Cape Verde vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Export product concentration index
Export product concentration index over time
- Cape Verde
- Democratic Republic of Congo
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 0.469 against 0.4301 in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.0389.
That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 17 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 23rd and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 26th of 53 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 1 and Democratic Republic of Congo in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Democratic Republic of Congo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3685 | 0.5653 | 0.1967 | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| 2000s | 0.3281 | 0.4588 | 0.1307 | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| 2010s | 0.4398 | 0.4076 | 0.0322 | Cape Verde |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher export product concentration index, Cape Verde or Democratic Republic of Congo?
- Cape Verde, at 0.469 against 0.4301 in Democratic Republic of Congo as of 2011.
- What is the difference in export product concentration index between Cape Verde and Democratic Republic of Congo?
- 0.0389, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Democratic Republic of Congo?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.
- How do Cape Verde and Democratic Republic of Congo rank globally for export product concentration index?
- Cape Verde ranks 23rd and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 26th 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.