Egypt vs Morocco: Export product concentration index

Egypt
0.1448
in 2011
Morocco
0.1691
in 2011
Egypt rank
53rd
Morocco rank
50th

Export product concentration index over time

  • Egypt
  • Morocco
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How they compare

Morocco currently reports 0.1691 against 0.1448 in Egypt, a difference of 0.0243.

That makes Morocco's figure about 1.2 times Egypt's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 17 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Egypt ahead.

Egypt ranks 53rd and Morocco ranks 50th of 53 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 2 and Morocco in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt Morocco Difference Ahead
1990s 0.2603 0.1731 0.0872 Egypt
2000s 0.2783 0.1659 0.1125 Egypt
2010s 0.1387 0.1619 0.0232 Morocco

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher export product concentration index, Egypt or Morocco?
Morocco, at 0.1691 against 0.1448 in Egypt as of 2011.
What is the difference in export product concentration index between Egypt and Morocco?
0.0243, with Morocco ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Morocco?
17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.
How do Egypt and Morocco rank globally for export product concentration index?
Egypt ranks 53rd and Morocco ranks 50th 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

Indicator
Export product concentration index
Source
UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
55 places, 935 data points, 1995–2011
Last refreshed

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.