | 1.7% | 2024 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 86 | Afghanistan | 1.7% | 2019 | up 683.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Georgia | 1.7% | 2024 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Hong Kong | 1.6% | 2024 | up 36.2% | falling |
| 89 | Montenegro | 1.6% | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 90 | Paraguay | 1.6% | 2025 | up 64.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Costa Rica | 1.6% | 2024 | down 25.2% | flat |
| 92 | Sri Lanka | 1.6% | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 93 | Kenya | 1.6% | 2024 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 94 | Estonia | 1.6% | 2024 | up 25.4% | falling |
| 95 | Senegal | 1.5% | 2024 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Tanzania | 1.5% | 2024 | up 39.2% | falling |
| 97 | Cameroon | 1.5% | 2023 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Madagascar | 1.5% | 2024 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Palestine | 1.5% | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 100 | Algeria | 1.5% | 2017 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 101 | Uganda | 1.4% | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 102 | Israel | 1.4% | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 103 | Uruguay | 1.4% | 2024 | up 75.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Micronesia (country) | 1.4% | 2013 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 105 | Rwanda | 1.3% | 2022 | up 97.4% | falling |
| 106 | Laos | 1.3% | 2023 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Albania | 1.3% | 2024 | up 148.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Azerbaijan | 1.2% | 2025 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 109 | Gambia | 1.2% | 2024 | up 96.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Cayman Islands | 1.2% | 2024 | up 53.9% | rising |
| 111 | Venezuela | 1.2% | 2013 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 112 | Singapore | 1.1% | 2024 | down 34.0% | rising |
| 113 | Ukraine | 1.1% | 2024 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 114 | Latvia | 1.1% | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 115 | Ghana | 1.1% | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 116 | Ecuador | 1.1% | 2024 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Nigeria | 1.1% | 2024 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 118 | Dominican Republic | 1.1% | 2024 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 119 | Burundi | 1.1% | 2023 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Guatemala | 1.1% | 2024 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 121 | Congo | 1.1% | 2023 | up 254.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Mauritius | 1.0% | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 123 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.0% | 1983 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Fiji | 1.0% | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 125 | Grenada | 1.0% | 2024 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 126 | Sierra Leone | 1.0% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 127 | Ethiopia | 1.0% | 2023 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 128 | Aruba | 1.0% | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 129 | Ireland | 1.0% | 2024 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 130 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.0% | 2024 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 131 | Malawi | 1.0% | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 132 | Faroe Islands | 0.9% | 2009 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 133 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.9% | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 134 | El Salvador | 0.9% | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 135 | Myanmar | 0.9% | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 136 | Bolivia | 0.9% | 2024 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Papua New Guinea | 0.9% | 2023 | up 97.8% | rising |
| 138 | Benin | 0.9% | 2024 | up 71.9% | falling |
| 139 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.8% | 2025 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.8% | 2017 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 141 | Togo | 0.8% | 2024 | up 72.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Zimbabwe | 0.8% | 2024 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Niger | 0.8% | 2024 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.8% | 2018 | up 708.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Eswatini | 0.8% | 2023 | up 24.5% | falling |
| 146 | Cyprus | 0.7% | 2024 | up 52.5% | falling |
| 147 | Moldova | 0.7% | 2024 | down 53.1% | rising |
| 148 | Barbados | 0.7% | 2024 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 149 | Cape Verde | 0.7% | 2024 | up 56.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Liberia | 0.7% | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 151 | Guyana | 0.7% | 2025 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 152 | Saint Lucia | 0.7% | 2020 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 153 | Malta | 0.7% | 2024 | up 55.0% | falling |
| 154 | Sudan | 0.7% | 2018 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Botswana | 0.7% | 2023 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Bahamas | 0.7% | 2024 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Nicaragua | 0.7% | 2024 | up 62.4% | falling |
| 158 | Seychelles | 0.7% | 2024 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Panama | 0.7% | 2024 | up 108.3% | falling |
| 160 | Gabon | 0.7% | 2023 | up 96.0% | falling |
| 161 | Suriname | 0.6% | 2024 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.6% | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Chad | 0.6% | 1995 | — | falling |
| 164 | Central African Republic | 0.6% | 2024 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Tonga | 0.6% | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 166 | Belize | 0.6% | 2025 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.6% | 2023 | down 53.3% | rising |
| 168 | Samoa | 0.6% | 2024 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Angola | 0.6% | 2024 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 170 | Andorra | 0.6% | 2023 | up 35.8% | falling |
| 171 | Vanuatu | 0.5% | 2011 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Haiti | 0.5% | 2016 | — | falling |
| 173 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.5% | 2012 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 174 | Dominica | 0.5% | 2023 | up 26.6% | flat |
| 175 | Yemen | 0.5% | 2019 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Djibouti | 0.5% | 2023 | down 35.8% | rising |
| 177 | Lesotho | 0.5% | 2024 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 178 | Mali | 0.4% | 2023 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Somalia | 0.4% | 1982 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 180 | French Polynesia | 0.4% | 2024 | down 44.0% | rising |
| 181 | Palau | 0.4% | 2018 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Greenland | 0.4% | 2018 | down 35.6% | flat |
| 183 | Kiribati | 0.4% | 2021 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 184 | Mauritania | 0.4% | 2024 | up 64.5% | volatile |
| 185 | Burkina Faso | 0.4% | 2024 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 186 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.4% | 1978 | down 70.0% | falling |
| 187 | Comoros | 0.4% | 2023 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 188 | East Timor | 0.3% | 2023 | down 66.8% | volatile |
| 189 | Solomon Islands | 0.3% | 2018 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Jamaica | 0.3% | 2023 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 191 | Brunei | 0.3% | 2024 | down 74.1% | falling |
| 192 | Mongolia | 0.3% | 2023 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 193 | Honduras | 0.3% | 2024 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 194 | Guinea | 0.3% | 2016 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 195 | Bermuda | 0.3% | 2024 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 196 | Macao | 0.3% | 2024 | down 23.6% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 12.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 12.2%
- Late-demographic dividend 9.6%
- Upper middle income 9.0%
- Middle income 8.3%
- East Asia & Pacific 8.3%
- Low & middle income 8.2%
- IBRD only 8.1%
- IDA & IBRD total 7.8%
- South Asia 6.6%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 6.6%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 5.3%
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.