A country is export commodity-dependent (from now on “commodity dependent”) when its exports are heavily concentrated on primary commodities. The source of commodity dependence can be linked to different persistent or even structural conditions of a country such as its resource endowment and factor composition institutionality geographic situation history and others. In this document we follow past UNCTAD practice by considering UNCTAD member States to be commodity dependent if more than 60 per cent of its merchandise export value comes from commodities. It is important to monitor and analyze the evolution of commodity dependence as the latter can have negative implications for a country's welfare and development. This document is divided into two parts. The first one is dedicated to identifying and characterizing commodity-dependent countries as well as discussing the recent evolution of commodity prices commodity export value and the net asset position of these countries. The second part is dedic at to country-specific commodity dependence profiles that also include important economic and social statistics.

The 2019 edition of the State of Commodity Dependence contains 189 individual country profiles each comprising 30 indicators mostly related to the four main dimensions of commodity dependence namely: merchandise and commodity export dependence - Commodity import dependence - key socio-economic indicators - other structural indicators. As commodity dependence tends to negatively affect poverty alleviation and food security a set of indicators is included to help monitor trends in these areas. For each individual country 1995 is used as the historical reference year. Moreover an in-depth analysis of commodity dependence in the 189 countries is presented at the beginning of the report with key messages.

The 2014 edition of the State of Commodity Dependence contains 135 individual country profiles presenting various that are comparable across countries. For every country reference data are also provided in order to allow comparison over time and to facilitate anaylsis among countries and regions. Graphs displaying regional overviews are presented as an introduction to each chapter of the report.