Ores and Metal Exports (As % of Merchandise Exports) fell 23.4% to 0.121 in Laos in 2021

Ores and metal exports as a percentage of merchandise exports fell 23.4% to 0.121 in Laos in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.

Historically, ores and metal exports as a percentage of merchandise exports in Laos reached an all time high of 0.780 in 1964 and an all time low of 0.119 in 1974. When compared to Laos's main peers, ores and metal exports as a percentage of merchandise exports in Cambodia amounted to 0.010, 0.014 in China, 0.026 in Thailand and 0.012 in Vietnam in 2021.

Laos has been ranked 28th within the group of 126 countries we follow in terms of ores and metal exports as a percentage of merchandise exports, 25 places below the position seen 10 years ago.