Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) - Trade - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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Components may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade. Ores and metals comprise commodities in SITC sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous metals). Source: World Bank staff estimates from the COMTRADE database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.
Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) - Trade - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Zimbabwe (2007)6.19
2Zambia (2007)4.79
3Morocco (2007)3.53
4Egypt (2007)3.51
5Tunisia (2007)3.44
6South Africa (2007)3.3
7Cameroon (2006)3.16
8North Africa (2007)3.15
9Nigeria (2006)2.85
10Rwanda (2007)2.77
11Africa (2007)2.76
12Sub-Saharan Africa (2007)2.48
13Togo (2007)2.26
14Botswana (2007)2.26
15Kenya (2007)2.18
16Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2006)2
17Algeria (2007)1.86
18Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2007)1.72
19Ghana (2007)1.63
20Central African Republic (2005)1.53
21Ethiopia (2007)1.45
22Ivory Coast (2007)1.45
23Niger (2007)1.44
24Sao Tome and Principe (2006)1.36
25Tanzania (2007)1.35
26Angola (1985)1.35
27Senegal (2007)1.33
28Liberia (1984)1.32
29Democratic Republic of the Congo (1986)1.23
30Uganda (2007)1.21
31Mauritius (2007)1.15
32Gabon (2006)1.06
33Swaziland (2007)1.05
34Gambia (2007)1.03
35Equatorial Guinea (1983)1.02
36Libya (2004)0.92
37Cape Verde (2007)0.89
38Eritrea (2003)0.88
39Burundi (2007)0.88
40Benin (2005)0.86
41Sierra Leone (2002)0.82
42Republic of the Congo (1995)0.78
43Namibia (2007)0.77
44Guinea (2002)0.76
45Malawi (2007)0.69
46Djibouti (1991)0.64
47Chad (1995)0.62
48Burkina Faso (2004)0.6
49Mali (2007)0.51
50Somalia (1982)0.44
51Seychelles (2007)0.41
52Lesotho (2004)0.39
53Madagascar (2007)0.34
54Mozambique (2007)0.34
55Sudan (2007)0.33
56Mauritania (2006)0.29
57Comoros (2007)0.16
58Guinea-Bissau (1995)0.15
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