Ores and metals imports in Middle income
Middle income: Ores and metals imports was 8.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Ores and metals imports in Middle income, 1984–2024
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 Middle income is 8.3%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.9% on the previous year and up 31.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ores and metals imports in Middle income peaked at 8.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.4%, in 1986.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3.9% | 3.4% | 4.3% | 4 |
| 1990s | 3.8% | 3.5% | 4.1% | 8 |
| 2000s | 5.2% | 3.7% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.6% | 5.7% | 7.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.8% | 7.3% | 8.3% | 5 |
More energy & mining data for Middle income
- Ores and metals exports 4.2% (2024)
- Fuel imports 18.2% (2024)
- Fuel exports 8.2% (2024)
- Electric power transmission and distribution losses 13.1% (2024)
- Mineral rents 1.2% (2021)
- Natural gas rents 0.5% (2021)
- Total natural resources rents 4.0% (2021)
- Alternative and nuclear energy 13.4% (2024)
- Electric power consumption 2,675 kWh per capita (2023)
- Combustible renewables and waste 30.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ores and metals imports in Middle income?
- Ores and metals imports in Middle income was 8.3% in 2024, according to Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division.
- What is the highest ores and metals imports recorded in Middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 8.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest ores and metals imports recorded in Middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.4% in 1986.
- Is ores and metals imports rising or falling in Middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle 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.