Democratic Republic of Congo vs Malawi: Export product concentration index
Export product concentration index over time
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 0.4489 against 0.4301 in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.0188.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Malawi ahead.
Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 26th and Malawi ranks 25th of 53 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Democratic Republic of Congo | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5653 | 0.6232 | 0.058 | Malawi |
| 2000s | 0.4588 | 0.5805 | 0.1217 | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.4076 | 0.4841 | 0.0765 | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher export product concentration index, Democratic Republic of Congo or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 0.4489 against 0.4301 in Democratic Republic of Congo as of 2011.
- What is the difference in export product concentration index between Democratic Republic of Congo and Malawi?
- 0.0188, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Malawi?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.
- How do Democratic Republic of Congo and Malawi rank globally for export product concentration index?
- Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 26th and Malawi ranks 25th 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.