Ores and metal exports as a percentage of merchandise exports rose 82.9% to 0.010 in Belize in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, ores and metal exports as a percentage of merchandise exports in Belize reached an all time high of 0.024 in 1999 and an all time low of < 0.001 in 2010. When compared to Belize's main peers, ores and metal exports as a percentage of merchandise exports in Guatemala amounted to 0.013, 0.023 in Honduras, 0.025 in Mexico and 0.037 in USA in 2021.
Belize has been ranked 113th within the group of 126 countries we follow in terms of ores and metal exports as a percentage of merchandise exports, 35 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 |
| Belize | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.003 | 0.005 | 0.006 | |||||||||||||||||
| Canada | 0.071 | 0.069 | 0.073 | 0.075 | 0.070 | |||||||||||||||||
| China | 0.012 | 0.011 | 0.012 | 0.013 | 0.013 | |||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | 0.012 | 0.011 | 0.012 | 0.013 | 0.011 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | 0.073 | 0.065 | 0.036 | 0.011 | 0.008 | |||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | ... | ... | 0.016 | 0.013 | 0.026 | 0.033 | 0.027 | |||||||||||||||
| Japan | 0.025 | 0.023 | 0.024 | 0.025 | 0.024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | 0.020 | 0.022 | 0.022 | 0.023 | 0.022 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | 0.008 | 0.007 | 0.007 | 0.009 | 0.007 | |||||||||||||||||
| USA | 0.028 | 0.026 | 0.027 | 0.030 | 0.028 |
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