Ores and metal exports as a percentage of merchandise exports rose 80.9% to 0.315 in Madagascar in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, ores and metal exports as a percentage of merchandise exports in Madagascar reached an all time high of 0.368 in 2014 and an all time low of 0.013 in 2001. When compared to Madagascar's main peers, ores and metal exports as a percentage of merchandise exports in Mozambique amounted to 0.325, 0.378 in South Africa, 0.003 in Swaziland and 0.040 in Tanzania in 2021.
Madagascar has been ranked 16th within the group of 126 countries we follow in terms of ores and metal exports as a percentage of merchandise exports, 18 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Ores and Metal Exports (As % of Merchandise Exports) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
Botswana | 0.072 | 0.040 | 0.026 | 0.010 | 0.008 | |||||||||||||||||
Kenya | ... | ... | ... | 0.041 | 0.043 | 0.054 | 0.060 | 0.050 | ||||||||||||||
Lesotho | ... | ... | ... | 0.308 | 0.003 | 0.004 | 0.014 | 0.003 | ... | |||||||||||||
Madagascar | 0.348 | 0.256 | 0.221 | 0.251 | 0.274 | |||||||||||||||||
Malawi | 0.002 | 0.010 | 0.002 | 0.005 | 0.003 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
Mozambique | 0.382 | 0.325 | 0.305 | 0.315 | 0.299 | |||||||||||||||||
Namibia | 0.262 | 0.207 | 0.198 | 0.283 | 0.316 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
South Africa | 0.233 | 0.221 | 0.242 | 0.256 | 0.285 | |||||||||||||||||
Swaziland | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.002 | |||||||||||||||||
Tanzania | 0.097 | 0.074 | 0.024 | 0.013 | 0.012 | |||||||||||||||||
Uganda | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0.004 | 0.004 | 0.003 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
Zambia | 0.742 | 0.720 | 0.786 | 0.766 | 0.749 |