Egypt vs South Africa: Export product concentration index
Export product concentration index over time
- Egypt
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 0.1607 against 0.1448 in Egypt, a difference of 0.0159.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 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 South Africa ranks 51st of 53 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 2 and South Africa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2603 | 0.0759 | 0.1844 | Egypt |
| 2000s | 0.2783 | 0.1383 | 0.14 | Egypt |
| 2010s | 0.1387 | 0.1555 | 0.0168 | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher export product concentration index, Egypt or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 0.1607 against 0.1448 in Egypt as of 2011.
- What is the difference in export product concentration index between Egypt and South Africa?
- 0.0159, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and South Africa?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.
- How do Egypt and South Africa rank globally for export product concentration index?
- Egypt ranks 53rd and South Africa ranks 51st 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.