Botswana vs Congo: Export product concentration index
Export product concentration index over time
- Botswana
- Congo
How they compare
Congo currently reports 0.7854 against 0.7826 in Botswana, a difference of 0.0028.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Congo ahead.
Botswana ranks 8th and Congo ranks 7th of 53 countries.
Congo has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Congo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3342 | 0.703 | 0.3688 | Congo |
| 2000s | 0.6871 | 0.757 | 0.0698 | Congo |
| 2010s | 0.6886 | 0.7855 | 0.0969 | Congo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher export product concentration index, Botswana or Congo?
- Congo, at 0.7854 against 0.7826 in Botswana as of 2011.
- What is the difference in export product concentration index between Botswana and Congo?
- 0.0028, with Congo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Congo?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.
- How do Botswana and Congo rank globally for export product concentration index?
- Botswana ranks 8th and Congo ranks 7th of 53 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/), published as Export product concentration index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This indicator reflects the Herfindahl-Hirschmann index measure of the degree of export concentration within a country. The sectoral Hirschmann index is defined as the square root of the sum of the squared shares of exports of each industry in total exports for the region under study. Takes a value between 0 and 1, with 1 indicating that only a single product is exported. Higher values indicate that exports are concentrated in fewer sectors. On the contrary, values closer to 0 reflect a more equal distribution of market shares among exporters. Note that this type of concentration indicator tends to be quite vulnerable to cyclical fluctuations in relative-prices, in a way that commodity price rises make commodity exporters look more concentrated.